Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

It’s a time when school，homework，active social lives and pare-time jobs keep teenagers busy from early in the morning until late at night．They are likely to try to make up for a lack of sleep by “sleeping in” on the weekends．Unfortunately，this causes irregular sleep and actually makes the problem worse．

Most teenagers are not able to fall asleep until late at night．Since many teens aren’t sleepy until around 11 pm．but need to be at school by 7:30 or 8:00 am ．They cannot get enough sleep ．During puberty(青春期)，the biological clock in the brain naturally re-sets to a later time ，and this causes teens to fall asleep later．Then ，when it’s time to get up ，a teen’s body clock is likely to still be producing the night-time hormones ．This makes it hard for them to feel active and energetic in the morning．

A growing body of research suggests that starting high school later improves attendance，achievements and grades．A few years ago in an important study ，test scores on the SAT college entrance exams in Edina，Minnesota jumped more than 100 points on average，when the morning school bell rang an hour later．Unfortunately，most schools are not set up to start later and fail to satisfy teen’s sleep needs．

1.What effect does “sleeping in” on the weekends have on teenagers?

A．Improving their health

B．Weakening their energy

C．Disturbing their biological clock

D．Making up for their hormone loss

2.The study in Minnesota shows that starting morning school one hour later helps to______．

A．make teenagers grow faster

B．change teenagers’ sleep needs

C．do more research on teenagers

D．improve students’ achievements

3.The text helps us to know more about teenagers’______．

A．daytime activities        B．sleeping habits

C．mental problems           D．studying methods

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：

1.推理判断。根据第一段最后一句Unfortunately，this causes irregular sleep and actually makes the problem worse，可知此与C选项的描述相符，应选C。

2.2．细节理解，根据第三段中的A few years ago in an important study ，test scores on the SAT college entrance exams in Edina，Minnesota jumped more than 100 points on average，when the morning school bell rang an hour later，可知早上上课的时间推迟了，学生有更多的时间睡眠，因而他们的学习成绩有所提高，故选D。

3.主旨大意，纵观全文，由文章的大意可知本文主要探讨的是学生的睡眠是否足够，学生的睡眠与他们的学习成绩的是否有影响。结合各个选项的意思，可知B选项的内容与之相符，故选B。

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