March 21st is World Sleep Day. This year’s slogan is “Breathe Easily, Sleep Well”. It
1 to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep.
Sleep is like food for the 2 . Enough sleep helps the body and brain grow and
3 . According to the National Sleep Foundation in the US, 4 need seven to nine hours of sleep every night. For students aged 10 to 17, a 5 amount is about eight to nine hours per night.
But many students don’t get 6 sleep because of early school start times and heavy 7 . About 80 percent of middle school students don’t get enough sleep, the China Youth and Children Research Center reported. For some students, they want to sleep 8 , but they keep worrying about their schoolwork and can’t fall asleep 9 . For others, they may even have insomnia (失眠症), which might keep them 10 all night.
These sleeping problems greatly 11 people’s life. Experts have shown that lack of sleep for teenagers leads to poor 12 . Students without enough sleep cannot
13 in class or do well in sports. Also, the lack of sleep may make them depressed.
Research shows that with 14 sleep habits it is easier to fall asleep. Some of these good habits include 15 drinks that make people excited late in the day, going to sleep at the same time each night, and sleeping in a comfortable place that is dark, quiet, and neither too hot nor too cold.
1. | A. takes | B. comes | C. aims | D. helps |
2. | A. soul | B. brain | C. heart | D. stomach |
3. | A. develop | B. digest | C. harvest | D. fight |
4. | A. children | B. teachers | C. experts | D. adults |
5. | A. healthy | B. valuable | C. effective | D. possible |
6. | A. good | B. enough | C. sound | D. long |
7. | A. housework | B. research | C. homework | D. exams |
8. | A. well | B. late | C. early | D. soon |
9. | A. immediately | B. lately | C. recently | D. greatly |
10. | A. awake | B. alone | C. asleep | D. active |
11. | A. change | B. improve | C. damage | D. affect |
12. | A. figures | B. moods | C. tests | D. grades |
13. | A. attend | B. develop | C. concentrate | D. absent |
14. | A. general | B. good | C. strict | D. ordinary |
15. | A. arranging | B. preparing | C. involving | D. avoiding |
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I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine