When 15-year-old Louisa Ball takes a nap, she sleeps for days on end, and no amount of shaking can fully wake her up. The British girl has a rare condition called Sleeping Beauty Sickness. Doctors don’t know what causes it or how to cure it --only know that it strikes teenagers and goes away by itself after eight to 12 years.
Louisa’s mum, Lottie, told NBC News that the girl had flulike symptoms just over a year ago. Shortly afterward, she had her first period of long sleeping.
She was eventually diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome, whose victims worldwide may number no more than 1,000. The victims live normally for weeks or months at a time, with normal sleep patterns and normal energy levels. Then, with little warning, they’ll go to sleep for days or weeks at a time. So far, Louisa’s longest period in bed has been 13 days. Victims will wake briefly, but be disoriented and not fully awake. Louisa’s parents force her awake so she can use the bathroom and eat.
Now, Louisa’s friends can tell when a period is coming on. She stops talking and she may be annoyed easily. That’s when she knows she has to get home to her bed. Louisa has slept through family vacations, the dance recitals(表演会) she loves to perform in, and school tests. Now it becomes increasingly difficult to catch up on missed schoolwork.
But just as doctors don’t know the cause, they also don’t know why it ends as mysteriously as it began. The illness is unrelated to narcolepsy(嗜眠病), whose victims are constantly tired and drop off for brief periods of sleep at any time.
It’s so dramatic that some people have accused Louisa of making the false symptoms to get attention. Her father, Richard, thinks that’s absurd.
1.The underlined “disoriented ” in the 3rd paragraph probably means________.
A. embarrassed B. disappointed
C. confused D. happy
2.Which is TRUE about Kleine-Levin Syndrome according to the passage?
A. The victims usually sleep for days or weeks at a time.
B. There are usually many warning signs before it attacks the victims.
C. The victims are usually tired and in a bad mood.
D. There are more than 1, 000 victims in the world.
3.We can learn from the passage that________.
A. doctors have found the cure for Sleeping Beauty Sickness.
B. some people don’t believe in the truth of Louisa’s symptoms.
C. Kleine-Levin Syndrome has no effect on Louisa’s study and life.
D. the narcolepsy victims sleep longer than those with Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
4.What can we learn about Louisa?
A. Louisa is fond of dancing.
B. Louisa can still manage finish her schoolwork without difficulty.
C. Louisa is a British girl who likes sleeping.
D. Louisa’s longest sleeping period is 8 years.
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. What is Narcolepsy
B. How Louisa Overcame the Difficulty
C. Rare Illness Turns a Girl into a “Sleeping Beauty”
D. The Latest Research on Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
When 15-year-old Louisa Ball takes a nap, she sleeps for days on end, and no amount of shaking can fully wake her up. The British girl has a rare condition called Sleeping Beauty Sickness. Doctors don’t know what causes it or how to cure it --only know that it strikes teenagers and goes away by itself after eight to 12 years.
Louisa’s mum, Lottie, told NBC News that the girl had flulike symptoms just over a year ago. Shortly afterward, she had her first period of long sleeping.
She was eventually diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome, whose victims worldwide may number no more than 1,000. The victims live normally for weeks or months at a time, with normal sleep patterns and normal energy levels. Then, with little warning, they’ll go to sleep for days or weeks at a time. So far, Louisa’s longest period in bed has been 13 days. Victims will wake briefly, but be disoriented and not fully awake. Louisa’s parents force her awake so she can use the bathroom and eat.
Now, Louisa’s friends can tell when a period is coming on. She stops talking and she may be annoyed easily. That’s when she knows she has to get home to her bed. Louisa has slept through family vacations, the dance recitals(表演会) she loves to perform in, and school tests. Now it becomes increasingly difficult to catch up on missed schoolwork.
But just as doctors don’t know the cause, they also don’t know why it ends as mysteriously as it began. The illness is unrelated to narcolepsy(嗜眠病), whose victims are constantly tired and drop off for brief periods of sleep at any time.
It’s so dramatic that some people have accused Louisa of making the false symptoms to get attention. Her father, Richard, thinks that’s absurd.
1.The underlined “disoriented ” in the 3rd paragraph probably means________.
A. embarrassed B. Disappointed
C. confused D. happy
2.We can learn from the passage that________.
A. doctors have found the cure for Sleeping Beauty Sickness.
B. some people don’t believe in the truth of Louisa’s symptoms.
C. Kleine-Levin Syndrome has no effect on Louisa’s study and life.
D. the narcolepsy victims sleep longer than those with Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
3.What can we learn about Louisa?
A. Louisa is fond of dancing.
B. Louisa can still manage finish her schoolwork without difficulty.
C. Louisa is a British girl who likes sleeping.
D. Louisa’s longest sleeping period is 8 years.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. What is Narcolepsy
B. How Louisa Overcame the Difficulty
C. Rare Illness Turns a Girl into a “Sleeping Beauty”
D. The Latest Research on Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When 15-year-old Louisa Ball takes a nap, she sleeps for days on end, and no amount of shaking can fully wake her up. The British girl has a rare condition called Sleeping Beauty Sickness. Doctors don’t know what causes it or how to cure it --only know that it strikes teenagers and goes away by itself after eight to 12 years.
Louisa’s mum, Lottie, told NBC News that the girl had flulike symptoms just over a year ago. Shortly afterward, she had her first period of long sleeping.
She was eventually diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome, whose victims worldwide may number no more than 1,000. The victims live normally for weeks or months at a time, with normal sleep patterns and normal energy levels. Then, with little warning, they’ll go to sleep for days or weeks at a time. So far, Louisa’s longest period in bed has been 13 days. Victims will wake briefly, but be disoriented and not fully awake. Louisa’s parents force her awake so she can use the bathroom and eat.
Now, Louisa’s friends can tell when a period is coming on. She stops talking and she may be annoyed easily. That’s when she knows she has to get home to her bed. Louisa has slept through family vacations, the dance recitals(表演会) she loves to perform in, and school tests. Now it becomes increasingly difficult to catch up on missed schoolwork.
But just as doctors don’t know the cause, they also don’t know why it ends as mysteriously as it began. The illness is unrelated to narcolepsy(嗜眠病), whose victims are constantly tired and drop off for brief periods of sleep at any time.
It’s so dramatic that some people have accused Louisa of making the false symptoms to get attention. Her father, Richard, thinks that’s absurd.
1.The underlined “disoriented ” in the 3rd paragraph probably means________.
A. embarrassed B. disappointed
C. confused D. happy
2.Which is TRUE about Kleine-Levin Syndrome according to the passage?
A. The victims usually sleep for days or weeks at a time.
B. There are usually many warning signs before it attacks the victims.
C. The victims are usually tired and in a bad mood.
D. There are more than 1, 000 victims in the world.
3.We can learn from the passage that________.
A. doctors have found the cure for Sleeping Beauty Sickness.
B. some people don’t believe in the truth of Louisa’s symptoms.
C. Kleine-Levin Syndrome has no effect on Louisa’s study and life.
D. the narcolepsy victims sleep longer than those with Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
4.What can we learn about Louisa?
A. Louisa is fond of dancing.
B. Louisa can still manage finish her schoolwork without difficulty.
C. Louisa is a British girl who likes sleeping.
D. Louisa’s longest sleeping period is 8 years.
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. What is Narcolepsy
B. How Louisa Overcame the Difficulty
C. Rare Illness Turns a Girl into a “Sleeping Beauty”
D. The Latest Research on Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
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One day, I was taking a nap in the red chair in my office when I woke up to the sound of a car crash. I sat up and looked, immediately, out my window. Across the street, in a parking lot, a car had just backed into a chain-link fence. The car must have been moving fast, because it was in bad shape: Its hood had popped up. The fence was damaged, bent out in exactly the shape of the car’s back end.
I watched the driver get out of the car. He was strong with a shaved head; he wore cargo shorts and a flannel (法兰绒) shirt unbuttoned to expose his chest hair. I disliked him immediately. After a few seconds of assessing the damage, he attempted to pull the ruined fence back into place, but it wouldn’t move. He tried to push the fallen piece of bumper back onto his car, but that only made the rest of his bumper fall off too.
I sat in my red chair, looking out my window, silently cheering. I think I laughed out loud. This was a ridiculous masterpiece. He climbed out from under the collapsed fence and limped back to the apartment building above the lot, rubbing his elbow. The man—that disgusting man—was going to leave all the chaos behind for someone else to clean up.
But the man appeared a few minutes later with some tools. He got to work immediately, removing one of the fence’s bent support bars and hammering it straight on the asphalt (沥青). For the next hour, I watched out my window as he doggedly(固执地) fixed the fence, even improved it. Now the fence would be extra secure, stronger than before, impossible to damage.
This strange man was actually a hero. I was the lazy one, with my kneejerk (应激反应) judgments, my superiority (优越感) from three stories up. My ugly assumptions, I realized, were all about myself. I would never have fixed that fence; I would have panicked and run away.
Years later, I still look out my window at that fence almost every day. It still looks brand new, It makes me wonder what else that man has improved, and how I can make myself more like him.
1.Why did the driver leave a bad first impression on the writer?
A.Because he badly damaged the fence.
B.Because he acted rudely and impolitely.
C.Because he escaped and left the mess to others.
D.Because he had a strange appearance and dressed casually.
2.The last two paragraphs tell us that ________.
A.if the writer were the driver, he thought he would do better
B.the writer gave a quick judgment from his previous experiences
C.the driver acted like a hero and had a great influence on the writer
D.the writer looks out his window often and expects to see the driver again
3.Which of the following words can best describe the driver?
A.Rude but honest. B.Lazy but strong-minded.
C.Impatient but generous. D.Ordinary-looking but responsible.
4.What can be the best title of the text?
A.Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
B.One’s Thinking Directs One’s Actions
C.Treat Other People As You Hope They Will Treat You
D.The Environment Depends on What You Think in You Mind
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Scientists found that sleeping considerably improves our creativity. After taking a nap people are able to think faster and put more imagination into their thinking. Besides, if we dream, the thinking abilities are improved even more.
Researchers consider that sleeping on a problem in most cases leads to elucidation(解释). They say when a person enters a phase called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) during sleep, it increases the effect. Such phase takes place right before we awake and according to scientists it helps our brain make links between unrelated subjects.
In the study, led by Professor Sara Mednick, scientists made a conclusion that the REM was “important for assimilating(消化) new information into past experience” in order to find solutions to creative problems.
Prof. Mednick is a psychiatrist at the University of California. Her study involved the analysis of 77 adults. Each participant was given several word-associated creative tasks. All tasks were given in the morning, with participants being shown a number of groups of 3 words, for example: cookie, heart and sixteen. They were asked to come up with a word that would be associated with all three given terms—like sweet. Sometime later, after some participants were allowed to sleep, they were asked to perform the same tasks and some new ones. It is worth mentioning that while some people slept, researchers used brain scans to see the type of sleep each participant entered.
When given the same tasks, participants, who took a nap, were able to give more varied solutions, some of which were much better than they gave earlier. But when given new tasks, researchers found that those who entered REM sleep had a 40 percent better result compared to the performance they showed in the morning.
1.What does “it” refer to in the second paragraph?
A. The effect. B. REM. C. Sleep. D. A problem.
2.Why do the researchers study the REM?
A. Because REM takes place just after you sleep.
B. Because REM can store more information.
C. Because REM can help find creative solutions
D. Because REM can make a creative invention.
3.What can we know from this passage?
A. Taking a short nap is good for your thinking during the day.
B. Sleeping has three processes which is good for creativity.
C. Each adult was allowed to sleep after the task was given.
D. REM is a process taking place right after we awake when we nap.
4.The important stage in the study is________.
A. to think of a creative word
B. to show a group of 3 words
C. to give participants time to think
D. to let some participants sleep for a while
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A 23-year-old British woman has invented a product that she hopes will one day take the place of single-use plastic. The new product is made by combining fishing waste and algae (藻类).
Lucy Hughes created the material, called MarinaTex, for her final year project at the University of Sussex. She continued her research after she left the university.
On November 13, the James Dyson Foundation announced that Hughes was the international winner of the 2019 James Dyson Award for design.
MarinaTex is edible, meaning it can be eaten without danger. Hughes says it also is strong and stable. But unlike plastic, MarinaTex breaks down in four to six weeks under normal conditions and does not pollute the soil.
The inventor said she is concerned about the growing amounts of plastics in ocean waters. She noted one report that there would be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans by the year 2050. The United Nations estimates that 100 million tons of plastic waste has already been left in the oceans.
Hughes also was investigating ways to reduce the amount of waste from the fishing industry. The industry produces an estimated 50 million tons of waste worldwide each year, UN officials say.
Hughes told Reuters that she was "trying to work out how I could use the waste stream and add value to that waste." Examining fish parts left over from processing helped to give her the idea for a material that was useful and did not harm the environment.
To create a strong material, Hughes added the molecule chitosan, which comes from sea creatures like crabs, and agar, a material from red algae.
After months of testing, Hughes produced a strong, flexible sheet that forms at temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius.
Inventor James Dyson said that MarinaTex is "stronger, safer and much more sustainable" than the plastic polyethylene. It is also easier to break down than other possible replacement products for polyethylene, the material that single-use plastic bags are made of.
Hughes will receive about $41,000 in prize money as the first place winner of the James Dyson Award. She told Reuters that she plans to use the money to better develop the product and ways to mass produce it.
1.When did Lucy Hughes create MarinaTex?
A.At university. B.After graduation.
C.Before going to university. D.After winning the James Dyson Award.
2.What's true about MarinaTex?
A.It is delicious. B.It is environmentally friendly.
C.It is a type of plastics. D.It exists for a long time in nature.
3.What helped to give her the idea for MarinaTex?
A.Observing the process of fishing.
B.Studying different parts of a fish.
C.Checking waste from the fishing industry.
D.Examining left-over fish parts after cooking.
4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Entertainment. B.Education.
C.Lifestyle. D.Technology.
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
When 24-year-old Hannah Brencher moved to New York after college,she was hit by loneliness. One day she felt so that she want to reach out to someone. And so she put pen to paper and started writing letters-letters to complete .
But these weren’t letters about how she was feeling. There were happy letters,all about the other person,not her. She would write messages for people to have a “ day " and tell strangers how brilliant they were, they thought no one else had noticed. Brencher began dropping the all over New York,in cafes,in library books,in parks and on the subway. It made her letter,knowing that she might be making somebody’s through just a few words. It gave her to focus on. And so,The Word Needs More Love Letters was born.
The movement is all about letters—not emails,but handwritten letters. Not love letters,written to a real beloved,but letters for strangers. They don’t necessarily say “I love you”,but they are . kindness—telling people they are remarkable and 15 and all-round amazing. It’s the sort of stuff that most people don’t really say out loud even to the people they ,let alone a total stranger.
Brencher’s initiative(初衷) has now .There are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world. Last year,she gave a talk. In it,she talked about a university student who dropped letters around her campus,only to suddenly everyone was writing them and there were love letters hanging from the trees.
It’s a very cute idea. I know that if I was on the end of a letter like that,it almost certainly would put a on my face. So I decided to give it a try and see if I could do the same for someone else.
1.A. sick B. alone C. comfortable D. great
2.A. businessmen B. friends C. strangers D. fools
3.A. formal B. sad C. long D. careless
4.A. rainy B. cold C. hot D. bright
5.A. in case B. so that C. as though D. even if
6.A. notes B. pens C. papers D. books
7.A. feel B. behave C. study D. play
8.A. way B. day C. fortune D. dream
9.A. funny B. sweet C. big D. empty
10.A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
11.A. opening B. reading C. writing D. answering
12.A. countless B. endless C. public D. conventional
13.A. official B. polite C. apology D. surprise
14.A. full of B. short of C. prepared for D. known for
15.A. strong B. special C. common D. friendly
16.A. look down upon B. give up on C. care about D. worry about
17.A. failed B. occurred C. stopped D. exploded
18.A. find B. forget C. remember D. guess
19.A. receiving B. sending C. starting D. finishing
20.A. sign B. wrinkle C. smile D. sticker
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Try this: For an entire day, forget about the clock. Eat when you’re hungry and sleep when you’re tired. What do you think will happen?
You may be surprised to find that your day is much like most other days. You’ll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep. Even though you don’t know what time it is, your body does.These patterns of daily life are called circadian rhythms(生理节奏), and they are more than just habits. Inside our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle. Throughout the day and night, our inner clocks direct changes in temperature, body chemicals, hunger, sleepiness and more.
Everyone’s rhythms are different, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister always wants to go to bed early. But on the whole, everyone is programmed to feel tired at night and energetic during the day. Learning about our body clocks may help scientists understand why problems arise when we act out of step with our circadian rhythms. For example, traveling across time zones can make people wake up in the middle of the night. Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse in tests.
“There is a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are,” says Steven Shea, director of the Sleep Disorders Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
One way to learn about how our body clocks tick is to mess them up and see what happens. That’s what neurologist(神经病学家)Frank Scheer and his workmates did in a recent study. Staying up night after night, their studies suggest, could make kids extra hungry and more likely to gain weight. And regularly sleeping too little, Scheer says, may be one cause of the recent increase in childhood obesity.
1.What will happen if you forget about the clock according to the passage?
A. You will feel upset.
B. You will behave normally.
C. Your body will not know what time it is.
D. You will probably get hungry more easily.
2.Mike feels energetic at 12 midnight while Tom feels sleepy. What advice would be given by the writer?
A. Both should see a doctor.. B. Tom should see a doctor.
C. Both should take it easy. D. Mike should have a watch.
3.How do Frank Scheer and his workmates study body clocks?
A. By seeing what happens when they are messed up.
B. By asking questions and collecting answers.
C. By studying people traveling across time zones.
D. By programming people with man-made clocks.
4.What will the writer most probably talk about next?
A. Other examples of what people will do when their body clocks go wrong.
B. Some effective medicines that can keep people from putting on weight.
C. Why it is important to have a normal body clock.
D. What circadian rhythms are and how they work.
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
When Mary arrived she found all her children ______ for nearly two hours.
A. have gone to sleep B. fell asleep
C. was falling asleep D. had been asleep
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式.
Should naps(小睡) actually1. (take) during the day? Well, we certainly know from2.(evident) in the sleep center and that of many other scientists that naps can give you benefits for both your brain3. your body. But naps can actually be4.double﹣edged sword because while we're awake during the day, we're building up sleepiness or sleep pressure. So when you try to fall asleep at night, you'll fall asleep quickly and then you'll stay asleep. And when we sleep, we actually release that sleepiness so that we wake up the next morning feeling5.(refresh).
So if you take a nap during the day, especially if you take it too late in the afternoon, you will actually release some of that sleepiness and it will make it much6.(hard) to fall asleep and stay asleep soundly throughout the night. So the advice would be if you don't struggle with your sleep and you can nap7.(regular), then naps are just fine.
But if you do find it difficult8. (fall) asleep or stay asleep at night, then you should avoid naps and try to build up that healthy sleepiness in the evening.
The ideal nap depends on9. you want from that nap. Different stages of sleep actually give you different types of brain and body10. (benefit).
高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
She won’t lose weight ___ she keeps a diet and takes exercise every day.
A. if B. when C. unless D. as if
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析