大學英語四級閱讀選詞填空考試真題

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  Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

  The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth,scientists said yesterday.

  While elderly people __47__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they wereyounger, this has a***n*** __48__ effect on their brain's performance and they would benefitfrom getting more, according to research.

  Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist ***心理醫生*** at the University of California, San Diego, saidolder people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better atsleeping __49__ straight through the night.

  More sleep in old age, however, is __50__ with better health, and most older peoplewould feel better and more __51__ if they slept for longer periods, he said.

  “The ability to sleep in one chunk ***整塊時間*** overnight goes down as we age but theamount of sleep we need to __52__ well does not change,” Dr Drummond told the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.

  “It's __53__ a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is,the more they sleep like they did when they were __54__. Our data suggests that older adultswould benefit from __55__ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's __56__ fromperson to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as weneed at 75.”

  注意:此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

  A*** alert I*** formally

  B*** associated J*** function

  C*** attracting K*** mixed

  D*** cling L*** negative

  E*** continuing M*** sufficient

  F*** definitely N*** tend

  G*** different O*** younger

 

  答案Part IV Reading Comprehension ***Reading in depth***

  47 N tend 48 L negative 49 H efficiently 50 B associated

  51 A alert 52 J function/ 53 F definitely 54 O younger

  55 E continuing56 G different

  文章大意:本文主要講述的是關於老年人睡眠的問題:是否老年人與年輕人相比只需要較少的睡眠時間?