Computers教案

    al herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in new jersey. they thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. so they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. but they were surprised. though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping. in fact, he did not even own a bed. he never needed one.
    the only rest that herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. the doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. they asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. they found only one answer that might explain his condition. herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. but that was all. was this the real reason? no one could be sure.
    herpin died at the age of 94.
71. the main idea of this passage is that_____
a. large numbers of people do not need sleep
b. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep
c. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
d. people can live longer by trying not to sleep
72. the doctors came to visit herpin, expecting_____
a. to cure him of his sleeplessness
b. to find that his sleeplessness was not really true
c. to find out why some old people did not need any sleep
d. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping
73. after watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that al herpin_____
a. needed some kind of sleep
b. was too old to need any sleep
c. needed no sleep at all
d. often sleep in a chair
74. one reason that might explain herpin’s sleeplessness was _____
a. his mother’s injury before he was born
b. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit
c. his magnificent physical condition
d. that he hadn’t got a bed
75. al herpin’s condition could be regarded as ______
a. a common one
b. one that could be cured
c. very healthy
d. a rare one

 d
                              bet winner
  millburn, new jersey—an 11-year-old boy, he gave up television for a year in a bet with his mother, says he will use some of the money to buy himself an astronaut’s suit. the bet ended at 9:01 on monday morning, but benjamin waited until his mother, roslyn, handed him five 100-dollar bills in front of a gathering of newspapermen in the afternoon before switching on the tv. during the past year, he has filled his time reading and his grades have improved from ‘‘satisfactory” to ‘‘very good.”