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1、2019-2020年高中英语Unit4Makingthenews单元检测试题含解析新人教版Ⅰ.阅读理解Haveyouwinterizedyourhorseyet?Eventhoughglobalwarmingmayhavemadeourclimatemoremild,manyanimalsarestillhibernating(冬眠).It'stoobadthathumanscan'thibernate.Infact,asaspecies,wealmostdid. Apparently,attimesinthepast,peasantsinFrancelikeda
2、semi-stateofhumanhibernation.SowritesGrahamRobb,aBritishscholarwhohasstudiedthesleepinghabitsoftheFrenchpeasants.Assoonastheweatherturnedcold,peoplealloverFranceshutthemselvesawayandpracticedtheforgottenartofdoingnothingatallformonthsonend. Inlinewiththis,JeffWarren,aproduceratCBCRadi
3、o'sTheCurrent,tellsusthatthewaywesleephaschangedfundamentallysincetheinventionofartificial(人造的)lightingandtheelectricbulb. WhenhistoriansbeganstudyingtextsoftheMiddleAges,theynoticedsomethingreferredtoas"firstsleep",whichwasnotclarified,though.Nowscientistsaretellingusourancestorsmost
4、likelysleptinseparateperiods.Thebusinessofeighthours'uninterruptedsleepisamoderninvention. Inthepast,withouttheartificiallightofthecitytobathein,humanswenttosleepwhenitbecamedarkandthenwokethemselvesaroundmidnight.Thelatenightperiodwasknownas"TheWatch".Itwaswhenpeopleactuallykeptwatch
5、againstwildanimals,althoughmanyofthemsimplymovedaroundorvisitedfamilyandneighbours. Accordingtosomesleepresearchers,ashortperiodofinsomnia(失眠)atmidnightisnotadisorder.Itisnormal.Humanscanexperienceanotherstateofconsciousnessaround theirsleeping,whichoccursinthebriefperiodbeforewefall
6、asleeporwakeourselvesinthemorning.Thisperiodcanbeanextraordinarilycreativetimeforsomepeople.Theimpressiveinventor,ThomasEdison,usedthisstatetohituponmanyofhisnewideas.Playingwithyoursleeprhythmscanbeadventurous,asanxietymaysetin.Medicalsciencedoesn'thelpmuchinthiscase.Itoffersusmedicin
7、esforafullnight'scontinuoussleep,whichsoundsnatural;however,accordingtoWarren'stheory,itisreallytheoppositeofwhatweneed.1.TheexampleoftheFrenchpeasantsshowsthefactthat___________.A.peoplemightbeelazyasaresultoftoomuchsleepB.thereweresignsofhibernationinhumansleepinghabitsC.peopletend
