It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
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 fortable 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.
【小题1】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 sleepC．everyone needs some sleep to stay aliveD．people can live longer by trying not to sleep【小题2】The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting .A．to cure him of his sleeplessnessB．to find that his sleeplessness was not really trueC．to find out why some old people did not need any sleepD．to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping【小题3】After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Herpin .A．needed some kind of sleepB．was too old to need any sleepC．needed no sleep at allD．often sleep in a chair【小题4】One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was .A．his mother’s injury before he was bornB．that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habitC．his magnificent physical conditionD．that he hadn’t got a bed【小题5】Herpin’s condition could be regarded as .A．a mon oneB．one that could be curedC．very healthyD．a rare oneB
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(答案→)B
解析：睡眠对于每个人来说，都是必不可少的。文章介绍了一个不需要睡眠的奇怪的人。医生们对他非常好奇，经过调查发现，可能的原因是Herpin的妈妈在生他之前受过伤。
【小题1】根据第一段“but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.”可知，每个人都需要睡眠，但是Herpin是一个特例，据说Herpin从未睡过觉。医生们决定亲自见一下这个人。因此，文章是关于一个从不睡觉的怪人的。故选B。
【小题2】根据第二段“They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made.”可知，医生们肯定地认为Herpin或多或少有睡眠，故选B。
【小题3】根据第二段“they never saw him sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.”可知，医生们亲眼看过之后，相信了Herpin从来不需要睡眠的事实，故选C。
【小题4】根据最后一段“Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born.”可知，能够解释Herpin不睡觉的原因是，他妈妈在生他的几天前受过伤，故选A。
【小题5】根据第一段“but everyone needs some rest to stay alive”可知，每个人都需要睡眠来维持生命，Herpin是一个特例，故选D。