It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
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 Herpin 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 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．a person was found who actually didn't need any sleepB．large numbers of people do not need 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 to .A．cure him of his sleeplessnessB．find a way to free people from the need of sleepingC．find that his sleeplessness was not really trueD．find out why some old people didn't need any asleep【小题3】After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin .A．was too old to need any sleepB．needed no sleep at allC．often slept in a chairD．needed some kind of sleep【小题4】One reason that might explain Herpin's sleeplessness was .A．that he hadn't got a bedB．that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habitC．his mother's injury before he was bornD．his magnificent physical conditionA
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】A 主旨大意题。本文讨论的是一个不睡觉的人Herpin。故A正确。
【小题2】C 细节题。根据第一段最后一句Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.说明他们来看他，是想知道他是不是真的一直不睡觉。故C正确。
【小题3】B 细节题。根据第二段3,4行But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping.说明B正确。他真的不睡觉。
【小题4】C 细节题。根据文章最后一段3,4,5行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.说明C是唯一的解释。