Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity (肥胖), experts said.
Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night’s sleep in the previous month. The national average was about 1 in 10, according to a federal health survey. Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average with nearly 1 in 7 people reporting in a lack of sleep. In contrast, North Dakota was below average, with only 1 in 13 reporting that degree of sleeplessness. Health officials do not know the exact reasons for the differences.
In the survey, people weren’t required to answer the question why they were not able to get enough rest or sleep. But experts noted several possible explanations: West Virginia ranks at or near the bottom of the nation in several important measurements of health, including obesity, smoking, heart disease and the proportion of adults with disabilities.
Studies have increasingly found that sleeping problems often occurred among people with certain health problems, including obesity. “You would expect to see poorer sleep within a chronically (慢性地) diseased population,” noted Dr Ronald Chervin, a sleep disorders expert in University of Michigan.
Financial stress and work shifts (倒班) can play roles in sleeplessness, too, Chervin added. He suggested those may be contributing factors in West Virginia, an economically depressed state with tens of thousands of people working in coal mining.
The report was based on results of an annual telephone survey of more than 400,000 Americans, including at least 3,900 in each state. The survey did not include people who use only cellphones.
【小题1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (No more than 15 words.)
【小题2】What does the underlined word “notably” in Paragraph 2 mean? (No more than 3 words.)
【小题3】 What was the possible reason for the high rate of sleeplessness in West Virginia according to Paragraph 3? (No more than 12 words.)
【小题4】List three factors that contribute to sleeplessness based on the passage.
(No more than 8 words.)
① ② ③
【小题5】How was the research carried out? (No more than 10 words.)
West Virginians suffer from lack of sleep the most perhaps due to health problems.
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(答案→)West Virginians suffer from lack of sleep the most perhaps due to health problems.
解析：文章介绍西弗吉尼亚州人的失眠问题，分析他们失眠的原因和造成失眠的因素。
【小题1】段落大意题：从第一段的句子：West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity (肥胖), experts said.可知这段讲的是：西弗吉尼亚州的人可能因为健康问题失眠：West Virginians suffer from lack of sleep the most perhaps due to health problems.
【小题2】猜词题：从第二段的句子：Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma also were notably above average with nearly 1 in 7 people reporting in a lack of sleep.其中的比例1：7可知比1：10要高，notably= Highly
【小题3】细节题：从第三段的句子：West Virginia ranks at or near the bottom of the nation in several important measurements of health, including obesity, smoking, heart disease and the proportion of adults with disabilities. 西弗吉尼亚州的人失眠是因为他们的健康测量的水平都很低。West Virginia had a low level of several important measurements of health.
【小题4】细节题：根据第四段的：including obesity. 和第五段的Financial stress and work shifts (倒班) can play roles in sleeplessness, too,可知导致失眠的原因有：①being too fat ②financial stress ③work shifts
【小题5】细节题：从最后一段的：The report was based on results of an annual telephone survey of more than 400,000 Americans,可知调查是通过电话采访400，000个美国人。By interviewing over 400,000 Americans on the telephone.