In real life, the daily struggles between parents and children are around these narrow problems of an extra hour, extra TV show, and so on” said Avi Sadeh, psychology professor at Tel Aviv University. “Too little sleep and more accidents,” he said.
Sadeh and his colleagues found an extra hour of sleep can make a big difference. The children who slept longer, although they woke up more frequently during the night, scored higher on tests, Sadeh reported in the March/April issue of journal Child Development.
“When the children slept longer, their sleep quality was somewhat weak, but in spite of this their performance for study improved because the extra sleep was more significant than the reduction in sleep quality. ” Sadeh said. “Some studies suggested that lack of sleep as a child affects development into adulthood and it’s more likely to develop their attention disorder when they grow older. ”
In earlier studies, Sadeh’s team found that fourth graders slept an average of 8. 2 hours and sixth graders slept an average of 7. 7 hours.
“Previous research has shown children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night on a regular basis, said Carl Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in Bethesda, and high-school-age children need somewhat less, he said, adding the results of insufficient sleep could be serious.
“A tired child is an accident waiting to happen,” Hunt said. “And as kids get older, toys get bigger and the risks higher. ”Hunt also said too little sleep could result in learning and memory problems and long-term effects on school performance.
“This is an important extension of what we already know, ” Hunt said of Sadeh’s research, adding sleep is as important as nutrition(营养) and exercise to good health.
“To put it into reality,” Hunt said, “parents should make sure they know when their children actually are going to sleep and their rooms are conducive to sleeping instead of playing. ”
【小题1】What is Child Development?
A A new story B A popular book
C. A periodical magazine D A TV programme
【小题2】How many persons are exactly mentioned in the text?
A One B Two C Three D Four
【小题3】The underlined phrase “conducive to” (in the last sentence) means .
A helping to happen B influenced by
C full of D acceptable of
【小题4】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A．There are some daily struggles between parents and children because of having nothing in mon with extra rest time. B．The children who sleep longer are weak in their study. C．Lack of sleep as a child has great effect on their development into adulthood. D．In general, children in elementary school need at least nine hours of sleep a night.C
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】C 间接推理题。由上下文及其言论的report和 in the March/April issue of journal；显然强调的是“定期的刊物”；periodical是period的形容词，故选A periodical magazine.
【小题2】B 直接事实题。全文涉及的具体的人就是：Sadeh和Hunt.
【小题3】A 推理判断题。为了将“睡眠与营养一样重要”付之实施，家长应该给孩子营造一个“有利于睡觉”而不是“玩耍”的居室。选项A与conducive to“有利于…的” 相符。
【小题4】B 细节判断题。选项A正确。可依据第一段来考虑：这种争吵主要是在额外的休息时间不能达成共识。B项错误。睡眠时间长的孩子睡眠质量不一定高，但学业有进步。可依据第三段。C项正确。缺乏睡眠的孩子会影响发育成长。可依据第四段。D项正确。一般而言，小学生一晚上需要至少九小时睡眠时间。可依据第五段。