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[originaltext] The thought of having no sleep for 24 hours or more isn’t a p
[originaltext] The thought of having no sleep for 24 hours or more isn’t a p
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2024-01-28
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The thought of having no sleep for 24 hours or more isn’t a pleasant one for most people. The amount of sleep that each person needs varies. In general, each of us needs about 8 hours of sleep each day to keep us healthy and happy. Some people, however, can get by with just a few hours of sleep at night. It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps. But everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Few doctors would have thought that there might be an exception to this. Sleep is, after all, a very basic need. But a man named Al Herpin turned out to be a real exception, for supposedly, he never slept! Al Herpin was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They hoped to challenge the claim that he never slept. But they were surprised. Though they watched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers. His doctors were puzzled by the strange case of permanent sleeplessness. Herpin offered the only clue to his condition. He remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he had been born. Herpin died at the age of 94, never, it seems, having slept at all.
19. What is taken for granted by most people?
20. What do doctors think of Al Herpin’s case?
21. What could have accounted for Al Herpin’s sleeplessness?
选项
A、His extraordinary physical condition.
B、His mother’s injury just before his birth.
C、The unique surroundings of his living place.
D、The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.
答案
B
解析
短文中提到,一些医生对阿尔·海尔宾不用睡觉的现象感到吃惊,但他们找不出原因。阿尔·海尔宾说出了一个唯一可能的原因:他的母亲在生他几天前曾受伤,故答案为B)。
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