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The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is

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问题     The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday.
    While elderly people【S1】______to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a( n) 【S2】______effect on their brain’s performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.
    Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping【S3】______straight through the night.
    More sleep in old age, however, is【S4】______with better health, and most older people would feel better and more【S5】______if they slept for longer periods, he said.
    " The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to【S6】______well does not change, " Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.
    " It’s【S7】______a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were【S8】______. Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from【S9】______to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That’s【S10】______from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at need at 75. "
A) alert       I) formally
B) associated  J) function
C) attracting  K) mixed
D) cling       L) negative
E) continuing  M) sufficient
F) definitely  N) tend
G) different   O) younger
H) efficiently [br] 【S5】
选项
答案 A
解析 此空格位于复合句的主句中，and前后都为比较级，因为空格前的better原形为good，故空处也应为形容词。由上文可知，老年人多睡觉与良好的身体状况息息相关，可见，如果老人们睡眠时间长，就会令其感觉良好，并保持一种状态，这种状态自然是睡眠充足后的“清醒”状态，故选alert。
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