历年英语四级考试的阅读理解部分9_大学英语阅读

历年英语四级考试的阅读理解部分9

　　A) The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

　　B) The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper

　　C) The Variety of a Good Newspaper

　　D) Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　American society is not napfriendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Theres even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep. Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote proverb: Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven.

　　Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. We have to totally change our attitude toward napping, says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research.

　　Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an American sleep debt which one member said was as important as the national debt, the commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, president Clinton is trying to take a half-hour snoozeevery afternoon.

　　About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We seem to have a midafternoon quiet phase also called a secondary sleep gate. Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap.