The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspaper. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.

　　Herpin died at the age of 94.

　　72. The main idea of this passage is that _________.

　　A. large numbers of people do not need sleep

　　B. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep

　　C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive

　　D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep

　　73. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting _________.

　　A. to cure him of his sleeplessness

　　B. to find that his sleeplessness was not really true

　　C. to find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep

　　D. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping

　　74. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin ________.

　　A. needed some kind of sleep B. was too old to need any sleep

　　C. needed no sleep at all D. often slept in a chair

　　75. One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was _________.

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