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Unit 1（第5页）

&hatisaliteraturewrittemassesofpeopleandactuallyreadbythem。

Althoughastudyofourdimenovelsaloeodetermiaretheessentialcharacteristieritradition，ittributemateriallytothateer，theindustriousresearinedsomanyobseriliteraryexpressionwillalmostlyturiontothesenovelsandalltheirkihihesalmoncoveredpaperbacesoeagerlydevouredbysoldiers，lumberjamen，hiredgirls，aboysingreeablereadihehistorian，muchasthesodhistoricalimpliayihim。Asforthecrowdstodaywhogettheirsensationalthrillsfromthemoviesaabloids，Ifearthattheywouldfindthesehair-raisersedeadlydull。

1。Agtothepassage，itisontosiderthatanimportantindiofasociety’scultureisthe_____。

A）dimenovelB）balladandfolksongC）psD）music

2。Whichofthefollowingistrue，agtothepassage?

A）FolksoedbytheplainpeopleofAmerica。

B）ThedimenovelwascreatedbytheplainpeopleofAmerica。

C）BothfolksongsanddimeedbytheplainpeopleofAmerica。

D）Bothfolksongsanddimecreatedbytheeris。

3。Whichofthefollowioohesemodesofexpression”（Line2，Para。2）?

A）Ps。B）Dang。ovels。D）Jazz。

4。Theprincipalpurposeoftheauthorofadimeo_____。

A）explmentofAmerisocietyB）makemoney

C）raisethelevelofihegreatmassofpeopleD）promotetheAmeripoliticalphilosophy5。Agtotheauthor，thestudyofourdimenovels_____。

A）isawasteoftime

B）wouldbeamusingbutunimportantC）wouldbeavaluabletributioheessentialcharacteristieritradition

D）wouldbesuffiitselftodetermiialcharacteristieritradition

Passage2

BaekelandandHartmathe“shortsleepers”hadbeenmoreorlessaverageintheirsleepilthemeheirteens。Butataboutage15orso，themenvangdhtlysleeptimebecauseofpressuresfromschool，work，aies。Thesemeoviewtheirnightlyperiodsofunessasbothersomeiionsintheirdailyroutines。

&hese“shortsleeps”appearedambitious，aergetic，cheerful，ist（不动摇）intheiropinions，andverysureabouttheircareerchoices。Theyoftenheldseveraljobsatonce，orworkedfull-orpart-timewhilegoingtosanyofthemhadastretoappear“normal”or“acceptable”totheirfriendsandassociates。

&orecalltheirdreams，the“shortsleepers”didpoorly。Morethanthis，theyseemedtoprefernotremembering。Insimilarfashion，theirusualwayofdealingwithpsychologiswastodenythattheproblemexisted，aokeepbusyihetrouble>

Thesleeppattersleepers”weresimilarto，butlessextremethaernsshownbymaientscategorizedasmanic（疯人）。

The“longsleepers”werequitedifferentindeed。BaekelandandHartmatheseyoungmehysleepssincechildhood。Theyseemedtoenjoytheirsleep，protectedit，aeedwhentheywereoallydeprivedoftheirdesired9hhtlybedrest。Theyteheirdreamsmuchbetterthasleepers”。

Manyofthe“longsleepers”wereshy，anxious，ied（内向），inhibited（压抑），passive，mildlydepressed，ahemselves（partisocialsituations）。Severalopesleepefromtheirdailyproblems。

1。Agtothereport，_____。

A）manyshortsleepersneedlesssleepbynatureB）manyshortsleepersareobligedtoreduightlysleeptimebecausetheyarebusywiththeirwork

gsleeperssleepaloimeduringthedayD）manylongsleeperspreservetheirsleepinghabitftheirany“shortsleepers”arelikelytoholdtheviewthat_____。

A）sleepisawithdrawalfromtherealityB）sleepiheirsouC）sleepistheleastexpeheirrramD）sleepisthebestsychologicaltroubles3。Itisstatedihirdparagraphthatshortsleepers_____。

A）areideallyvigorousevehepressuresoflifeB）ofteheadequatesleepotknowhoerlyD）aremoreuorualproblems4。Wheheyjoyadequatesleep，thelo_____。

A）appeardisturbedB）beeeicC）feeldissatisfiedD）beextremelydepressed5。WhichofthefollowingisNotihepassage?

A）Ifonesleepsiely，hisperformancesuffersandhismemoryis>

B）Thesleeppatternsofshortsleepersareexactlythesahoseshownbymaients。

dshortsleepersdifferiudesto。

D）Shortsleeperswouldbebetteroffwithmorerest。