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1、每周一测Ⅰ.阅读理解AHaveyouwinterizedyourhorseyet?Eventhoughglobalwarmingmayhavemadeourclimatemoremild,manyanimalsarestillhibernating(冬眠).It'stoobadthathumanscan'thibernate.Infact,asaspecies,wealmostdid. Apparently,attimesinthepast,peasantsinFrancelikedasemi-stateofhumanhibernation.Sowr
2、itesGrahamRobb,aBritishscholarwhohasstudiedthesleepinghabitsoftheFrenchpeasants.Assoonastheweatherturnedcold,peoplealloverFranceshutthemselvesawayandpracticedtheforgottenartofdoingnothingatallformonthsonend. Inlinewiththis,JeffWarren,aproduceratCBCRadio'sTheCurrent,tellsusthatt
3、hewaywesleephaschangedfundamentallysincetheinventionofartificial(人造的)lightingandtheelectricbulb. WhenhistoriansbeganstudyingtextsoftheMiddleAges,theynoticedsomethingreferredtoas"firstsleep",whichwasnotclarified,though.Nowscientistsaretellingusourancestorsmostlikelysleptinsepara
4、teperiods.Thebusinessofeighthours'uninterruptedsleepisamoderninvention. Inthepast,withouttheartificiallightofthecitytobathein,humanswenttosleepwhenitbecamedarkandthenwokethemselvesaroundmidnight.Thelatenightperiodwasknownas"TheWatch".Itwaswhenpeopleactuallykeptwatchagainstwilda
5、nimals,althoughmanyofthemsimplymovedaroundorvisitedfamilyandneighbours. Accordingtosomesleepresearchers,ashortperiodofinsomnia(失眠)atmidnightisnotadisorder.Itisnormal.Humanscanexperienceanotherstateofconsciousnessaround theirsleeping,whichoccursinthebriefperiodbeforewefallaslee
6、porwakeourselvesinthemorning.Thisperiodcanbeanextraordinarilycreativetimeforsomepeople.Theimpressiveinventor,ThomasEdison,usedthisstatetohituponmanyofhisnewideas.-14-Playingwithyoursleeprhythmscanbeadventurous,asanxietymaysetin.Medicalsciencedoesn'thelpmuchinthiscase.Itoffersusm
7、edicinesforafullnight'scontinuoussleep,whichsoundsnatural;however,accordingtoWarren'stheory,itisreallytheoppositeofwhatweneed.1.TheexampleoftheFrenchpeasantsshowsthefactthat___________.A.peoplemightbecomelazyasaresultoftoomuchsleepB.thereweresignsofhibernationinhumansleepinghabi
8、tsC.peopletendedtosleepmorepeacefullyincoldweat