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The Hope Children's Hospice provides free specialist care for children with life-limiting conditions who are not expected to live into adulthood. It cares for up to eight terminally-ill children at one time, and aims to care for them in the same way their families would care for them at home.____1____

Life-limiting conditions present many long-term medical and emotional problems-not only for the child, but for parents and siblings too. So the hospice offers respite care-short stays for the child alone or for the whole family together. ____2____ Short stays give terminally-ill children an opportunity to meet others with similar conditions.

Each child at the hospice has their own carer and their own care plan. A normal day might start with a jacuzzi bath followed by a massage from a complementary therapist. ____3____

The hospice has a multi-sensory room. ____4____ It has touch-screen computers，video games, paddling pools, anti space for wheelchair dancing. Children have music therapy and can record their own music，not only as a way to express their feelings，but to leave something for their family and friends to listen to in the years to come.

The hospice has a number of quiet moms where we care for children during and after death.____5____Our support does not end with death. We help not just grieving parents, but also siblings who are experiencing bereavement. We give everyone opportunities to discuss their fears about death and dying.

答案与题解：

1.C 选项C的本意是，当这些儿童的家人希望能够亲自照料这些子女时，救济院的看护人员将会上门为其提供帮助，与前句中"为患儿提供家人般的关照"形成呼应。

2.E 该选项意为"他们对于时间、地方以及人们的身份产生了疑惑"。这里他们指的是上文中的患儿和其家人。第二段第一句话中已经显示，在接受长期药物治疗后，患儿和其家人都会出现一定程度上的身心问题，这句话和前文中的话逻辑衔接，所以答案为选项E。

3.B 上文中提到的患儿一天的治疗安排，是按照从早开始的时间顺序进行的，在介绍完患儿早间的治疗活动后，文章对其一天之后的行为进行解释，而本句话的意思为" 一些患儿去上学，另一些则和救济院的游戏专家一起玩"，和上文形成了补充搭配。

4.D 该选项是对救济院特殊的游戏房间进行解释描述的，而最先提及该房间的就是第四段的第一句话，故补充在其后面，对其进行补充说明。

5.A 该选项和上下文呼应，解题线索为下句中提到的"服务不会随着死亡而结束"，从这里可以知道上文提到的房间是关于患儿亡故的，那么这间房子的用途就是该选项所描述的"为患儿亲属提供一个对其进行最后告别的场所"。

*第七篇 Power Napping is Good for the I.Q.

Today we hear more and more about the importance of getting enough sleep-about eight hours a night. Sleep can help heal and give energy to both the body and the brain. ____1____ It seems almost certain that the third of our lives that we spend asleep has a great effect on the two- thirds that we are awake. Sleep affects our emotions, memory, focus, and behavior.

Studies show that people in developed countries spend less time asleep and more time at work or commuting. Dr. Karine Spiegel, at the University of Chicago, has found that the average length of sleep has gone down from nine hours a night in 1910 to seven-and-a-half hours a night today. However, our bodies cannot function well without enough sleep. ____2____ According to Canadian scientist Dr. Stanley Coren, every hour of lost sleep at night causes us to lose one I. Q. point the next day. For example, when someone gets only five or six hours of sleep each night for a week, the person's I. Q. could go down 15 points or more. ____3____

Most sleep experts say that humans need at least eight hours of sleep every day，but it should be in two stages: a long sleep at night and a shorter nap in the afternoon. Some companies help their employees follow this advice. ____4____ They say this makes the workers much more efficient.

To study sleep deprivation (not getting enough sleep), scientists use a test called the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). During the test, a person stays in a darkened, quiet room during the daytime. Scientists believe that a sleep-deprived person will fall asleep quickly. If it takes ten minutes or longer to fall asleep, the person is probably getting enough sleep.

Scientists have also found that the time of year seems to affect how much sleep we need.____5____However,in the summer, people sometimes sleep as little as six hours, without having any problems.

练习：

A They allow them to "power nap" in the afternoon, if only for 20 minutes.

B Losing just one or two hours of sleep a night，over a long period of time，can cause serious health problems.

C People usually sleep longer in the winter, sometimes as much as 14 hours a night.

D People in power are more intelligent because they take naps.

E Medical experts now believe that sleep is even more important for health than diet or exercise.

F That's why, without enough sleep, a normally intelligent person may start to have difficulty doing daily tasks.

答案与题解：

1.E 本题的做题线索为其之前的一句话，即"睡眠能有助于恢复补充身体和大脑的能量"，其描述的是睡眠的功能，选项E说的也是睡眠的功能，与前文形成补充说明。

2.B 该选项对睡眠减少的后果进行了描述，与前一句中"在缺少足够睡眠的情况下，我们的身体无法正常运作"形成呼应，是一个结果性的解释，虽然选项F也是对睡眠不足人群后果的解释，但是选项F在此不符合上面一句话的语境，其主要是在描述睡眠和智商直接的关系，在下文才有所提及，故答案为选项B。

3.F 从第三段最后一句话看出，选项F描述的是睡眠和智商之间的联系，其做题线索和上一题一样，都是对前面一句话的结果性补充描写。

4.A 该题的做题线索也是对其前一句的话的补充说明，前文中提到了一些公司在睡眠方面对其员工进行了帮助，该选项则简短介绍了这些公司都采取了哪些具体方案。

5.C 本题的做题线索为上下文搭配，在最后一段的第一句中明显提及了睡眠和一年中的不同时期有关，后面最后一句话又讲到了夏季的睡眠时间，那么从中可以判断出，这里描述的应该是另外一种季节的睡眠时间，从而与段首观点句呼应并与下句形成对比，而选项C描述的便是冬季的睡眠时间，故符合要求。