2011年6月大学英语四级考试阅读真题及答案

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

　　The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday.

　　While elderly people 47 to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) 48 effect on their brain’s performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.

　　Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping 49 straight through the night.

　　More sleep in old age, however, is 50 with better health, and most older people would feel better and more 51 if they slept for longer periods, he said.

　　“The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to 52 well does not change,” Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.

　　“It’s 53 a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were 54 . Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from 55 to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That’s 56 from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at 75.”

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

　　[A] alert [I] formally

　　[B] associated [J] function

　　[C] attracting [K] mixed

　　[D] cling [L] negative

　　[E] continuing [M] sufficient

　　[F] definitely [N] tend

　　[G] different [O] younger

　　[H] efficiently

　　答案

　　47. N) tend 48. L) negative 49. H) efficiently 50. B) associated 51. A) alert

　　52. J) function 53. F) definitely 54. O) younger 55. E) continuing 56. G) different