新视野英语试题 Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night and you couldn't come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried?You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep.Dr.Ho

新视野英语试题 Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night and you couldn't come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried?You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep.Dr.Ho
新视野英语试题
Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night and you couldn't come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried?
You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep.Dr.Home,a sleep researcher in England,studied 24 college students.One group got their normal eight hours of sleep.The other group didn't get any sleep at all—they stayed awake all night.The next day,Dr.Home tested the students.He asked them questions that required creative and original thinking.One of the questions was "How many uses can a box be put to?"
The results?The wide-awake students did well on the tests.The tired students did poorly.
Research has already shown that tired people can do okay on tests of routine thinking,like simple addition.But Dr.Home tested creative thinking only.
As part of his study,he offered an amount of money as a reward to the tired students if they did well.But even this encouragement wasn't enough to help the students overcome their tiredness.They still did poorly.Dr.Home believes that the part of the brain where thinking takes place may get worn out during waking hours.Sleep may help to repair the brain overnight.Without any sleep,he emphasizes,"even if you think harder,you cannot do better."
This study gives people something to think about,especially people like hospital workers and airplane pilots,who must stay awake all night and then make emergency decisions.
11.According to the passage,failure to think of new ideas may be _____________.
A.caused by a lack of sleep
B.caused by hard questions
C.caused by a weak brain
D.caused by too much study
12.Tired people have no problem with _____________________.
A.finding uses for boxes
B.making creative ideas
C.doing simple math tests
D.taking research tests
13.The purpose for offering money to the tired students was to _____________.
A.help them repair their brains
B.stimulate their interests
C.convince people to join
D.encourage them to do better
14.Sleep might help people by ________________.
A.repairing the brain
B.giving creative dreams
C.providing fresh energy
D.allowing harder thought
15.This information is useful to people like nurses and pilots because _____________.
A.they often meet situations in which they must be creative
B.they often take tests to display their abilities to do their jobs
C.they often go to the hospital because of brain problems
D.they often get little sleep but make important decisions

新视野英语试题 Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night and you couldn't come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried?You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep.Dr.Ho
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