题目
That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the "first-night" effect. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect. Dr. Sasaki knew the "first-night" effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved. The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining watchful enough to avoid predators(捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, the team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the university's Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres(半球) of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did. Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps(蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying watchful to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found.(1)What did researchers find puzzling about the "first-night" effect? ____ A. To what extent it can trouble people.B. What role it has played in evolutionC. In what way it can be beneficial.D. What circumstances may set it off.(2)What do we learn about Dr. Sasaki doing her research? ____ A. She found birds and dolphins remain watchful while asleep.B. She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.C. She conducted studies on birds' and dolphins' sleeping patterns.D. She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins.(3)What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment? ____ A. She employed 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.B. She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.C. She kept the participants awake.D. She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.(4)What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment? ____ A. They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.B. They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.C. They tended to see irregular beeps as a threat.D. They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones.
That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the "first-night" effect. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.
Dr. Sasaki knew the "first-night" effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved. The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining watchful enough to avoid predators(捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, the team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the university's Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres(半球) of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did.
Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps(蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying watchful to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found.
(1)What did researchers find puzzling about the "first-night" effect? ____
A. To what extent it can trouble people.
B. What role it has played in evolution
C. In what way it can be beneficial.
D. What circumstances may set it off.
(2)What do we learn about Dr. Sasaki doing her research? ____
A. She found birds and dolphins remain watchful while asleep.
B. She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.
C. She conducted studies on birds' and dolphins' sleeping patterns.
D. She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins.
(3)What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment? ____
A. She employed 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.
B. She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.
C. She kept the participants awake.
D. She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.
(4)What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment? ____
A. They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.
B. They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.
C. They tended to see irregular beeps as a threat.
D. They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones.
Dr. Sasaki knew the "first-night" effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved. The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining watchful enough to avoid predators(捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, the team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the university's Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres(半球) of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did.
Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps(蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying watchful to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found.
(1)What did researchers find puzzling about the "first-night" effect? ____
A. To what extent it can trouble people.
B. What role it has played in evolution
C. In what way it can be beneficial.
D. What circumstances may set it off.
(2)What do we learn about Dr. Sasaki doing her research? ____
A. She found birds and dolphins remain watchful while asleep.
B. She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.
C. She conducted studies on birds' and dolphins' sleeping patterns.
D. She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins.
(3)What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment? ____
A. She employed 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.
B. She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.
C. She kept the participants awake.
D. She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.
(4)What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment? ____
A. They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.
B. They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.
C. They tended to see irregular beeps as a threat.
D. They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones.
题目解答
答案
1.C.细节理解题.根据文章第一段If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect可知研究人员对"第一晚"效应以何种方式是有益的感到困惑;故选C
2.D. 细节理解.根据题干关键词Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research可定位至第二段第三行"She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins","previous work"即her research,根据阅读"三句原则",与答案进行比对,可将答案定位至下一句话"This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing." "wonder"意为对某事感到困惑,这使得她想去知道人类是否也会做同样的事情,也就是说,这个调查给了她新的想法.故选D
3.B.细节理解题.关键词是"Dr. Sasaki,re-running, experiment".该题定位句是最后一段"Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps (蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night.".这句话提到Sasaki博士重新进行了一次实验,他让睡眠中的参加者听了两种声音,即她监测睡眠在新环境中的参与者的大脑活动.故选B
4.C. 细节理解.根据关键词Dr. Sasaki find和 the participants可定位至第三段"She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones."左侧大脑会对不规律的蜂鸣声做出反应,将人们从睡梦中惊醒,也就是说,将不规律的蜂鸣声视为威胁.故选C
2.D. 细节理解.根据题干关键词Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research可定位至第二段第三行"She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins","previous work"即her research,根据阅读"三句原则",与答案进行比对,可将答案定位至下一句话"This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing." "wonder"意为对某事感到困惑,这使得她想去知道人类是否也会做同样的事情,也就是说,这个调查给了她新的想法.故选D
3.B.细节理解题.关键词是"Dr. Sasaki,re-running, experiment".该题定位句是最后一段"Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps (蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night.".这句话提到Sasaki博士重新进行了一次实验,他让睡眠中的参加者听了两种声音,即她监测睡眠在新环境中的参与者的大脑活动.故选B
4.C. 细节理解.根据关键词Dr. Sasaki find和 the participants可定位至第三段"She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones."左侧大脑会对不规律的蜂鸣声做出反应,将人们从睡梦中惊醒,也就是说,将不规律的蜂鸣声视为威胁.故选C