做英语阅读，最怕“文章能看懂，题目选不对”。今天用一篇“我们需要多少睡眠”练细节定位：most Americans 睡几小时、insomnia 是什么意思、名人怎么对付睡不着，全部能在原文找到答案。先做4道选择，再背文末高频短语，初二月考常考。
How much sleep do we need? People are all different. Some people need only three or four hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep seven to eight hours a night.
Some people find it hard to fall asleep. About one in three Americans have a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people have special ideas to make themselves sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from bed to bed to fall asleep. Mark Twain lay on his side across the end of his bed.
一、选择题(Choose the correct answer)
1. How many hours of sleep do most Americans need?
A. 3-4 hours
B. 7-8 hours
C. 10 hours
D. 5-6 hours
2. What does the word "insomnia" mean?
A. 睡得太久
B. 失眠症
C. 打呼噜
D. 做噩梦
3. According to the passage, how many Americans have sleep problems?
A. All of them
B. None of them
C. About 1/3 of them
D. About 2/3 of them
4. What did Benjamin Franklin do to fall asleep?
A. He drank hot milk.
B. He moved from bed to bed.
C. He lay on the floor.
D. He read books.
一、核心短语
fall asleep — 入睡（阅读中出现频率极高，必背）
can not fall asleep — 无法入睡
have a problem with sleep — 有睡眠问题
make oneself sleep — 让自己入睡（文中是 make themselves sleep）
hours of sleep a night — 每晚的睡眠时间（如：seven hours of sleep a night）
find it hard to do sth. — 发现做某事很困难
(例句：Some people find it hard to fall asleep.)
move from... to... — 从……移动到……/从一张床换到另一张床
lie on one's side — 侧卧、侧躺（文中是 lay on his side，注意 lie 的过去式是 lay）
across the end of... — 横跨在……的末端（如：across the end of his bed）
have special ideas to do sth. — 有特别的想法/主意来做某事
参考答案(Answer Key)
1. B (根据原文 "Most Americans sleep seven to eight hours a night.")
2. B (根据原文 "The name of this problem is insomnia" 以及前文提到 "can not fall asleep"，可知是失眠症。)
3. C (根据原文 "About one in three Americans have a problem with sleep.")
4. B (根据原文 "Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from bed to bed to fall asleep.")
阅读提分不难：先通读抓大意，再带题干关键词回原文定位，最后用原句核对选项。今天这篇重点掌握fall asleep、insomnia、have a problem with sleep。觉得有用点个“在看”，收藏起来每天练一篇，初二阅读会越来越稳。
