[]山东省淄博市淄川中学2016-2017学年高一下学期开学收心考试英语试题

淄川中学2016-2017学年高一下学期开学收心考试 英语试卷 注意事项：本试题分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，满分120分，考试时间为90分钟。其中第Ⅰ卷为选择题共70分；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题共50分。 第Ⅰ卷（共两部分，满70分） 1、 阅读理解（40分） 第一节、阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分） A It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that mi