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On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful
hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi'an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in "the kingdom of bicycles".
Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi'an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.
When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now,
after 44 years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi'an. His early dreams were corning true.
Robert Friedlander's next destinations were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete
his trip in Pakistan.
64. The best headline for the newspaper article would be _________.
[A]A Beautiful Hotel in Xi'an
[B] An American Achieving his Aims
[C] Marco Polo and the Silk Road
[D] The Kingdom of Bicycle
65. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because
[A] he asked to see the manager
[B] he entered the hall with a bike
[C] the manager had to know about all foreign guests
　[D] the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him
66. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order _________.
[A] China, India, and Pakistan
[B] China, Pakistan, and India
[C] India, China, and Pakistan
[D] Pakistan, China, and India
67. What made Friedlander want to come to China?
[A] His childhood dreams about bicycles.
[B] His interest in Chinese silk.
[C] The famous sights in Xi'an.
[D] The stories about Marco Polo.
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American society does not treat nap(-FBI) friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. "There's even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep". Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote a proverb: " Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven.
Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. We have to totally change our attitude toward napping", says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research.
Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an "American sleep debt" which one
member said was as important as the national debt. The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, president Clinton is trying to take a half hour snooze (-JB-SS) every afternoon.
About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We seem to have "a
midafternoon quiet phase" also called "a secondary sleep gate". Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap. We superstars of snooze don t nap to replace lost shut-eye or to prepare for a night shift. Rather, we snack on sleep, whenever, wherever and at whatever time we feel like it. I myself have napped in buses, cars, planes and on boats; on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and museums.
68. It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is
[ A ] unreasonable
[B] criminal
[C] harmful
[D] costly
69. The research done by the Dement commission shows that Americans
[A] don't like to take naps
[B] are terribly worried about their national debt
[C] think sleeping less is good for them
[D] have caused many industrial and traffic accidents
70. The purpose of this article is to ________.
[A] warn us of the wickedness of napping
[B] explain the danger of sleepiness
[G] discuss the side effects of napping
[D] convince the reader of the necessity of napping
71. The "American sleep debt" (Line I, Para. 3 )is the result of___
[A] the traditional misconception about sleep
[B] the new sleep policy of the Clinton Administration
[C] the rapid development of American industry
[D] the Americans' worry about the danger of sleepiness