Question

Nicole Delian, 17, suffers from a condition that makes her sleep up to 19 hours a day and as  much as 64 days in a row． Nicole Delian is tired of sleeping．

This 17-year-old teenager from North Fayette, Pa．, has a rare condition called Kleine-Levin  Syndrome -- or "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" -- that makes her sleep 18 to 19 hours a day．

And when she does wake up, she is often so tired out that she is in a sleepwalking state and  doesn't remember doing basic things like eating, according to KDKA-TV．

Nicole's sleepwalking state has been so severe that she once slept through the holidays, awaking one day in January when she finally opened Christmas gifts alongside her family,  according to ChartiersValley．Patch．com．   ．

"She's never really adjusted to it," her mother, Vicki Delien told the website． "She's 17 now  and it really upsets her． She's missed out on a lot．"

Delien told talk show host Jeff Probst that the teen has at times slept 32 to 64 days in a row,  waking only in sleepwalking mode to eat．

Kleine-Levin Syndrome is incredibly rare, only affecting about l,000 people worldwide, and very hard to diagnose．

In Nicole's' case, it took 25 months for doctors to diagnose her, according to ChartiersValley．Patch．com, and everything from a virus, to epilepsy（癲癇） to West Nile was mentioned, including, unfortunately, the possibility she was faking it for attention．．

When a typical episode of Sleeping Beauty Syndrome begins, the patient becomes progressively drowsy（昏昏欲睡的） and sleeps for most of the day and night, waking only to eat or go to the bathroom, according to the Klein-Levin Syndrome Foundation website． "When awake, the patient's whole behavior is changed, often appearing “stupid" or childlike． When awake he experiences confusion, complete lack of energy, and lack of emotions．"

Patients also report that everything seems out of focus, and that they are hypersensitive to noise and light． Some patients also have intense food cravings（渴望）．

The Delians did not say whether Nicole has experienced these symptoms．

There is no known cure, but Nicole's family is using a combination of epilepsy and narcolepsy（發作性嗜睡病）medication to minimize the incidents to just two a year．

1.What's the reflection of Nicole's sleepwalking state?

A．Being forgetful．                       B．Missing Christmas．

C．Sleeping around the clock．               D．Being exhausted and bad-tempered．

2.According to the passage, Kleine-Levin Syndrome         ．

A．is not impossible for doctors to diagnose

B．affects approximately l,000 people all round the country

C．is also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome which only affects females

D．makes those suffering this condition sleep as much as 64 days in a row without eating

3.Frorn the passage we can infer that        ．

A．the disease will change the patients' behavior for good

B．the case of Nicole has been covered several times by different media

C．the．patients of this kind are more and more sleepy when the syndrome begins

D．the patients of this kind become too sensitive to being exposed to any noise and light

4.According to the passage, Nicole           ．

A．was once suspected of lying about her condition

B．has a good appetite for food because of the disease

C．has adapted to the condition and can well cope with it

D．will be cured of the disease by using the combined medication

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了17歲的Nicole Delian得了嗜睡癥，各大媒體描寫的癥狀。

1.細節題：從第二段的句子：And when she does wake up, she is often so tired out that she is in a sleepwalking state and  doesn't remember doing basic things like eating, 可知Nicole 的病導致健忘。選A

2.推理題：從第五段的句子：In Nicole's' case, it took 25 months for doctors to diagnose her,可知這種病不是不可能診斷的。選A

3.推理題：文章第一段之后，就是引用各個媒體對Nicole病的報導，選B

4.推理題：從第五段的句子：the possibility she was faking it for attention．可知Nicole曾被懷疑撒謊。選A。

考點：考查新聞報導類短文

點評：新聞報道的特點就是會引用很多媒體的報導，集中考查了推理題，題目設置較為合理，在推理的時候，準確確定考點，準確判斷。