Question

When 15-year-old Louisa Ball takes a nap, she sleeps for days on end, and no amount of shaking can fully wake her up. The British girl has a rare condition called Sleeping Beauty Sickness. Doctors don’t know what causes it or how to cure it --only know that it strikes teenagers and goes away by itself after eight to 12 years.

Louisa’s mum, Lottie, told NBC News that the girl had flulike symptoms just over a year ago. Shortly afterward, she had her first period of long sleeping.

She was eventually diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome, whose victims worldwide may number no more than 1,000. The victims live normally for weeks or months at a time, with normal sleep patterns and normal energy levels. Then, with little warning, they’ll go to sleep for days or weeks at a time. So far, Louisa’s longest period in bed has been 13 days. Victims will wake briefly, but be disoriented and not fully awake. Louisa’s parents force her awake so she can use the bathroom and eat.

Now, Louisa’s friends can tell when a period is coming on. She stops talking and she may be annoyed easily. That’s when she knows she has to get home to her bed. Louisa has slept through family vacations, the dance recitals(表演會) she loves to perform in, and school tests. Now it becomes increasingly difficult to catch up on missed schoolwork.

But just as doctors don’t know the cause, they also don’t know why it ends as mysteriously as it began. The illness is unrelated to narcolepsy(嗜眠病), whose victims are constantly tired and drop off for brief periods of sleep at any time.

It’s so dramatic that some people have accused Louisa of making the false symptoms to get attention. Her father, Richard, thinks that’s absurd.

1.The underlined “disoriented ” in the 3rd paragraph probably means________.

A. embarrassed B. Disappointed

C. confused D. happy

2.We can learn from the passage that________.

A. doctors have found the cure for Sleeping Beauty Sickness.

B. some people don’t believe in the truth of Louisa’s symptoms.

C. Kleine-Levin Syndrome has no effect on Louisa’s study and life.

D. the narcolepsy victims sleep longer than those with Kleine-Levin Syndrome.

3.What can we learn about Louisa?

A. Louisa is fond of dancing.

B. Louisa can still manage finish her schoolwork without difficulty.

C. Louisa is a British girl who likes sleeping.

D. Louisa’s longest sleeping period is 8 years.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. What is Narcolepsy

B. How Louisa Overcame the Difficulty

C. Rare Illness Turns a Girl into a “Sleeping Beauty”

D. The Latest Research on Kleine-Levin Syndrome.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：一個英國女孩兒患上了一種罕見的病癥，患有這種病癥的人，每次能連著睡幾天甚至幾周的時間，這種病又叫克萊恩——萊文綜合癥，對于病因，人們無從得知，只能等它自行消失。

1.猜測詞義題。根據(jù)and not fully awake可知，患有睡美人癥的人，不能完全醒，處于半睡半醒的狀態(tài)，embarrassed尷尬的；Disappointed失望的；confused糊涂的；happy開心的，故選C。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段It’s so dramatic that some people have accused Louisa of making the false symptoms to get attention.可知，因為克拉恩-萊文綜合癥的病因尚不明確，有些人就職責(zé)是Louisa捏造了虛假的癥狀獲得關(guān)注，由此可知，一些人并不相信由克拉恩-萊文綜合癥這種病，故選B。

3.判斷正誤題。根據(jù)第三段Louisa has slept through family vacations, the dance recitals(表演會) she loves to perform in, and school tests.可知，Lousia平時喜歡跳舞和參加舞蹈表演，故選A。

4.主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段The British girl has a rare condition called Sleeping Beauty Sickness. Doctors don’t know what causes it or how to cure it --only know that it strikes teenagers and goes away by itself after eight to 12 years.可知，一個英國女孩兒患上了一種罕見的病癥，患有這種病癥的人，每次能連著睡幾天甚至幾周的時間，睡著之后不容易醒，就像睡美人一樣。故選C。

考點：醫(yī)學(xué)類短文