If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!”
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments (實(shí)驗(yàn)) to test “the learn while you sleep” method (方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.
Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect (影響) his rest in any way. However, sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.
In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (詞匯) were given with the students awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on. At 5 o’clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.
【小題1】In the experiment, lessons were given____ .

A．in the night timeB．a(chǎn)fter lullabies were broadcast
C．while the student was awakeD．a(chǎn)ll through the twelve hours
【小題2】Before each lesson finishes, the student has to____ .
A．get up and take breakfast
B．be woken up by a loud voice
C．listen to the lesson again in sleep
D．review (復(fù)習(xí)) the lesson by himself
【小題3】The sleep study method is being tried in many countries to teach____ .
A．the English languageB．grammar and vocabulary
C．a(chǎn) number of subjectsD．foreign languages


【小題1】Ａ
【小題2】Ｃ
【小題3】Ｃ

解析試題分析：文章介紹了一種新的學(xué)習(xí)方法the learn while you sleep” method 。
【小題1】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段1,2行Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (詞匯) were given with the students awake.說(shuō)明這樣的教育活動(dòng)是在晚上進(jìn)行的，故A正確。
【小題2】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段3,4,5行At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears.說(shuō)明在睡眠中還要再聽(tīng)課。故C正確。
【小題3】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.說(shuō)明在很多學(xué)科中都在進(jìn)行這樣的實(shí)驗(yàn)，故C正確。
考點(diǎn)：考查教育類(lèi)短文閱讀
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本類(lèi)短文有很強(qiáng)的教育意義，在閱讀的時(shí)候注意細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題的考查，本題基本上都是細(xì)節(jié)題。

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