2022年考博英语-西安交通大学考前模拟强化练习题23（附答案详解）

1、2022年考博英语-西安交通大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 单选题Sleep is a funny thing. Were taught that we should get seven or eight hours a night, but a lot of us get by just fine on less, and some of us actually sleep too much. A study out of the University of Buffalo last month reported that people who routinely sleep more than eight hours a day and are still tired are nearly three times as likely to die of strokeprobably as a result of an underlying disorder that keeps them from snoozing soundly.Doctors have their o

2、wn special sleep problems. Residents are famously sleep deprived. When I was training to become a neurosurgeon, it was not unusual to work 40 hours in a row without rest. Most of us took it in stride, confident we could still deliver the highest quality of medical care. Maybe we shouldnt have been so sure of ourselves. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association points out that in the morning after 24 hours of sleeplessness, a persons motor persons motor performance is comparab

3、le to that of someone who is legally intoxicated. Curiously, surgeons who believe that operating under the influence is grounds for dismissal often dont think twice about operating without enough sleep.“I could tell you horror stories,” says Jays Agrawal, president of the American Medical Student Association, which runs a website where residents can post anonymous anecdotes. Some are terrifying. “I was operating after being up for over 36 hours,” one writes. “I literally fell asleep standing up

4、and nearly face planted into the wound.”“Practically every surgical resident I know has fallen asleep at the wheel driving home from work,” writes another. “I know of three who have hit parked cars. Another hit a Jersey barrier on the New Jersey Turnpike, going 65 m.p.h.” “Your own patients have become the enemy,” writes a third, because they are “the one thing that stands between you and a few hours of sleep.”Agrawals organization is supporting the Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Ac

5、t of 2001, introduced last November by Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Its key provisions, modeled on New York States regulations, include an 80-hour workweek and a 24-hour work-shift limit. Most doctors, however, resist such interference. Dr. Charles Binkley, a senior surgery resident at the University of Michigan, agrees that something needs to be done but believes “doctors should be bound by their conscience, not by the government.”The U.S. controls the hours of pilots and truck

6、drivers. But until such a system is a place for doctors, patients are on their own. If youre worried about the people treating you or a loved one, you should feel free to ask how many hours of sleep they have had and if more-rested staffers are available. Doctors, for their part, have to give up their pose of infallibility and get the rest they need.1.We can learn from the first paragraph that（ ） .2.Speaking of the sleep problems doctors face, the author implies that （ ） .3.Paragraphs 3 and 4 ar

7、e written to （ ） .4.By “doctors should be bound by their conscience, not by the government”(line 6, paragraph 5), Dr. Charles Binkley means that（ ） .5.To which of the following is the author likely to agree?问题1选项A.people who sleep than 8 hours a day are more prone to illnessB.poor sleep quality may be a sign of physical disorderC.stroke is often associated with sleepD.too much sleep can be as harmful as lack of sleep问题2选项A.doctors often need little sleep to keep them energeticB.doctors sleep is

8、deprived by residentsC.doctors tend to neglect their own sleep problemsD.sleep-deprived doctors are intoxicated问题3选项A.entertain the audience with some anecdotesB.discuss the cause of doctors sleep problemsC.show the hostility doctors harbor against their patientsD.exemplify the danger doctors face caused by lack of sleep问题4选项A.doctors should not abide by governments regulationsB.the government is interfering too muchC.the regulations about workweek and work shift are too specificD.law cannot for

9、ce a doctor to sleep while his conscience can问题5选项A.Patients should control the hours of their doctors.B.Pilots and truck drivers work in safer environments than that of doctors.C.Patients are facing more risks if their doctors are not adequately-rested.D.People concerned have the right to remove their doctors from their positions.【答案】第1题:B第2题:C第3题:D第4题:B第5题:C【解析】1.根据第一段的内容可知，经常每天睡眠超过8小时且仍然感到疲倦的人死于中风的可能性几乎是正常人的三倍这可能是一种使他们无法睡得安稳的潜在疾病的结果。也就是说，睡眠质量差可能是身体失调的征兆。选项B符合原文。2.根据第二段的最后一句：医生认为在醉酒的状态下进行手术理应被开除，但在睡眠不足的情况下他们却不会再三考虑。选项C符合原文。3.根据三四段的内容可知，这两段主要是讲医生因为睡眠不足带来的危害，所以选项D正确。4.根据倒数第二段的内容，病人和医生安全与保护法案效仿纽约州的规定，包括每周工作80小时和24小时轮班限制。然而，大多数医生拒绝这种干预。密歇根大学高级外科住院医生Charles Binkley认为“医生应该受到良心的约束，而不是政府的约束。”所以选项正确。5.结合全文内容可知，本文主要讲的是医生睡眠不足带来的危害，所以选项C最能概括全文。2. 写作题For this part, you are requi

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