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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Test 9 Ⅰ.完形填空 Once again，science supports what your grandmother told you：A good night’s sleep helps your body fight a cold. People who averaged fewer than seven hours of sleep per __1__ in the weeks before being exposed to the cold virus were nearly three times __2__ likely to get sick as those who __3__ eight hours or more，a new study found. Researchers used frequent telephone __4__ to track the sleep __5__ of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the course of a few weeks.Then they __6__ the subjects to the virus，quarantined them for five days and kept __7__ of who got sick. __8__ sleeping more，sleeping better also seemed to __9__ the body fight illness：Patients who fared better on a measure __10__ as “sleep efficiency”—the percentage of time in bed that you’re actually sleeping—were also __11__ likely to get sick. The results held __12__ even after researchers __13__ for variables such as body-mass index，age，sex，smoking and pre-existing antibodies to the __14__. 　　__15__ your grandmother，the researchers aren’t exactly sure __16__ sleeping better makes you less likely to __17__ a cold.But they __18__ take a stab at the answer：“Sleep disturbance influences the regulation of proinflammatory cytokines(促炎细胞因子)，histamines，and other symptom mediators that are released in response to infection.” In plain English，maybe tossing and turning when you’re __19__ with the cold virus __20__ to the symptoms that define a cold. The researchers were based at Carnegie Mellon，the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia，and the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. 1．A.day B．night C．week D．month 答案　B 解析　联系日常生活中的常识，经过分析，语意是：那些平均每晚睡不到七个小时的人比平均每晚睡多于八个小时的人在面临感冒病毒时多将近两倍的可能患上感冒。我们容易推理出此空应该填上表示晚上之意的名词，也即是B项。 2．A.more B．as C．less D．same 答案　B 解析　由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上as和下一个as一起构成固定短语as……as……。 3．A.occurred B．worked C．averaged D．longed 答案　C 解析　由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示平均之意的动词，这四个词中只有C项有这样的意思。 4．A.interviews B．reports C．announcements