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2006年12月听力passage原文 Passage 1 Reduci ng the amount of sleep stude nts get at ni ght has a direct impact on their performa nee at school duri ng the day. Accord ing to classroom teachers, eleme ntary and middle school stude nts who stay up late exhibit more lear ning and atte nti on problems. This has bee n show n by Brow n Medical School and Bradley Hospital research. In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep stude nts received whe n completi ng weekly performa nee reports, yet they rated the stude nts who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling all the material , learning new lessons and completing high-quality work. Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty pay ing atte nti on. The experime nt is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficie ncy in childre n. Just stay ing up late can cause in creased academic difficulty and atte nti on problems for otherwise healthy, well- functioning kids, said Garhar n Fori one, the study s lead author. So the results provide professi on als and pare nts with a clear message: whe n a child is hav ing lear ning and atte nti on problems, the issue of sleep has to be take n into con siderati on. we don t ask about sleep, and try to improve sleep patter ns in kids ademically, thaggli ng ac we aren t doing our job ” , Forlone said. For parents, he said, the message is simple, “ g bed on time is as importa nt as gett ing them to school on time ”. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 26: What were teachers told to do in the experiment? Question 27: According to the experiment, what problem can insufficient sleep cause in students? Question 28: What message did the researcher intend to convey to parents? Passage 2 Patricia Pania n ever wan ted to be a public figure. All she wan ted to be was a mother and home-maker. But her life was tur ned upside dow n whe n a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a st