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【【考考前前3300天天绝绝密密资资料料】年高高考考考考前前3300天天三三轮轮专专题题提提分分必必练练绝绝密密之之 1199 （（湖湖北北专专用用）） 卷总分：104 答题时间：60分钟 专专题题限限时时训训练练 ((二二十十七七))　　 [[科科普普知知识识型型阅阅读读理理解解 ((一一))]] ((限限时时：：2255分分钟钟)) 一一)) If you see a student napping (打瞌睡) in the library, don’t roll your eyes.New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour’s nap can considerably improve and restore your brain power.Indeed, the findings suggest that a nap not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter. “Sleep not only rights the wrong of extended wakefulness but it moves you beyond where you were before you took a nap.”said Matthew Walker, an assistant professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and the lead investigator of UC Berkeley sleep studies. The latest study suggests that the brain may need sleep to process shortterm memories, creating “space”for new facts to be learned.In their experiment,39 healthy adults were divided into two groups—nap and nonap. At last it showed that the nappers improved their scores by 10 percent on average after sleeping; the scores of those who didn’t nap actually dropped by 10 percent. The results support previous data from the same research team that staying up all night—a common practice at college during midterms and finals—decreases the ability to memorize new facts by nearly 40 percent, due to a shutdown of brain regions for lack of sleep, said Walker. “Sleep is needed to clear the brain’s shortterm memory storage and make room for new information.”said Walker. “It’s as though the email inbox in your brain is full and, until you sleep and clear out those emails, you’re not going to receive any more emails.” However, Professor DerkJan Dijk, the director of the Surrey Sleep Research Centre, said that there was no clear evidence that daytime napping offered a distinct advantage over sleeping soundly just once over 24 hours. “The sleepwake cycle is not as fixed as we might think—we have t