GRE阅读练习：规律睡眠促进儿童智力发展.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：规律睡眠促进儿童智力发展 GRE阅读文章：GRE阅读练习：规律睡眠促进儿童智力发展 GRE考试精品课程训练  IN THAT mythical era when children were seen and not heard, and did as they were told without argument, everyone knew that regular bedtimes were important.  在那个孩子们被看见却不被倾听，没有任何异议顺从地去做被告知的事的神话般的年代，人人都知道有规律的就寝时间很重要。  Dream on! most modern parents might reply.  大部分现代家长可能会这样回复：怎么可能，做梦吧!  But research by Yvonne Kelly of University College, London, shows that the ancient wisdom is right—half the time.  但是伦敦大学学院的Yvonne Kelly 的研究表明，古老的智慧有一半是正确的。  Daughters, it seems, do benefit from regular bedtimes. Sons do not.  有规律的就寝时间对女儿似乎确实有益，对儿子却没有效果。  Dr Kelly knew of many studies that had looked at the connection between sleep habits and cognitive abilityin adults and adolescents.  博士Kelly熟知很多关于睡眠习惯与成年人、青少年认知能力联系的研究。  All showed that inconsistent sleeping schedules went hand in hand with poor academic performance.  所有研究都表明，反复无常睡眠安排和糟糕的学业表现是密切相关的。  Surprisingly, however, little such research had been done on children.  然而令人惊讶的是，几乎没有关于儿童这方面的研究。  She and a team of colleagues therefore examined the bedtimes and cognitive abilities of 11,178 children born in Britain between September 2000 and January 2002, who are enrolled in a multidisciplinary research project called the Millennium Cohort Study.  因此，她和她同事组成的团队调查了那些注册参加了千禧世代研究多学科研究项目、在2000年9月到2002年1月期间在英国出生的11,178个孩子的就寝时间和认知能力方面的信息。  The bedtime information they used was collected during four visits interviewers made to the homes of those participating in the study.  他们用的就寝时间的信息是在四次访问期间，采访者去那些参加了这个研究的家里收集的。  These happened when the children were nine months, three years, five years and seven years of age.  访问会在孩子九个月大，三岁，五岁和七岁时进行。  Besides asking whether the children had set bedtimes on weekdays and if they always, usually, sometimes or never made them, interviewers collected information about family routines, economic circumstances a