2023年福建教师招聘考试中学英语专业知识

２023年福建教师招聘考试中学英语专业知识预测卷中学英语专业模拟试卷第一部分单项填空（20分)1．—HaveyoｕfinｉsｈedｒeadｉngＪanｅEｙre?—No,Imyhomewｏrkａlldayyesterｄay.A．waｓdoｉｎgＢ.woulddoC．hａｄｄonｅD．do2.Tｈeｗorkｅrstheglassesandmaｒｋedoneaｃhbox“ＴhiｓＳｉdeUP”．A.caｒriedＢ.deｌivｅreｄC.pｒessedD．Pａcked3．I'llspenｄhalfofmyhｏlｉdaypracｔｉｃｉnｇEngｌｉsｈandhalflｅａrningdrａwｉnｇ.Ａ．ａnoｔheｒB.theothｅrC.ｏther’ｓD.oｔheｒ4.Aｓachild，Ｊackｓtudiｅdｉｎａvillagesｃhｏol，isnａmｅdａfterhisgrａndfathｅｒ．Ａ.ｗｈicｈB.whｅreC.whatD.ｔｈat5.Ｍarymａｄecoffeeherｇueｓtswｅreｆinishingtheirmeaｌ.A.ｓotｈatB．althoughC.whiｌeD.asif6.Iｈaｖeseldoｍsｅeｎｍymoｔheｒplｅasｅdｗiｔhmyｐrｏgressａssheｉsnow.A.soB.veryC.tｏoＤ．rａthｅr７．Mrs．Wｈiｔeshｏwedherｓｔudｅntssomｅｏldmapsｆromtheｌibrary．A.tobｏｒrｏwB.tobｅbｏｒｒoｗeｄC.borrowedD.boｒｒowing8.Whenyｏｕarehome,ｇiveacａllｔoｌｅｔmeｋnoｗｙｏuｓafeｌy．A．ａreaｒrivingB.havearｒivedC.hadarrivｅdＤ.ｗｉllarriｖe9.Jusｔｂepaｔient.Youexpｅctthｅwoｒldtochａngｅｓoｓoｏn．A.caｎ’tB.needｎ’tC．maynotD.willnot10.Theliｔtleｂｏywon’tｇｏtosleephismothｅrteｌlｓｈimastory.A.orＢ.unｌeｓsC.butD．whetｈeｒ11．一Eveｒyｂodyisgoingtｏcliｍbtｈemouｎtain．CａnIgoｔoo，mum?—Waitｔillyouaｒｅoldenough，ｄear.A．Wiｌlyou?Ｂ.Ｗｈynｏt?C．Ihoｐeｓo.D.I’mafｒａｉdnot.12.ThediscoveryoｆgoldiｎAuｓｔraliaｌeｄｔｈousandｓｔｏｂeliｅｖethaｔａfｏrｔuｎｅ.A.ismadeB．woｕldmakeＣ．wastobemａｄeＤ.haｄmaｄe13．Ｗehａven’ｔdiscuｓsedyetｗearｅgoinｇtoｐlaceouｒnewfuｒnｉture.A．ｔｈaｔＢ.whiｃhC.wｈａtD.where１４.ＷiｔhFather’ｓDaｙaｒoundthecorｎer,Ihavetakensｏmeｍonｅｙoｕtoftheｂanｋpｒｅsｅntsfoｒmｙdad.A.buｙB.tobuyC．bｕyiｎgD．tohaｖebｏuｇｈt15.—Washesorrｙfｏrｗｈatｈe’dｄone?—

.A.NｏwｏｎderＢ.WellｄoｎeC.NotrｅalｌyD.Goaｈｅad16．—Ｉhavｅtrieｄverｙｈardｔofiｎdasolutiｏntothｅproblem，butinvａin．—ＷhynotcｏnsuｌtwithFrank?Yｏusee,____＿__＿_.A.greａtmindsｔhinkalikeB.twoheadsａrebｅttｅrthanoneＣ.ａbｉrｄintｈｅhａnｄｉsｗｏrthｔwoinｔhｅbuｓhD．ｉｔ’sbｅtｔertotｈinktwicｅｂｅfoｒedoｉｎｇsｏmｅｔhｉnｇ1７.Thenewlybuiltcaｆé,tｈeｗallｓof_＿____＿arepaiｎｔedｌightgreen，isrｅaｌlyａpeacefuｌplacefoｒus,sｐecｉａllyafterhardwoｒk.A．ｔｈaｔB.iｔC.whaｔD.ｗhiｃｈ18．—Iｓｅveryoneheｒe?—Notｙeｔ……Ｌook,tｈeｒe＿______therｅstofｏurguests！A.ｃomeＢ．comesC.ingD.arｅcomiｎg19．Ｇeorgeisgoingtｏｔalkabouttheｇｅoｇraphyoｆｈisｃouｎtｒｙ,bｕtＩ’ｄratherhe___＿＿＿＿mｏreoｎitscultuｒe.A.fｏcusＢ.focuｓedC.wouldfocuｓD.ｈadfｏｃused20.—ＩｐｒefｅｒshｕttingmyｓeｌｆｉｎandlisｔeniｎgtomusiｃaｌldａyonSunｄａｙs.—Tｈａt’s_＿_____Ｉdｏn’ｔaｇreｅ.Youshouldhavｅａmorｅaｃtivelifｅ.Ａ．whatＢ.whyC．wheｒｅD.hoｗ第二部分完形填空(20分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和Ｄ)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ＴheＴruｅStoｒｙofTreａsuｒeIslanｄItwaｓalwaysｔｈoｕghｔthaｔTreasｕrｅＩslandwaｓthｅproｄｕcｔofRobertLｏｕisSteｖenｓoｎ’simaｇinaｔｉon．

21,recｅnｔresｅaｒchhaｓfoundｔｈｅtｒｕeｓtoｒyｏfthisexｃitｉngwork.Steｖensoｎ,ａＳｃotsｍan,hadlived

2２

fｏrｍanyyｅars.In1８81,ｈeretｕrnｅdtoScoｔlａndfora

23.WitｈhimｗeｒehiｓAｍeｒicanwifeFaｎnyaｎdhiｓsｏｎ

24．EachmｏｒｎingSｔevensonwouldｔａkｅtｈｅmoｕtforalong

25

ｏｖｅrthehilｌｓ.Ｔhｅyｈadｂeen

26

thisｆｏrseｖeraｌdａysbeforetheweathｅrｓudｄenlyｔookａtuｒnforｔhｅwoｒse.Keptinｄoｏrｓｂyｔheheａvyrain,Lｌoydfｅｌｔｔhedays

27.ＴｏkeeptheboyｈappyRobertaskedtheboｙｔoｄoｓｏme

2８.Onｅmornｉｎg，tｈｅｂoｙcａmetoRobertwitｈabｅauｔifulmａpofanisｌand.Rｏbert

２9

thattｈeboyhaddｒａwnaｌargeｃrossiｎｔheｍiｄｄｌeof

30.“Ｗhａt’sｔhat?”hｅasｋed“That’ｓｔhe31

treasure.”ｓaidtheboy.Ｒobertsuddｅnｌy

３２

ｓomethingｏfanadventｕrestｏryｉnｔheboy’s

33.Ｗhiｌｅtherainwaspoｕrinｇ,Ｒoｂertsaｔｄｏwnｂｙｔhｅｆiｒeｔowriteａstorｙ．Ｈｅｗouldmakｅtｈe

３4

atwｅｌve-yeａr－oｌdｂoｙｊustlikeLlｏyｄ．Ｂuｔwhｏｗouldbethepｉｒate(海盗)?RoｂerthadaｇoodfriｅｎｄHeｎley,whowalkeｄarｏｕｎdwiｔhtｈe

35

ofawｏodｅｎｌeg.Rｏbｅrｔｈａdalwayswanteｄto

３6

suchamaninastｏry.37

LongJｏｈｎSｉlｖｅrthepiｒａtewｉthａｗｏodeｎｌｅg,was

38．Sothａnkｓtoa

39

ＳeｐtｅmberiｎScoｔland，afrieｎdｗｉthawoｏdenlegandtheｉmａgiｎａtiｏnｏfａtｗelvｅ-ｙｅaｒ-oldｂoy,ｗehａveonｅofｔhｅｇｒｅａtest

40

sｔoｒiesintheEnglishｌanguaｇｅ.2１.A.HowevｅrB.TherｅforeＣ．BｅsideｓD.Finａｌｌy22.Ａ.aｌｏneＢ.neｘtdoorC．aｔｈomeD.ａbrｏａd23.A.ｍeetｉngＢ.storyC.ｈｏlidａyD．joｂ24．Ａ.LloyｄB．RｏbertC.HenｌeyD.John2５.A.tａlkB.restC．walｋD．gａmｅ26.A．attｅmptingB.misｓingC.plaｎningＤ.enｊoｙｉnｇ2７．A.quｉetB.duｌlC.bｕsyD.cｏｌd28.A.cleaningB.wrｉtingC.draｗｉngＤ．exercisｉｎg29.Ａ.ｄoｕbtｅdB.ｎotiｃeｄＣ.ｄecidedD.ｒｅｃogniｚeｄ３０.A．thｅｓeaB.thehouｓｅC.ScotlandＤ．ｔhｅiｓland31．A.forｇｏtｔenB．buriedC．diｓcoveredD．unexpｅcted32.A.sawB.drewC.mａdeＤ．learned３3.A.booｋB.ｒｅplyC.ｐiｃtuｒeD.mind34.A．starB.ｈeroＣ.wｒiterＤ.cｈild３5.A．heｌpＢ.pｒｏblemC.ｕsｅＤ.ｂｏttom36.Ａ．pｒａiｓeB.prodｕceC．ｉncｌｕdｅD.ａcceｐt３７．A.YeｔB.AlsoＣ.ButD.Thuｓ38.A.reａdB.borｎC.hireｄD．ｗrｉtｔen39．A．raｉｎyB.sunnyC．cooｌＤ.wｉndy40．Ａ.ｎｅwｓB.loveC.reａl-ｌiｆｅD.advｅｎture第三部分阅读理解(32分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和Ｄ)中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIsｕｄdenlｙｈｅaｒdａnelephanｔcryiｎgasthougｈfｒigｈtｅned.LｏokingdownＩimmediatelyrｅcoｇnｉｚedｔｈaｔｓoｍｅthiｎgwasｗronｇandraｎｄowntotｈｅeｄgｅoｆthｅnearbank.TｈerｅIsawMａShweｗithherｔhree－month-oldcａｌｆstrugｇlｉngiｎtheｆａsｔ-rｉsingwａｔｅrａnditｗａｓａlｉｆe-anｄ-ｄeathsｔruｇgle.Herｃalfｗasｆloatｉｎgaｎｄｓcｒｅamｉngwitｈfear．ＭaＳhwewａsasneartｏthefarbankasshecouldget，holdiｎgｈｅｒwholebodｙaｇainｓtｔheruｓhingwａteｒａｎdkeepingｔhecalfpressedagａｉnsthｅrhugebｏdy.Everynｏwandthen,therusｈingwaterwoｕldswｅepthecalfaway．Therｅwａｓaｓuddeｎｒiｓeinthewaｔerandthｅcalfwaｓwaｓhｅdclｅaｎoｖerthｅｍｏthｅr’ｓboｄyaｎdｗａｓgone.MaＳｈwｅturnedquiｃklｙtorｅａchitａｎｄpressｅdｔheｃalfwiｔhｈerheａdandtｒuｎｋ(象鼻）ａｇainｓｔtherocｋｙbank．Tｈenｗiｔhahuｇeeffortsｈeｐicｋｅditupｉｎhｅrtrunｋandｔrieduｎｔilｓhewasaｂletｏplaceｉtonanaｒrowshelfofrock．Juｓｔaｔｔhismomｅnｔ,shefellbacｋinｔotｈeriver．Ifshewerecarriｅddowｎ,itｗｏuldbｅｃertaiｎdｅath.Ｉknｅｗaswelｌａssｈｅdｉd,thattｈeｒewａsｏｎespｏt(地点）whｅreshecouｌdgetｕptｈｅbank,ｂutitwａsｏｎtheotｈｅrsiｄefrｏmwhereshehadpｕtｈercalf.ＷhileIｗaｓwondeｒingwhatIｃｏｕlｄｄonexｔ,Ｉhearｄｔｈesounｄofaｍoｔｈeｒ’slｏve.MaShwehaｄｃrosseｄtherivｅｒandｇoｔｕｐthebａｎkａnｄwasｍａｋingherwaybackａsｆastａsshｅｃould，ｒoaｒiｎg（吼叫）aｌｌthetime,butｔohercalｆｉtｗasｍusic.４1.Thｅmoｍeｎttheaｕtｈorgｏtｄｏwntotherｉverｂankhesaw_____＿.Ａ.thecaｌfwasaboutｔｏｆalｌintｏtheriverB.ＭaＳhwｅwaｓpｌａcinｇthecalfonｔheｒockC.tｈeｃaｌｆｗａｓwaｓhedawaybytｈｅrisｉngｗaterD．ＭaShｗewａshｏldiｎｇthｅcaｌｆａｇainstthｅｒｕshｉnｇwａtｅr４２.HowdidMaShwemａnaｇetosaｖehercalffｒoｍｔｈeｆast-floｗinｇｗater?A．Byputtingitｏｎasafespot.B．Bypressingitagａinstheｒboｄy.C.Bytakｉngiｔawayｗｉｔhher.Ｄ.Ｂycarryｉngｉtonherｂack.４3.Hoｗdidtｈｅcalffeelaboｕtthｅmoｔherelephanｔ’sroaｒing?A．Iｔwaｓagｒｅatｃomfoｒt．B.Ｉtwａsａsignoｆdangｅr.C.Itwasacａllforhelp.Ｄ.Iｔｗaｓaｍｕｓicａlnote.44.Ｗｈaｔcａnbeｔhebeｓttｉtlefortheｔeｘt?A.AMｏthｅr’sLｏveB.ＡBｒavｅActC.ＡDeａｄlyＲiverD.AMａttｅrｏfLｉfeａndＤeaｔhBComputerprogramｍeｒDaｖidJｏnesearns$35.0００ａyｅardｅsiｇningnｅwｃomputergａmes,yethecannｏtｆindａｂankrｅaｄytolｅthimhaｖeacｒeｄｉtcarｄ(信用卡).Insｔeadhｅｈａsbeｅntoｌdtoｗａｉtａnoｔhｅrtwｏyeａrsunｔilｈeis１8.The16-year-olｄｗorｋsｆoｒasｍaｌlfｉrminLivｅrpｏｏl，wheretｈeｐｒoblemofｍosｔｙoungpeopleｏfｈisagｅiｓfindingajob．Ｄａｖid’ｓfiｒmｒelｅases(推出)twoｎewgａｍesｆorthefaｓｔｇｒoｗiｎgｃompｕteｒmarkｅteachmｏnth.ＢuｔＤaviｄ’sbiｇgｅsｔｈeadacｈｅiｓwｈatｔodowｉｔhｈismoｎey.Eventhoughｈeeaｒnsalｏｔheｃannotdｒivｅacａｒｔakｅｏｕtａmｏｒtgage(抵押贷款）,orgetｃｒeditcａrdｓ．DａviｄgothisjobwithｔhｅLiverｐool-ｂasｅｄｃomｐanyfoｕrmonｔhｓaｇo,ayearaftｅrｌｅaｖiｎgschooｌwｉthsixO-levelsａｎｄworkinｇfoｒatｉmｅｉnacomｐuteｒｓhoｐ.“IgｏttheｊｏbbecaｕsetｈeｐｅｏｐleｗhoruｎｔｈefｉrmknewIhadalｒｅadywrｉtteｎsoｍeｐrｏgrams.”heｓaid.Dａvidｓpｅndssomeoｆhｉsｍｏneyonｒｅｃordsａｎdｃlothesandｇiveｓhｉsmother50ｐouｎdsaweek．Ｂutmoｓtｏfhisｓparｅtimeissｐeｎtworｋｉng.“Unfoｒtｕｎateｌy,cｏｍputｉngｗasｎoｔpartoｆoursｔｕdiesatｓｃhｏoｌ,”hesaid“ＢutＩhadbｅensｔudｙｉngitｉｎｂooksandmagazｉｎｅsforfouｒｙeａrsinmｙspaｒetime.ＩknｅwｗhatIwanｔedtodｏａｎdneｖｅｒconsideredstayiｎgonatschoｏl.Mｏsｔpeｏplｅinthisbｕsiｎｅssarｅｆaｉrlyｙoung,aｎywａｙ.”Daｖidaｄdｅd:“ＩwｏuldliketoeａｒnａmｉllionandＩｓｕppoｓｅearlyretｉreｍｅnｔ(退休)iｓapoｓsｉbilｉty.Ｙouｎeｖeｒknowwhenthemａrketmｉｇhtdiｓappｅar.”45.IｎwhaｔwａｙｉｓDａvｉｄdｉfｆeｒentｆrompeｏｐleofｈiｓaｇｅ?A.Hｅofｔengoesoutwithfriｅnds．B．Ｈelｉｖｅswithhismotheｒ.C.Hehasahａｎdｓoｍｅincome．D.HeｇraduatｅｄｗithsiｘＯ-levｅlｓ．４6.ＷhatisoｎｅｏｆｔhepｒoblemｓthaｔDａvidisfacingｎow?Ａ．Heiｓtｏoｙouｎｇtogeｔａcrｅdｉtcaｒd.B.Hｅhasnoｔimetoｌeａｒnｄriving.Ｃ.Hｅhaｓｖeryｌittlespareｔｉｍe．D．Hewillsｏoｎlosehｉsjｏb．4７．WhｙwasDavｉdaｂletogetｔhejobinthecompａny？A.Hehａdｄonewelｌinａllhisｅxａmｓ.B.Hｅｈadwrittensomeｃomputｅrpｒogｒaｍs．C.Hewasgoodaｔplayｉnｇcｏmｐutergａｍeｓ.D．Ｈehadleaｒnttｏusecoｍputerｓatschooｌ.48.WhydiｄDaviｄdｅｃidｅtoleaｖｅschooｌanｄsｔaｒtworkinｇ?A．Ｈereceivedloｔsoｆｊoboｆfeｒs.B.Heｗaｓｅaｇｅrtoheｌｐｈismothｅr．Ｃ.Ｈelostinterestinsｃhｏolstudies．D．Heｗaｎtedtoearnｈisｏｗnliving.ＣTｈiｓbrieｆboｏｋisaiｍedathｉghschoｏlstudents,butspｅａkstoanyoｎeｌearningatanyｓtaｇｅoｆlife.Ｉtsforｍａl,seｒiｏusstylｅclosｅlｙmaｔｃheｓｉtscontｅnt,aｓchoｏl－mａsｔｅｒlybooｋoｎｓｃｈooling.Theaｕtｈor,W．H.Arｍstｒong,startｓwiththebａsiｃs:readｉｎgandｗriｔｉng．Ｉnhiｓｏpｉnｉoｎ，ｒｅａdingdｏｅsn’tjustmeａnｒeｃｏｇｎizingeachｗoｒdonthｅｐage;itmeanｓtakingｉntｈeinfoｒｍaｔion,ｄigestｉnｇitanｄinｃorporatingitiｎtoonesｅlｆjｕstasｏｎeｄｉgestsａｓandwichaｎdmaｋesitａpaｒtofｈiｍｓeｌf.Ｔhegoalistobrinｇtheｉnforｍａtionbaｃktolifｅ，notjusttotreatitasdeａｄfactsonpapｅｒfromdｅadtrees.Ｒeａdinｇaｎｄwrｉtiｎｇcａｎｎｏtbｅcomｐleｔeｌyseparatedfrｏmｅachoｔｈer;infacｔ，tｈeａiｍｏｆｒｅａｄingisｔoexpｒｅｓsｔheiｎfｏrmatｉonｙouｈａvegｏtfroｍthetext.I’veseeniｔagainanｄaｇain:ｓomeoｎewｈｏcan’teｘｐressanidｅaaｆtｅrreaｄinｇatextisjusｔaｓineffectivｅassｏｍeｏnewhohａｓn’treadｉｔatall．Onlyathirdofthｅｂｏokrｅmaiｎsaftｅｒthatdｉｓcussioｎ,wｈichArmsｔroｎgdevotestospｅcifictipｓfoｒstｕdyｉngｌangｕages，mａtｈ,scｉenceａndhistｏrｙ.Heｇenｅrallyhaｎｄlesthesetｏpicstｈoroughlｙ（透彻地)andequalｌy,excepｔｆorsomeweakneｓsiｎｔheｓcieｎcｅanｄｍatｈsectioｎｓandabitｔｏｏmｕchｐassion（激情)regardinghｉｓｔｏrｙ.Well,hewasａｈiｓtorｙteａcher—ifｃonvｅyeｄonlｙatenｔhofhｉspaｓsiｏnｔohiｓstudｅntｓ,ｔhatwasａhundreｄｔimesmoretｈａnmｙｈistｏｒyteａchersevergｏｔaｃross.Tｏmydisappoinｔｍent,ｉnthispartoftｈeｂookheiｇｎorestｈeａrts．Aｓａmattｅrｏffact,ｔheyｄemａnｄａllthecｏnceｎtrａtiｏnanｄstudythatmａｔhandscｉenceｄo，thougｈthesｔｕdyｄｉｆferssｌightlyｉnｋind.Ａlｔhoughit’sｃoｍmoｎlybｅlieｖeｄthattheaｒtｓcanonlybｅnaｔurallｙaｃquireｄ,actuallｙ,leaｒningtheａrtsiｓnoｍｏrenaturalｔｈanlearnｉｎｇFrｅnchoｒmatｈemaｔics.Myothｅrｃomｍentiｓthatｔhｅtｅxtaｇｅd.Thefiｒstｅditｉoｎapｐarenｔlyｄatestothe１960s—nonｅoｆtｈereferenｃeｓ(参考文献）seｅmｎeweｒthａntｈelａtｅ19５０s.Ａsarｅsult,ｔhedｉｓcussionmissｅｓｔheenｔireｃompｕterage.Ｔhｅsearｅsmaｌlｐoｉｎts,thoｕgh,anddoｎ’tａffectｔheｍainｄisｃussion.Ireｃomｍeｎdiｔtｏaｎystudentandａnｙteａcheｒ,includingtｈeseｌf－taughtｓtudｅnt．49．AccorｄingtｏArｍsｔrong,theｇｏａlｏｆｒｅａdingisｔo_＿__＿________.Ａ．gainknoｗledｇeandexpandone’svｉeｗB.uｎderstandｔhemeaｎｉngbeｔweｅｎｔｈeｌｉnesC．ｅxｐｒｅsｓidｅaｓbａseｄonwｈａtonehasreadＤ.geｔiｎｆoｒｍａtionａｎdｋeeｐitaliveiｎmemｏｒy50.Theauthorofｔｈｅpassａgｅiｎｓistｓthaｔｌeaｒｎｉｎgthｅarts____＿_____＿.A.ｒequiresgreateffortsＢ.demaｎdsrｅａlpassｉonC.islessｎaｔurａlthanlｅarningmａtｈsD.iｓasnatｕｒalaｓlearningalanguaｇe51．WhaｔisashortｃomｉngｏfArmｓｔｒｏng’swoｒkａccordinｇtoｔheａuthor?A.Soｍeｉdｅａsaresliｇｈｔlycｏnｔrａdictory.Ｂ.Tｈereisｔoomuchｄiscussiononｓtｕｄyiｎgｓcienｃe.C.Ｔhｅsｔｙleistooｓerious.Ｄ.Itlａcksnewiｎｆoｒmation．52.Thisｐassagｅｃanbeclassifｉedaｓ_＿____＿____＿＿＿__．A．anaｄveｒｔiｓemeｎｔB.ａbｏoｋreｖｉewＣ.afeaturestoryＤ.anewsrepoｒtＤHavｅyouwｉnterｉzedyoｕｒhorｓeyet?Eveｎthｏuｇｈglobalwarmingmayhavemａdeoｕｒcliｍatemorｅmilｄ,ｍａnyａnimalｓarｅｓtillhiｂerｎaｔｉng（冬眠).Iｔ’sｔｏobadthａthｕmａnscaｎ’thｉbｅrnａｔｅ．Ｉnfaｃt,ａsaspｅcies,wealmｏsｔdiｄ.Apｐareｎtly,aｔtｉｍeｓｉnｔhｅpast，pｅasantsinＦｒancelikｅｄasemi－stateｏfｈumａｎhｉberｎaｔｉon．SowritesＧrahａmＲｏｂb，ａBriｔisｈscｈolaｒwｈoｈasｓtuｄｉedthesleepinghａbｉtｓoｆｔｈeFrｅnchｐｅasａｎts.Assｏｏｎaｓthｅweathｅｒtuｒnedcoｌd，peoｐlｅａllｏｖerＦranceshｕtｔhemseｌvesawａyandprａcｔiｃedthｅｆorgottｅｎaｒｔｏｆdoｉnｇnotｈiｎgａtalｌｆoｒmoｎｔｈｓonend.Inliｎｅｗiththis,ＪeffWａrren，duｃｅratCBCRadｉｏ’sＴheＣurｒeｎt,tｅllsusｔhａtｔｈewaywesleephａsｃｈangedfundａｍeｎtallｙsincｅtheｉｎｖｅntｉoｎofartｉfiｃial(人造的）lightinｇaｎｄtｈeｅleｃtｒｉcbulb.WｈeｎhisｔorｉansｂｅgａnsｔudyingtextsofｔheMidｄｌeＡｇｅs,tｈeｙnｏticedsomeｔｈingｒeferreｄtoas“fiｒｓtsleeｐ”,whicｈwasnoｔcｌａrｉfieｄ,tｈｏｕgh.Ｎoｗｓcｉenｔiｓｔsａｒｅteｌｌｉｎgｕsourａncｅｓｔorsmostlｉkｅlyslｅptinsｅｐａrateｐｅrioｄs.Ｔｈebuｓｉｎｅssofｅｉgｈthouｒs’unｉｎｔerｒupｔeｄｓleeｐｉsａmoderｎinｖｅｎｔｉon.Inthepast,wｉｔhoｕｔｔheartiｆicｉallighｔofthecitytoｂatｈeｉn,humanswｅnttoｓleepｗｈenｉtbeｃamedaｒkandthenwokｅthemｓelｖesarｏunｄmidnigｈｔ.Ｔhelatｅｎighｔperiodwａsknowｎas“TheWatch”.Ｉtwaswhenpｅoｐleaｃtuａllｙｋeptwatｃｈagainsｔwildaniｍals,ａｌtｈoughmanyofthemsｉmplymｏvedaｒｏundｏrvisiｔedfａmiｌyａndneigｈhoｕｒs.Accordiｎgｔｏsomesleｅprｅsｅarｃｈeｒs,ａshortperｉodofinsomｎｉａ(失眠)aｔmiｄnｉghｔisnｏｔａdisorｄer.Ｉtisnormal.Ｈｕmanscａnｅxpｅrienceanotｈeｒｓｔateofｃoｎsciｏusｎessａｒouｎdtheｉrｓlｅeping,wｈｉchoccursintheｂriｅfｐeriｏdbeforｅweｆallａsleepｏrｗakeourselvｅsinｔheｍｏrninｇ.Ｔhisｐeriodｃanbeａnｅｘｔraordinarｉｌycreatiｖeｔiｍeｆorsomepｅople.Tｈeiｍｐressｉveinｖｅｎtｏｒ,ThomasEdｉsｏｎ,uｓedthisｓtatｅtohituponmanyofhisnｅｗideaｓ．Playｉｎgwithyoｕｒsleeprhyｔhmｓcanbeaｄventｕrous,asanxiｅtymａysetｉn.Meｄicalsｃiｅｎcedoｅsｎ’ｔｈｅlpmuchiｎｔhiscase.Itoffersｕsmedicinesfoｒafullnigｈt’scoｎtiｎuouｓslｅep,ｗhiｃhsoundｓｎatural;hoｗeｖer，acｃｏrｄingtｏＷarren’stheoｒy,itｉsreallｙｔheopｐosｉteｏfwhａtwenｅeｄ.53.ThｅexampleofｔｈeFｒenchｐeａsａntsshｏwsｔhefactthat___＿__＿____＿．Ａ.pｅoplemigｈt