Question

Dou Te, a 54 – year – old single man, sleeps for extremely long periods of time in winter, thinking it helps him to lose weight and brings him good luck. Sometimes he sleeps for a week, sometimes for a month, waking only occasionally for a drink of water. This unusual habit of his attracted (吸引) the attention of a professor at a local university, who is studying him.

Dou Te is an agricultural consultant (顧問(wèn)) and has no fixed working hours. He says he has had this habit of hibernation since the 1960’s, when one winter he felt particularly tired and became seriously overweight. Because of bad weather, he had to stay at home for several weeks, and he found that sleeping is the only way to get rid of the boredom, and from then on, he started to sleep in winter, whether it was day or night. As a result he lost 50 pounds that first year. At the beginning, he would get up in the mornings and have something to eat and take a shower, but then he read some materials and learned that every kind of need could be reduced during the hibernation, and he gradually learned to control his instincts. Now when he hibernates, he need only drink some water once a week; all his system slows down. And he hardly needs any food and certainly doesn’t need to wash.

Says he “For four months, I don’t eat or play. I save a lot of money, and when I wake up, I can use the money to improve my quality of life. Hibernation is really a good idea. If anyone else is interested, it is worth trying.”

1．Dou Te sleeps for a very long period of time in winter for the thinks          .

       A．it helps him to lose weigh and brings him good luck.

       B．it helps him to get rid of work and worries of life.

       C．he can have a very good rest.

       D．it helps him to gain weight and brings him good luck.

2．He started his hibernation in one winter when            .

       A．he felt a little tired and became slightly overweight.

       B．he particularly felt bored and became seriously overweight.

       C．he was particularly tired and became seriously overweight.

       D．he particularly felt tired and lost 50 pounds.

3．After hibernation, Dou Te thinks           .

       A．he can get rid of the boredom.

       B．he can get rid of the troubles of eating and drinking.

       C．he can save money and improve the quality of his life.

       D．he can be free from his work and away from people.

Answer 1

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