Ifyouareasleepdeprived(被剥夺)teacheryoumaynotbeawareofthetermwoodpeckering(啄木鸟式点头)butyou’veprobablydoneit.Ithappensthedayfollowingabadnight’ssleep.You’resittinginalongmeetingandyou

Question

If you are a sleep deprived(被剥夺) teacher you may not be aware of the term woodpeckering(啄木鸟式点头) but you’ve probably done it. It happens the day following a bad night’s sleep. You’re sitting in a long meeting and you can barely keep your eyes open so you support your head up with your hand. Next thing you know you are moving your sleeping head back to its upright position. Do this a few times and you are woodpeckering.

I thought I knew sleep deprivation when I did my medical internship(实习) in hospital. That year I frequently went 36 hours with no sleep. When I finished my stay in neurology(神经内科) I welcomed the promise of full nights of sleep ever after. It went pretty well for the next 10 years until I became a school teacher and experienced a whole new level of sleep deprivation.

Teachers’ working hours go far beyond the 8 am to 5 pm schedule of kids in school. There are hours spent at staff meetings correcting homework preparing for the next day- and then there is the worrying. What I did in a hospital emergency room required no more intensive mental energy than what is need to keep 30 kids attentive enough to learn what I was teacher.

Good teachers are like magicians keeping a dozen balls in the air to come at right time with alarm set for 6 am to finish grading papers memories of the day that’s gone- including the students who didn’t understand something forgot their lunch or were embarrassed by wrong answers. All these will become sleep-resistant barriers. And also with some financial stress you’ll have a cycle of insomnia(失眠) with unwelcome consequences.

With inadequate sleep comes irritability(易怒) forgetfulness lower tolerance of even minor annoyances and less efficient organization and planning. These are the very mental useless that teachers need to meet the challenges of the next day. In wanting to do a better job the next day the brain keeps bringing up the worries that deny the rest it needs.

1.After a bad night’s sleep usually the direct effect for the next day is to ______.

A. keep one’s eyes open all the time

B. move head back and forth

C. raise one’s head in upright position

D. keep nodding like a woodpecker

2.The writer’s new level of sleep deprivation began since he _____.

A. did his medical internship in hospital

B. began to teach in a school

C. left hospital ten years ago

D. went 36 hours with no sleep

3.From paragraph 3 we can infer that ____.

A. teachers’ work is comfortable

B. correcting homework needs less time

C. working in hospital is even tougher

D. teaching needs more mental energy

4.Good teachers’ sleep problems are mainly due to the _____.

A. common sleep-resistant barriers

B. embarrassment for wrong answers

C. diligence and devotion to teaching

D. misunderstanding of their students

5.What does the writer really want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. Unfavorable effects of inadequate sleep are various

B. Lay down worries and sleep well first for the next day.

C. Teachers should often practice mental muscles.

D. Better job has nothing to do with inadequate sleep.

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C.

5.B

分 析：
是一篇科普文章。该文讲述了老师们为什么经常有睡眠问题或失眠，主要是老师们对教育的奉献以及所要面临的各种压力，使得他们忽略了应该需要的睡眠。

1.】细节理解题。根据第一段可知，前天晚上没有睡好，第二天会像啄木鸟一样来回点头打瞌睡。答案为D。

2.】细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容可知，作者在成为学校老师时，睡眠质量开始下降。答案为B。

3.】推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，教学需要紧张的脑力。答案为D。

4.】细节理解题。理解第四段可知，都在描述造成教师睡眠差的障碍是对教学的勤奋和奉献。答案为C。

5.】推理判断题。理解文章最后一段可知，想要第二天工作效率高，我们应该放下思想包袱，睡个好觉。选B。

考点：
科普类文章