Question

Once there was a businessman. Every day he worked too much. So later he found he could not sleep at night but kept on going to sleep in the day. He became so    that he went to see his doctor.

“ Can you help me, doctor?” he asked. “ I slept very      before. But recently I haven’t been able to sleep for      than two hours a night.” The doctor examined him      . At last he gave the businessman some medicine and told him to work less hard, then he would soon be      .

But the businessman grew worse and worse. He slept even less than before at night and was always falling asleep in his      . He visited his doctors very      , it took the doctor a long time to      the reason: the businessman’s wife gave him the         medicine. She was giving him the     medicine in the morning and the ones to keep him awake at night.

1.A. tired       B. interested   C. worried    D. excited

2.A. worse        B. badly    C. better     D. well

3.A. little       B. more      C. less       D. much

4.A. carefully   B. angrily    C. quickly     D. happily

5.A. well        B. better      C. best     D. good

6.A. bedroom      B. workroom C. office       D. classroom

7.A. early       B. free    C. late         D. often

8.A. see          B. find     C. look for    D. think

9.A. right         B. good   C. wrong       D. best

10.A. sleeps       B. sleeping    C. sleep  D. slept

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述一个商人因为失眠而去看医生，医生给他开了一些药，但是这个商人失眠的毛病越来越严重了，医生查找了很久才找到原因，原来是商人的妻子把药弄错了：白天给睡眠药，晚上给清醒药。

1.

2. well：好的。根据语境可知句意为：我过去睡得很好。这里应用副词修饰动词sleep，故选D。

3. than：不足，不超过。not---less than：不少于，故选B。

4. happily：开心地。根据语境可知句意为：意思仔细地为他做了检查。故选A。

5.

6.

7. ：自由的，late：晚的，often：经常的。根据语境可知，这里是指他频繁地去看医生。故选D。[：:

8. ：发现、找到（某物，强调结果；look for：寻找（某物），强调动作； think：思考。根据语境可知，这里指的是医生花了很长时间才找到原因。故选B。

9.

10. 根据语境可知，这里指的是“睡眠的要”。结合选项，A、C、D是动词，这里应用形容词修饰名词medicine，故选B，sleeping：睡眠的。

考点：故事类短文。