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  3. The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly

The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly

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问题     The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday.
    While elderly people【S1】______to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a( n) 【S2】______effect on their brain’s performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.
    Sean Drummond, a psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said that older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping【S3】______straight through the night.
    More sleep in old age, however, is【S4】______with better health, and most older people would feel better and more【S5】______if they slept for longer periods, he said.
    " The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to【S6】______well does not change, " Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.
    " It’s【S7】______a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were【S8】______. Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from【S9】______to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That’s【S10】______from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at need at 75. "
A) alert       I) formally
B) associated  J) function
C) attracting  K) mixed
D) cling       L) negative
E) continuing  M) sufficient
F) definitely  N) tend
G) different   O) younger
H) efficiently
【S2】
选项
答案L
解析 该空位于a(n)和effect之间，可以判断空处应填形容词。根据句意：研究显示，上了年纪的人比他们年轻时每日睡眠要少几个小时，这对他们大脑的运行有 影响。提到影响，即正面的或负面的，结合选项可以确定答案为negative，即老年人睡觉时间少对其大脑活动有负面影响。Positive effect指“正面影响”。
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