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Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it’s best to sleep on a problem. They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day. Lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from our experiences. It’s like knowing the difference between dogs and cats. even if it’s hard to explain. " The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols (象征) , reports New Scientist. They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing the words and having the test, and if they had not slept. They found that people were better able to remember lists of related words after a night’ s sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also found it easier to remember themes (主题) that the words had in common. But they forgot around one in four more
A. pay full attention to a problem
B. wait until later for a decision
C. sleep to forget a problem
D. have difficulty sleeping

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Scientists say they now have proof to support the old-fashioned advice that it’s best to sleep on a problem. They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day. Lead researcher Bob Stickgold at the Harvard Medical School said, "Sleep helps us draw rules from our experiences. It’s like knowing the difference between dogs and cats. even if it’s hard to explain. " The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols (象征) , reports New Scientist. They compared how the students performed if they had had a sleep between seeing the words and having the test, and if they had not slept. They found that people were better able to remember lists of related words after a night’ s sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day. They also found it easier to remember themes (主题) that the words had in common. But they forgot around one in four more
A. put together words of similar meanings
B. remember words and their meanings
C. show their knowledge of words
D. make up lists of related words

[单项选择]Let's have supper now.

[单项选择]What you say now is not ______ with what you said at yesterday's meeting.
A. consistent
B. constant
C. convenient
D. conventional

[单项选择]What you say now is not______ with what you said last week.
A. consistent
B. persistent
C. permanent
D. insistent

[单项选择]What you say now is not _________ with what you said last time.
A. insistent
B. consistent
C. persistent
D. resistant

[单项选择]What you say now is not __________ with what you said last week.
A. consistent
B. persistent
C. permanent
D. insistent

[单项选择]______ you say now can’t make up for what you’ve done．
A. No matter
B. Whatever
C. However
D. That

[单项选择]If you are not happy with what you have got now, what makes you think that you will be happier with ______
A. anything
B. some
C. more
D. less

[单项选择]We have till now ______ as many as 30 anti-dumping suits against foreign exporters.
A. aroused
B. rose
C. raised
D. risen

[单项选择]This, they say, is proof that the more primitive species was not simply supplanted by an advanced one ______ into one.
A. but also developed
B. but reformed sharply
C. but merely turned
D. but evolved slowly

[单项选择]What does Mr Dale have to say about financing the company's plans A. Dalehouse has already arranged loans to help with the finance. B. Dalehouse has enough money to finance its plans without help. C. Dalehouse will need help from the banks.

[单项选择]Children, we have to ______ what we have now and it is for you to get better things in the future.
A. make up for
B. run away with
C. do away with
D. put up with

[单项选择]According to the passage, people have now come to realize ______.
A. the benefit of using chemicals in producing food
B. the importance of having a healthy diet
C. that food should not be preserved
D. that food has to be chemically processed

[单项选择]They were married for fifteen years but have now _______up and live apart.
A. split
B. divided
C. divorced
D. separated

[单项选择]When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually stay alone at home.