《2025年5年中考3年模拟九年级英语下册外研版》

Ⅳ 短文填空
（2024重庆中考A卷）
根据下面短文内容及部分首字母提示，在短文的空格处填上一个最恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。请将完整的单词填写在对应的位置。
“Do you get enough sleep?” The answer is probably no if you ask a tired student who is always taking a nap(小睡) on a classroom desk. “I couldn't get to sleep and experienced a restless night again.”You may often hear such words from an adult. Not having enough ______ 15 is a common problem around the world.
However, sleep is just like food and water to us. ______ 16 of us can live if we don't sleep at all. Sleep experts say that an adult requires 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night and a teenager needs 8.5 to 9.5 hours. Anything less could be h ______ 17 to our health.
According to a study, sleeping only five hours a night for a week is like having a blood-alcohol (酒精) level of 0.1 percent. That is above the safe driving limit (限制) in most countries. Most people probably wouldn't take an exam or go to work if they get drunk. But ______ 18 enough sleep, they still do these things. As a result, they ______ 19 in the exams or perform badly at work. What's worse, doctors and nurses often work long hours. When they are sleepy, they might hurt a patient or even ______ 20 a patient's death by accident.
______ 21 sleep is so important, many people these days are not getting enough. In a survey, twenty percent say that daytime sleepiness influences their daily work. They feel it hard to pay full attention during the day. However, they don't seem to care. Some even show off how energetic they can be the next day just with little sleep. It may be time to wake up and ______ 22 the way we think. We should realize that not sleeping enough is a serious problem.
15. ______ 16. ______ 17. ______ 18. ______
19. ______ 20. ______ 21. ______ 22. ______

答案： 15.sleep 根据上下文中提到的“睡眠”可知，睡眠不足是世界上的常见问题，sleep 符合题意。
16.None 根据设空处前的“睡眠对我们来说就像食物和水一样”可推断，如果我们不睡觉，没有人能存活，None 符合题意。
17.harmful 根据语境可知，此处表示任何不足都可能对我们的健康有害，be harmful to“对……有害”是固定搭配，harmful 符合题意。
18.without 根据上下文可知，没有充足的睡眠，他们仍然做这些事，without 符合题意。
19.fail 根据上下文可知，此处表示他们考试“失败”或者在工作中表现不好，fail 符合题意。
20.cause 根据语境可知，当医生困倦的时候，他们可能会伤害到病人，甚至会意外“造成”病人死亡，cause 符合题意。
21.Though/Although 根据上下文可知，“尽管”睡眠如此重要，现在仍然有很多人没有充足的睡眠，though 或 although 表示“尽管”，用来引导让步状语从句。
22.change 根据语境可知，此处指“改变我们的思维方式”，故所缺的词是 change。