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  3. Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? There is no on

Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? There is no on

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问题     Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? There is no one answer that(1)______ to every individual. But many people fail to note the(2)______ between fatigue — physical tiredness — and sleepiness, the inability to(3)______ awake. It is possible to feel tired(4)______ and still be unable to fall asleep, because while your body may be exhausted, you don’t feel(5)______. To fall asleep, you need adequate time to unwind, (6)______ you feel fatigued, not so easy to(7)______ "turn off."
    According to Carl E. Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in Bethesda, Maryland, most people do not allow themselves(8)_____ deceleration.
    Lack of sleep(9)______ matters even more. Experts say adults need at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night to (10)______ properly. When you get less sleep than(11)______ on consecutive nights, you begin to accrue "sleep debt".(12)______ sleep debt increases and functionality decreases, your body experiences a stress response and begins to release adrenaline. Now a vicious(13)______ has been created: You experience the feeling of being more and more tired,(14)______ your body is increasingly stimulated. Power sleeping for more hours on weekends is only a(15)______ solution. "There is no(16)______ for getting a good night’s sleep on a(17)______ basis," says Hunt.
    Most of us,(18)______, don’t get the sleep we need. According to the 2002 National Sleep Foundation, Americans sleep a(n)(19)______ of 6.9 hours per night during the week, and 58 percent of adults experience (20)______ of insomnia a few nights a week or more. [br] (8)
选项 A、deficient
B、decent
C、sufficient
D、extreme
答案 C
解析 语义线索题。前面文中提到“要入睡，你得有充足的时间来放松”，本句引用卡尔.E．亨特的话说明。大多数人都没有给自己充分的舒缓时间，以此进一步说明上文提到的观点，故C项sufficient“充分的，足够的”正确。deficient“缺乏的，不足的，不完善的”；decent“正派的，端庄的，得体的”；extreme“极端的，极度的”。
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