If you ask some people, `How did you learn English so well?’ you may get a surpr

If you ask some people, ‘How did you learn English so well?’ you may get a surprising answer: ‘In my sleep!’

These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test learn-while-you-sleep methods, which are now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects, of which English is only one．

Specialists say that this sleep-study method speeds language learning tremendously． They say that the average person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day --- and this does not affect his rest in any way． A word of warning, however: sleep-teaching will only hammer into your head what you have studied already while you are awake．

In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio at intervals (间歇) of a fortnight． Each lesson lasted twelve hours ---- from 8 p．m． to 8A．m． The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake． At 11 p．m． a soothing lullaby (使人镇静的催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears． At 2A． m． a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision． Then he was lulled back to rest again while the radio purred on． At 5 o'clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast．

1． Compared with other methods of learning the learn-while-you-sleep method is

A． slower．B． quicker． C． very easy． D． very tiring．

2．During sleep-teaching you can

A． learn grammar and vocabulary you never learned before．

B． learn how to sleep better

C． listen to lessons again to know them better

D． learn how to sleep less．

3． How long did the experiment take to complete ?

A． two weeksB． twelve hours C． Twenty weeksD． forty nights

4． Sleep-teaching means listening to _______

A． a soothing lullaby． B． a lesson of English grammar and vocabulary．

C． a sharp noise． D． a whispered lesson．

5． The sleep-study method is being tried in many countries to teach

A． English． B． grammar and vocabulary．

C a number of subjects． D． languages．

试题答案

答案：B;C;C;D;C