C 　　

It' s not much , but it' s home. Francis Chan, an engineer, lives in Hampstead, north London, in a flat that's just 4ft wide by 21ft long. He loves it. 　　

Tiny though it is, it has got all the comforts. Peter Baynes, Chan’s architect (建筑师),has achieved a clever piece of design,according to architectural experts. 　　

The Chan mini-house was built on what was once a path down the side of a big Victarian house. Not an inch of space is wasted. 　　

When you step in through the front door, you're standing in the shower, on Britain' s only self-cleansing doormat (自动清洁门垫). A door opens on to an equally tiny toilet with washbasin. Two steps further in comes the kitchen, complete with full-sized cooker and fridge, and washer/ drier. A worktop folds down from the wall. 　　Another step and you're into the dining/ office area. Four people can sit here for dinner, says Chan as he sets the table-top into place. He even has a fold-down drawing-board for when he' s working at home. The bed is hidden under a cover board right at the back. "I don't even have to make the bed,"Chan says. " I just put the cover down. " 　　

Chan's business suits hang neatly on the wall over the bed. Daylight comes in through the skylight. The house feels like a very small boat and Chan admits he toyed with the idea of naming it the "boat-house". 　　

"It cost around ￡4,700 to build last year. Now it's been valued at ￡30,000. It proves that good design doesn't need to cost more. It just needs a lot of care." says Chan. 　　

44．By saying "It's not much" (line 1, para. 1),the author means that Chan' s flat______. 　　

A．is cheap 　　B．has cheap furniture 　　C．has a simple design 　　D．is fairly small 　　

45．Where is Chan' s flat？ 　　

A．Next to a big hous 　　

B．Under an old buildin 　　

C．In a busy London stree 　　

D．By the side of a country roa 　　

46．Which of the following is the right order of things described in the text？ 　　

A．Shower, kitchen, toilet, dining table and be 　　

B．Shower, toilet, dining table, kitchen and be 　　

C．Shower, toilet, kitchen, dining table and be 　　

D．Shower, kitchen, toilet, bed and dining tabl 　　

47．What is the purpose of this writing？ 　　

A．To sell Chan' s flat for more mone 　　

B．To tell people how to take care of small flat 　　

C．To introduce to readers a cleverly-designed fla 　　

D．To call on engineers to design their own home

D 　　

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 themes if they had been awake. Prof. John Groeger, of Surrey University's Sleep Research Centre, said, "People have been trying for years to fard out what the purpose of sleep is, as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative (有助恢复的) value. " 　　

" We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day, and sleep seems to be the way the brain deals with it all. " 　　

48．The phrase" to sleep on a problem" in Paragraph 1 most likely means to______. 　　

A．pay full attention to a problem 　　

B．wait until later for a decision 　　

C．sleep to forget a problem 　　

D．have difficulty sleeping 　　

49．In the study by the US research team, students were asked to______. 　　

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 　　

50．Which of the following may be easier to remember？ 　　

A．Themes learned right before the tes 　　

B．Rules from personal experience 　　

C．Words learnt before a good slee 　　

D．Ideas stored together in the brai 　　

51．What may be the importance of the research？ 　　

A．It shows sleep may help us manage imformatio 　　

B．It helps find out the common themes of word 　　

C．It tells us that more sleep can improve healt 　　

D．It proves the value of old-fashioned advic