中考真题2023年安徽省阅读理解D篇-科学揭秘：温水澡如何助眠
What makes you fall asleep? The main cause is your body clock, a time-keeper inside your body. But how to control and use your body clock? Scientists suggested having a shower before bed. Jumping into the shower around an hour before bed could mean you sleep better.
A warm shower helps you relax, and then after it warms you up, your core（核心）body temperature drops. This encourages you to fall asleep more quickly and sleep more soundly.
A study in 2019 said that a water temperature of 40℃ to 42. 4℃ produces the best-quality（最优质的）sleep. After people lie down, most of them take about 20 minutes to fall asleep. However, if you have a shower one to two hours before going to bed, you will fall asleep 10 minutes earlier.
Core body temperature drops naturally before you sleep, then drops further during the night. It rises again as you wake up. It is thought that taking a warm shower will speed up the drop in temperature before bed, as it brings blood to the surface of the body, and then the heat is given off.
1.1. What did scientists suggest people do before bed to sleep better?
A Sleep an hour earlier.
B Jump into bed.
C Have a warm shower.
D Set a time clock.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据“Jumping into the shower around an hour before bed could mean you sleep better”可知，建议睡觉前冲个澡，故选C。
2.2. What does the underlined word “soundly” probably mean?
A Deeply.
B Poorly.
C Kindly.
D Slowly.
解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据“This encourages you to fall asleep more quickly and sleep more soundly.”可知，能让你更快地入睡，睡得更香，所以划线单词与deeply词义相近，故选A。
3.3. Which water temperature produces the best-quality sleep according to the study?
A 44.2℃
B 41.5℃
C 36.4℃
D 32.4℃
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据“A study in 2019 said that a water temperature of 40℃ to 42. 4℃ produces the best-quality（最优质的）sleep”可知，40到42℃的水温能产生最优质的睡眠，故选B。
4.4. In which part of a newspaper can you find the text?
A Art.
B Weather.
C History.
D Health.
解析：选D。推理判断题。通读全文，本文主要介绍了在睡觉前一小时左右洗一个热水澡能帮助人们睡觉，与健康有关，故选D。