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单选题 Theauthor implies that if human beings are kept awake for more than a week theresult__________

A．is hard to imagine
B．will probably be a mental breakdown
C．is difficult to describe
D．will probably be dead

【答案】D
【题型】推理题
【解析】题干意为“从文章可以看出，如果一个人保持一周以上不睡觉，结果会…”。由文章最后一句可以看出，人类不睡觉的极限大约是一周，因此一周以上不睡觉就很可能会因筋疲力尽而死亡。故选D。

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