Beijing opera （ introduce） to more people around the world during the 2020 Mei Lanfang Art Festival.
A young couple decided to go c（1） in the mountains to celebrate their first year of marriage（结婚）． They took with them the t（2） they would need ﹣ warm clothes， food and a tent．
They went up to the mountains and f（3） a fine place to set up their tent． Then they decided to go for a hike（徒步旅行）to see more of the mountains．
A（4） a long hike， they went back to their camp， built a fire and cooked d（5） ． Finally， it was time to go to sleep．
Sometime in the middle of the n（6） ， the wife woke up her husband and said："Look up at the sky． What do you see？ "
Her husband answered，"I see m（7） of stars in the sky． "
His wife said："That's right． W（8） does that mean to you？ "
The husband said："Well， if there are so many stars out there ， that means there might a（9） be a planet just like ours． And if that's true， then there could be life on one of those planets． That's kind of e（10） !"
His wife said："You are wrong． It means that someone has stolen our tent! "
If you've ever stayed up late and then gotten up early the next day， you know what it's like not to get enough sleep． It's very uncomfortable feeling． In fact， for many years scientists （1） （believe） that sleep is like food ﹣ if we don't get enough of it， we might get sick or even die． But now they （2） （start）to wonder just how much sleep we need．
Researchers at Imperial College London did a study on fruit flies（果蝇）． They found that flies that slept for very short periods of time ﹣ about72 minutes a day ﹣still（3） （live） about as long as flies that slept for normal amounts of time． One of the female slept for just 4 minutes each day on average． This has led the researchers to wonder if sleep is less necessary than we previously thought．
Humans are very different from fruit flies． Sleep（4） （help） repair tissue （组织） when our bodies perform a lot of maintenance （维护）． Sleeping allows our bodies（5） （get） well again from the stress we experience each day．
But can we really die from not seeping？ No humans have died so far from （6） （stay） awake for too long． The current（现在的）world record for sleeplessness （7） （hold） by Randy Gardner from the US， who stayed awake for 11 days and 25 minutes in 1964．
Scientist have not yet found any animals that don't sleep at all． Even animals that only seep for short periods are not completely sleepless．
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