A company in the USA is paying its employees to sleep more. Staff at the insurance company Aetna will get $300 a year added to their salary if they get at least seven hours of sleep a night. That works out to just over an extra dollar for each night the employee sleeps over seven hours. The idea behind this scheme is employee performance. Human resources officials say employees will work better if they have slept well. They add that a workforce that is more awake and alert will mean the company will perform better. Staff can either record their sleep automatically using a wrist monitor that connects to Aetna's computers, or manually record how long they have slept every night.
  There are a number of studies that warn that not sleeping enough can affect our ability to do our job. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine said that the average worker in the USA loses 11.3 working days of productivity a year because of not getting enough sleep. This costs companies about $2,280 for one worker. It estimates that the US economy loses $63.2 billion a year because workers do not sleep more than seven hours a night. A 2015 study in Europe by the Rand Corporation found that staff who slept less than seven hours per night were far less productive than workers who had eight or more hours of sleep. The staff at Aetna also receive extra cash if they do exercise.

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1.How much extra money can workers get for sleeping more?

A $250.

B $300.

C $350.

D $400.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句Staff at the insurance company Aetna will get $300 a year added to their salary if they get at least seven hours of sleep a night.可知，故选B。

2.What is the idea behind this scheme?

A Sleep.

B Happiness.

C Savings.

D Employee performance.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第二行The idea behind this scheme is employee performance.可知，故选D。

3.Who said employees would work better with having more sleep?

A Human resources officials.

B Workers.

C The company CEO.

D Researchers.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第五句Human resources officials say employees will work better if they have slept well.可知，故选A。

4.What monitor can workers use to record their sleep?

A A head monitor.

B A wrist monitor.

C An eye monitor.

D A snoring monitor.

解析：选B。根据第一段第七句Staff can either record their sleep automatically using a wrist monitor that connects to Aetna's computers.可知，故选B。

5.What else can the insurance company workers do to get more money?

A To attend meetings.

B To play football.

C To eat more.

D To exercise.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句所述The staff at Aetna also receive extra cash if they do exercise.可知，故选D。