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Multilevel · Part 4 · Multilevel Practice Test 11

A good night’s sleep — an impossible dream?: Reading answers

Answers to questions 21–29 (9 in all), each with why it is right.

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Tonight, do yourself a favor. Shut off the TV, log off the Internet and unplug the phone. Relax, take a bath, maybe sip some herbal tea. Then move into the bedroom. Set your alarm clock for a time no less than eight hours in the future, fluff up your pillows and lay your head down for a peaceful night of restorative shut-eye. That’s what American doctors advise. American sleep experts are sounding an alarm over America’s sleep deficit. They say Americans are a somnambulant nation, stumbling groggily through their waking hours for lack of sufficient sleep. They are working longer days — and, increasingly, nights — and they are playing longer, too, as TV and the Internet expand the range of…

Answers 21–29

  1. 21

    The advice of American doctors is all about …

    B: complex measures that ensure healthy sleep. Multiple choice

  2. 22

    Having naps during the day would be nice, but …

    C: bosses are against this. Multiple choice

  3. 23

    People who work at night can hardly …

    B: consult doctors when needed. Multiple choice

  4. 24

    The main aim of specially designed shift-work lighting system is …

    A: to help people feel alert at night. Multiple choice

  5. 25

    If people are kept from sleeping for two weeks, they will most likely die.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  6. 26

    Experts claim that working, entertaining and other factors are causing less and less time to sleep these days.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  7. 27

    At the beginning of the century, people went to sleep and awakened more earlier than nowadays.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  8. 28

    The bad fact is that people want to sleep less themselves.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  9. 29

    Some companies such has NASA are planning to use shiftwork light systems in the future.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

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