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heat from the sun, there would be no life on earth.

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PART 1: READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)

Task 1: GUIDED CLOZE TEST

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.

Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but

can’t find the energy to get out of bed (71) ________ for school? According to a new report, today’s

generation of children are in danger of getting so (72) ________sleep that they are putting their

mental and physical health at (73) ________. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’

sleep a night, (74) ________teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one

in five youngsters (75) ________anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their

parents did at their age.

This (76) ________serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s

ability to concentrate at school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory,

impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (77) ________. Research has shown that

losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects (78) ________how children

perform the next day. A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are

asleep (79) ________they release a hormone that is essential for their ‘growth spurt’ (the period

during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate). It’s true that they can, to some ( 80)

________, catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to

sleep in class on a Friday afternoon.