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jTEENS AND SLEEP

You are going to listen to an interview on a radio programme

about teenagers and sleep. Listen and choose the correct answer.

(1 point each = 8 points)

1 Dr Rose Lewin

a. does research on teenage sleep habits.

b. presents a weekly radio programme on teenage

sleep habits.

c. encourages teenagers to sleep a lot.

2 Sam’s parents

a. think Sam should go to bed later.

b. phone Dr Lewin to ask for advice.

c. think Sam should go to bed earlier.

3 Dr Lewin thinks Sam’s parents

a. should not interfere.

b. have got a valid reason for worrying.

c. worry too much.

4 Which problem is NOT mentioned by Dr Lewin?

a. School marks suffer from a lack of sleep.

b. Lack of sleep makes people irritable.

c. Lack of sleep prevents teenagers from working.

5 Dr Lewin tells Sam

a. to nap after school.

b. not to argue with his parents.

c. to go to sleep at the same time every night.

6 Josh’s teacher complains that Josh

a. doesn’t do his homework.

b. falls asleep in lessons.

c. chats to his friends in lessons.

7 A teenager’s internal sleep-wake clock

a. tells him to go to bed later and wake up later.

b. doesn’t function during adolescence.

c. is the same as an adult’s.

8 Schools that start later in the morning have found

that

a. there is no change in student behaviour.

b. students are more positive about their studies.

c. students are still tired.

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