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We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin – a behavioural biologist – describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it deserves.
Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work. Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need eight or even eight and a half hours’ sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of ‘sleep debt’.
Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world’s most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the world’s population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation.
What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on ‘night call’, and may get less than three hours’ sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic results. On our roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when exhausted isn’t. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, whatever their job, slept eight hours a night.
New English File Upper-intermediate by Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, OUP
The phrase “round the clock” in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to______.
We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin – a behavioural biologist – describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it deserves.
Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We are now a 24/7 society where shops and services must be available all hours. We spend longer hours at work than we used to, and more time getting to work. Mobile phones and email allow us to stay in touch round the clock and late-night TV and the Internet tempt us away from our beds. When we need more time for work or pleasure, the easy solution is to sleep less. The average adult sleeps only 6.2 hours a night during the week, whereas research shows that most people need eight or even eight and a half hours’ sleep to feel at their best. Nowadays, many people have got used to sleeping less than they need and they live in an almost permanent state of ‘sleep debt’.
Until the invention of the electric light in 1879 our daily cycle of sleep used to depend on the hours of daylight. People would get up with the sun and go to bed at nightfall. But nowadays our hours of sleep are mainly determined by our working hours (or our social life) and most people are woken up artificially by an alarm clock. During the day caffeine, the world’s most popular drug, helps to keep us awake. 75% of the world’s population habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation.
What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on ‘night call’, and may get less than three hours’ sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic results. On our roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when exhausted isn’t. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, whatever their job, slept eight hours a night.
New English File Upper-intermediate by Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, OUP
The phrase “round the clock” in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to______.
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Đáp án B
Cụm từ "round the clock" trong đoạn thứ hai cũng tương tự như:
A. bao quanh với đồng hồ
B. cả ngày lẫn đêm
C. vào ban ngày
D. có một chiếc đồng hồ tròn
Câu hỏi cùng đoạn
Câu 2:
The writer mentions the Internet in the passage as______.
The writer mentions the Internet in the passage as______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án A
Nhà văn đề cập đến Internet như:
A. một sự cám dỗ ngăn cản chúng ta ngủ
B. một giải pháp dễ dàng để thiếu ngủ
C. một phương tiện giao tiếp không hiệu quả
D. một yếu tố không liên quan đến thiếu ngủ
Câu 3:
According to the third paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
According to the third paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án A
câu nào sau đây KHÔNG THẬT?
A. Đời sống xã hội của chúng ta không ảnh hưởng đến giấc ngủ của chúng ta.
B. Mặt trời rõ ràng đã xác định thói quen hàng ngày của chúng tôi.
C. Ánh sáng điện được phát minh vào thế kỷ 19.
D. Ánh sáng điện đã thay đổi chu kỳ ngủ hàng ngày của chúng ta
Câu 4:
The word “which” in the third paragraph refers to______.
The word “which” in the third paragraph refers to______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án D
Từ “which” trong đoạn thứ ba đề cập đến:
A. đạt đến một điểm
B. che giấu các triệu chứng
C. dân số thế giới
D. tiêu thụ caffeine
Câu 5:
Which of the following would the writer of the passage approve of?
Which of the following would the writer of the passage approve of?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án B
Tác giả muốn nói lên điều gì?
A. Thế giới của chúng ta sẽ là một nơi an toàn hơn nhiều mà không có người uống rượu.
B. Cả người lái xe say rượu và người bị mất ngủ nên bị chỉ trích.8
C. Không có điểm chỉ trích những người vô trách nhiệm trong xã hội chúng ta.
D. Chúng tôi chắc chắn có thể hoạt động tốt ngay cả khi chúng tôi hầu như không ngủ.
Câu 6:
All of the following are mentioned as those whose performance is affected by ‘sleep debt’ EXCEPT_____.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Tất cả những điều sau đây được đề cập là những người có hiệu suất bị ảnh hưởng bởi “sleep debt” trừ:
A. bác sĩ
B. tài xế
C. sinh vật học
D. kỹ sư
Câu 7:
Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án B
Điều nào sau đây có thể là tiêu đề của đoạn văn?
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B. Thiếu ngủ: Nguyên nhân và hiệu ứng
C. Một xã hội của những người không ngủ
D. Một nhà sinh vật học nổi tiếng
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