Read the text. Choose the correct option to answer each question.
SLEEP
Most people need seven to eight hours of sleep a night. Some people need less than this, and some people need more. According to sleep expert Dr. Robert Schachter, many people have difficulty sleeping, but they do not know why. Most people know it is important not to drink coffee or tea before they go to bed – both beverages have caffeine. Caffeine keeps people awake. However, not everybody knows that some medicines, such as cold tablets, also have caffeine in them. Stress can cause insomnia, too. Busy people with stressful jobs may not be able to sleep at night. Dr. Schachter suggests, “You shouldn’t use your bedroom as a TV room or an exercise room. You should use it for sleeping only. It’s a good idea to have a regular sleeping schedule. Get up and go to bed at the same time every day. It’s also important not to eat before bedtime. Eating may keep you awake.” And if all this doesn’t work, try counting sheep!
How many hours of sleep do most people need? About __________.
A) ten
B) five
C) nine
D) seven
Why do many people have difficulty sleeping? Because they __________.
A) count sheep
B) feel stressed
C) avoid eating before bedtime
D) have a regular sleeping schedule
How could some drinks affect sleeping? Because they _______.
A) are hot
B) are too sweet
C) contain caffeine
D) have no caffeine in them
Who has difficulty sleeping? __________________________.
A) Everybody
B) Very few people
C) Unstressed people
D) A large number of people
Read this information. Choose the appropriate option to answer each question.
A CARE PLAN TO PREVENT SKIN DAMAGE
Here’s how to prevent skin damage caused by the sun. Use a sunblock cream. Put it on fifteen minutes before you go out into the sun.
Wear a hat and close–weave fabrics, wear a shirt with a collar, not a T-shirt (remember a wet T-shirt still transmits ultra violet -UV- radiation).
Try to work or play outdoors before 11:00 A.M. and after 3 P.M. to avoid the very dangerous times of the day for sunburn.
What is the main cause of skin damage? __________________________ .
A) Shirts with collars
B) Sun block cream
C) Ultra violet rays
D) Dry T-shirts
What kind of clothes protect people from UV radiation? ____________________.
A) Any T-shirt
B) Wet T-shirts
C) T-shirts without a collar
D) Those made of close-weave fabrics
At what time is the exposure to the UV rays dangerous? __________________
A) From 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
B) From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
C) After 3 in the afternoon.
D) Before eleven in the morning.
Read the article and choose the correct alternative to complete each sentence.
Rare Malaria Hits Beach
Three people in the last three weeks have been diagnosed with plasmodium falciparum, a rare and extremely dangerous form of malaria. All three patients had recently spent time at popular Herradura Beach, just north of Jacó, on the Central Pacific coast. “It’s not the type of malaria we’re used to; it’s much more severe,” Health Minister María del Rocío Sáenz warned Tuesday. “Though all the cases were diagnosed in San José, they were picked up in the Herradura area.
Falciparum malaria is the deadliest of the four varieties of the disease and is responsible for 40% of all malaria-related deaths worldwide, Sáenz said. This variety of disease is extremely rare in Costa Rica.
The people diagnosed with malaria first visited ____________.
A) San José
B) northern Jacó
C) the Minister of Health
D) the north Pacific coast
Plasmodium falciparum is a ______________.
A) very common type of malaria
B) extremely dangerous patient
C) rare and dangerous area
D) deadly kind of malaria
The ______________ provoke 40% of deaths in the world.
A) different types of malaria
B) Falciparum malaria
C) Health Ministers
D) three patients
There are _________ kinds of malaria.
A) four
B) forty
C) thirty
D) three
