Exam practice
Reading Part 5
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D.
Example: 0
A last
B earlier
C following
D late
SLEEP People's sleeping habits have changed over the (0) Last 500 years. Before electric lights (1) ____ invented, most people went to bed soon after it got dark. Today, we can sleep whenever we want to. Most people (2) ____ to sleep between six and eight hours per night during the week and (3) ____ to ten hours per night at weekends. The problem is that if we (4) ____ getting up at the weekend, then we don't want to get up on Monday morning either! Many of us (5) ____ like sleeping after lunch and in some hot countries people do sleep in the afternoon. In (6) ____ countries however, people (7) ____ to keep working all day with only a short break. We all have dreams (8) ____ most of us fail to remember them. Some people find it difficult to (9) ____ asleep. The advice for them is to (10) ____ taking more exercise and remember not to drink coffee in the evening.
Grammar focus task
Look at Question 2. Which is the correct answer?
Why are the other answers wrong?
Do the same with Questions 4, 5, 7 and 10.
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