Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night's sleep every night. You aren't able to do your best and keep up with all of your responsibilities unless you sleep well. I'm sure you already know that you should go to bed at a reasonable hour. Most experts agree that the optimum number of hours is eight, and this has been accepted as common sense for as long as I can remember. However, I was young once and I know that most of you get much less sleep than that and in some cases it will be affecting your schoolwork.

1 read an interesting article in a teachers' magazine recently. They did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at appropriate times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use the bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon: FOMO-fear of missing out!

According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend to wake up during the night to check social media. Afraid of missing a comment or opportunity to take part in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online and getting involved. All this while they should be sound asleep.

Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report reveals some worrying statistics that I'd like to share with you:

_23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use social media. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason.
_One in three students are constantly tired and unable to function to their full capacity.

_Students who use social media during the night are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.

So, I'd like to ask you to be responsible when it comes to social media. Be brave! Switch off your devices at night. The world won't end and your social media will be waiting to greet you in the morning! I give you my word that you won't have missed anything important.

Question 34. According to the passage, students won't be able to perform well

A. if they have phones in class

B. unless they use common sense

C. if they don't sleep well

D. if they go to bed at a reasonable hour

Question 35. The writer is worried by

A. what he has read in a magazine

B. what other teachers have told him

C. what he is seeing with his pupils

D. what he has seen in films

Question 36. Research shows that schoolchildren are tired because they

B. are waking up in the middle of the night

A. are going to bed very late

D. surf the Net in the daytime

C. are getting up too early in the morning

Question 37. Fear Of Missing Out is

A. anxiety about not having the latest technology

B. an irrational need to go out all the time

C. a fear of missing opportunities for interaction on social media

D. a fear of getting lost

Question 38. Nearly a quarter of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up to use social media

A. once a night, on average B. almost every night

C. once a week

D. every other day

Question 39. The word "optimum" could best be replaced by

A. small

B. increasing

C. large

D. perfect

Question 40. Students who use social media during the night

A. gain significant achievements in their study

B. do worse in exams

C. have a higher incidence of depression and anxiety

D. have weaker immune systems

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Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night&#x27;s sleep every night. You aren&#x27;t able to do your best and keep up with all of your responsibilities unless you sleep well. I&#x27;m sure you already know that you should go to bed at a reasonable hour. Most experts agree that the optimum number of hours is eight, and this has been accepted as common sense for as long as I can remember. However, I was young once and I know that most of you get much less sleep than that and in some cases it will be affecting your schoolwork.

1 read an interesting article in a teachers&#x27; magazine recently. They did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at appropriate times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use the bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon: FOMO-fear of missing out!

According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend to wake up during the night to check social media. Afraid of missing a comment or opportunity to take part in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online and getting involved. All this while they should be sound asleep.

Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report reveals some worrying statistics that I&#x27;d like to share with you:

_23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use social media. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason. 
_One in three students are constantly tired and unable to function to their full capacity.

_Students who use social media during the night are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.

So, I&#x27;d like to ask you to be responsible when it comes to social media. Be brave! Switch off your devices at night. The world won&#x27;t end and your social media will be waiting to greet you in the morning! I give you my word that you won&#x27;t have missed anything important.

Question 34. According to the passage, students won&#x27;t be able to perform well

A. if they have phones in class

B. unless they use common sense

C. if they don&#x27;t sleep well

D. if they go to bed at a reasonable hour

Question 35. The writer is worried by

A. what he has read in a magazine

B. what other teachers have told him

C. what he is seeing with his pupils

D. what he has seen in films

Question 36. Research shows that schoolchildren are tired because they

B. are waking up in the middle of the night

A. are going to bed very late

D. surf the Net in the daytime

C. are getting up too early in the morning

Question 37. Fear Of Missing Out is

A. anxiety about not having the latest technology

B. an irrational need to go out all the time

C. a fear of missing opportunities for interaction on social media

D. a fear of getting lost

Question 38. Nearly a quarter of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up to use social media

A. once a night, on average B. almost every night

C. once a week

D. every other day

Question 39. The word "optimum" could best be replaced by

A. small

B. increasing

C. large

D. perfect

Question 40. Students who use social media during the night

A. gain significant achievements in their study

B. do worse in exams

C. have a higher incidence of depression and anxiety

D. have weaker immune systems

Timi · Accepted Answer

Question 34: C. if they don&#x27;t sleep well

Question 35: A. what he has read in a magazine

Question 36: B. are waking up in the middle of the night

Question 37: C. a fear of missing opportunities for interaction on social media

Question 38: B. almost every night

Question 39: D. perfect

Question 40: C. have a higher incidence of depression and anxiety

Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night's sleep every night. You aren't able to do your best and keep up with all of your responsibilities unless you sleep well. I'm sure...