Is sleep important to children?A new study says yes.
A new study published this week shows that children who do not get _____ sleep have less control over emotions and are less focused at school.
The National Sleep Foundation _____ 10 to 11 hours of shut-eye per night for children aged between 5 and 12. About 41 million American workers get less than six hours of sleep per night. Now health experts _____ that adults are passing their poor sleeping _____ down to their children.
Reut Gruber is a lead author of the new study. In the study,Gruber and other experts either added or reduced one hour of sleep for _____ children aged 7 to 11. They _____ the children over five nights. The _____ was to see if small changes in the amount of sleep could _____a child's behavior.
“The findings show that for children small changes can make a big _____,and that is why this is meaningful.”
Before the survey began, students were _______to sleep the same amount of hours as they ______ would. Their teachers were asked to ______ the children on thoughtfulness, touchiness and emotional reactions. After five nights of the kids' sleep change, the teachers were asked to take the survey again. ______ their original scores, those who slept one hour less had ______ behavior scores than those who were allowed to sleep an hour more. Students with less sleep were more annoyed, frustrated and had more problems which need paying ______ to. The children with more sleep showed ______ in these areas.
“______ less sleep leads to a drop in attention in class, children may ______ on learning and chances to be ______. If they are easily annoyed and frustrated because their bodies and brains are ______, they may not learn as much either,”says Gruber.
57. A.useful | B.enough | C.precious | D.deep |
58. A.recommends | B.measures | C.calculates | D.guarantees |
59. A.declare | B.worry | C.report | D.promise |
60. A.routine | B.qualities | C.habits | D.beliefs |
61. A.healthy | B.strong | C.energetic | D.reliable |
62. A.followed | B.educated | C.observed | D.accompanied |
63. A.process | B.reason | C.result | D.goal |
64. A.enhance | B.affect | C.control | D.damage |
65. A.decision | B.difference | C.choice | D.impression |
66. A.begged | B.tolerated | C.asked | D.opposed |
67. A.occasionally | B.frequently | C.normally | D.exactly |
68. A.praise | B.divide | C.score | D.adjust |
69. A.Based on | B.Compared with | C.Related to | D.Involved in |
70. A.worse | B.stranger | C.better | D.ruder |
71. A.money | B.notice | C.effort | D.attention |
72. A.interest | B.patience | C.improvement | D.potential |
73. A.Although | B.If | C.Unless | D.As |
74. A.miss out | B.cut off | C.carry out | D.give off |
75. A.active | B.delighted | C.creative | D.trustworthy |
76. A.complicated | B.trained | C.tired | D.tested |