Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Sleep is very important. Did you know that sleep is more important than food? A person who does not sleep dies at a younger age than a person who does not eat. Let’s say you go to sleep 12 hours later than you usually do. It will take your body about three weeks to return to normal. We spend about one-third (1/3) of our lives in sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. A teenager needs 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night. We need less sleep as we get older. Most people have some nights when they cannot sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep or stay asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia. The word insomnia means “no sleep.” Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the times they were awake, so they think they were awake all night. This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, the famous statesman and inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!

25. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to stay healthy and keep fit.

B. Sleep more to make you healthier.

C. General knowledge about sleep.

D. Different people need different hours of sleep every day.

26. How many hours of sleep do people at the age of 10 need?

A. 16 hours                 B. 10 to 12 hours        C. 9 to 10 hours          D. 7 to 8 hours

27. Find the word which means “stop sleeping” in the passage.

A. fall asleep               B. get up                     C. wake up                  D. insomnia

28. According to paragraph 2, which problem do Americans have?

A. insomnia                 B. sleep too much       C. have a nightmare    D. stay asleep

29. Which of the following are true, EXCEPT ____________.

A. Many famous people in history had insomnia

B. We don’t sleep much as we get older

C. Mark Twain moved from one bed to the other to fall asleep

D. We spend about 121 days a year sleeping.