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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Chinese students aren't the only ones who have a sleep loss problem. In Australia, teenagers are also missing out on, on average, one hour's sleep every night during the school week. Organized activities and homework push bedtimes later, the first large-scale Australian study of children's sleeping habits has revealed  . Their sleep deprivation   is enough to cause "serious drop-offs in school performance, attention and memory", and governments should consider later or flexible school start times, said the study's leader, Tim Olds. ks5u His survey, of more than 4,000 children aged 9 to 18, found those who slept least did not watch more television but spent their time socializing   with family or friends or listening to music. "Almost all children get up at 7 or 7:15 -- they have to get to school on time," said Olds. He favors a later start over an earlier finish because he believes organized sports and activities would still consume the latter end of the day. Olds' research also establishes lack of sleep as a cause of weight gain in children, and a possible source of future problems with depression, anxiety and increased susceptibility   to illness. It was already known that overweight children sleep less, but Professor Olds found sleep duration  was strongly linked to weight across the full range of body sizes. The thinnest children sleep 20 minutes more than the  _ . This showed being overweight had no specific effect on sleep patterns, and it was more likely that shorter sleep times stimulate   appetite and make kids hungry. The US National Sleep Foundation says teenagers aged 13 to 18 need eight to nine hours' sleep a night. Younger school-aged kids need 9 to 11 hours. On that basis, Professor Olds said, half of Australian children are under-sleeping on weekdays and a quarter on weekends. Question: The Australian students surveyed don't sleep enough because they spend more time on the following EXCEPT   _  . Options: A: organized activities and homework B: communication with friends and family C: watching television programs D: enjoying music
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: (BBC World Service) Two separate surveys suggest that Britain s teenagers are amongst the heaviest drug - users and drinkers in Europe.The British government has introduced a number of measures to deal with the use and supply of drugs, particularly among young people. The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs infervt6wed 15 and 16 - year olds in 35 countries.26% of boys and 29% of girls in the UK had been addicted to uncontrolled drinking at least three times in the previous month.In the same survey, 42% of boys and 35% of girls admitted they had tried illegal drugs at least once. According to another survey, by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, two in five 15 - year - olds in the UK have tried cannabis .This number is higher than anywhere else in Europe.The UK has also the common highest number of young cocaine   users, together with Spain. The British government has recently made new plans to fight the problem of drug abuse in the United Kingdom, also among teenagers.According to the new proposals, young offenders will have to attend drug treatment as part of community service.British police will be able to give people blood tests for drugs when they arrest them, not just when they charge them with an offence.Drug sellers working near a school or using children to help sell drugs will face tougher penalties  . But schools also try to fight the problem of drug use themselves.At the beginning of 2005 a British state school has introduced for the first time _ .Students from a school in Kent will have mouth swabs   taken to discover drug use.Each week 20 names will be selected by computer and the swabs sent off to a drug testing laboratory.Results will be available three days later.The school' s head teacher says that no child will be tested against his or her wishes.Children who test positive will not be forced to leave the school, but those who sell drugs will. Question: What's the best title for this passage? Options: A: Drugs in Europe B: Britain's Teenagers C: Teenagers and Drugs D: Illegal Drugs in Britain
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: On a cold winter Sunday, the little man came up to me as I was about to enter the telephone box and asked me whether I had a match. "I'm sorry,"I said."I don't smoke, so I haven't any. You'd better ask someone else." He looked rather disappointed, hesitated, and then turned away. I watched him walk slowly down the street before I picked up the telephone directory to look up the number I meant to dial. I'm not used to a public call box, so, at my first attempt to get through, the warning pips( ) had stopped before I realized I had to insert a coin. When I was at last able to speak, I was told that the person whom I urgently wanted to give a message to had just gone out. Swearing slightly under my breath, I got out of the box and came face to face with the little man. As he raised his hat again, I could see he was quite bald, and a thin line, resembling a dueling( ) scar, crossed one cheek. "Excuse my troubling you again." he said nervously."May I walk along with you a little way? I must tell you the truth. I need help desperately. " He had an unusually deep voice which suggested a strange combination of shyness and self-confidence. I was conscious of a fairly strong foreign accent and I wondered what country he had actually come from. I said that I had to catch a train in twenty minutes' time, but that he might accompany me to the station. "I'm going to shock you,"he said suddenly, after a moment's silence."Can you lend me five pounds? I have no money at all."I have come across many strange characters during my life and plenty of people have tried to borrow money from me. I have generally managed to avoid lending them any. But, perhaps because of the very directness of his appeal, I somehow had the impression that his need might be desperately urgent. "I'm sorry," I replied,"I'm afraid I can't lend you anything, as I'm not in the habit of carrying much money about with me. Don't you think the police might be the best people to ask for help?" He hesitated,"I dare not go to the police," he said quietly. "If I do... Question: What's the best title for the passage? Options: A: Pity for a stranger. B: Never trust a stranger. C: Life is but a dream. D: The death of a beggar.
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