Practice1<br/>Onceagain,sciencesupportswhatyourgrandmothertoldyou:Agoodnight’ssleephelpsyourbodyfightacold.<br/>Peoplewho(1)______fewerthansevenhoursofsleeppernightintheweeksbeforebeing(2)______tothecoldviruswerenearlythreetimesaslikelytogetsickasthosewhoaveragedeighthoursormore,anewstudyfound.<br/>Researchersusedfrequenttelephone(3)______totrackthesleephabitsofmorethan150menandwomenaged21to55overthecourseofafewweeks.Thentheyexposedthe(4)______tothevirus,quarantined(隔离)themforfivedaysandkepttrackofwhogotsick.<br/><alone></alone>(5)______sleepingmore,sleepingbetteralsoseemedtohelpthebodyfightillness:Patientswhofaredbetteronameasureknownas“sleepefficiency”—thepercentageoftimeinbedthatyou’re(6)______sleeping—werealsolesslikelytogetsick.<br/>Theresultsheldtrueevenafterresearchersadjustedfor(7)______suchasbody-massindex,age,sex,smokingandpre-existingantibodiestothevirus.<br/>Likeyourgrandmother,theresearchersaren’texactlysurewhysleepingbettermakesyoulesslikelytodevelopacold.Buttheydotakeastabattheanswer:“Sleep(8)______influencestheregulationofproinflammatorycytokines,histamines,andothersymptommediatorsthatarereleasedin(9)______toinfection.”InplainEnglish,maybetossingandturningwhenyou’reinfectedwiththecoldvirus(10)______tothesymptomsthatdefineacold.<br/>[A]subjects[B]disruption[C]exposed<br/>[D]contributes[E]interviews[F]Despite<br/>[G]actually[H]properties[I]response<br/>[J]variables[K]action[L]averaged<br/>[M]Besides[N]partially[O]disturbance
Practice1<br/>Onceagain,sciencesupportswhatyourgrandmothertoldyou:Agoodnight’ssleephelpsyourbodyfightacold.<br/>Peoplewho(1)______fewerthansevenhoursofsleeppernightintheweeksbeforebeing(2)______tothecoldviruswerenearlythreetimesaslikelytogetsickasthosewhoaveragedeighthoursormore,anewstudyfound.<br/>Researchersusedfrequenttelephone(3)______totrackthesleephabitsofmorethan150menandwomenaged21to55overthecourseofafewweeks.Thentheyexposedthe(4)______tothevirus,quarantined(隔离)themforfivedaysandkepttrackofwhogotsick.<br/><alone></alone>(5)______sleepingmore,sleepingbetteralsoseemedtohelpthebodyfightillness:Patientswhofaredbetteronameasureknownas“sleepefficiency”—thepercentageoftimeinbedthatyou’re(6)______sleeping—werealsolesslikelytogetsick.<br/>Theresultsheldtrueevenafterresearchersadjustedfor(7)______suchasbody-massindex,age,sex,smokingandpre-existingantibodiestothevirus.<br/>Likeyourgrandmother,theresearchersaren’texactlysurewhysleepingbettermakesyoulesslikelytodevelopacold.Buttheydotakeastabattheanswer:“Sleep(8)______influencestheregulationofproinflammatorycytokines,histamines,andothersymptommediatorsthatarereleasedin(9)______toinfection.”InplainEnglish,maybetossingandturningwhenyou’reinfectedwiththecoldvirus(10)______tothesymptomsthatdefineacold.<br/>[A]subjects[B]disruption[C]exposed<br/>[D]contributes[E]interviews[F]Despite<br/>[G]actually[H]properties[I]response<br/>[J]variables[K]action[L]averaged<br/>[M]Besides[N]partially[O]disturbance