• 2022-05-31
    Practice1
    Onceagain,sciencesupportswhatyourgrandmothertoldyou:Agoodnight’ssleephelpsyourbodyfightacold.
    Peoplewho(1)______fewerthansevenhoursofsleeppernightintheweeksbeforebeing(2)______tothecoldviruswerenearlythreetimesaslikelytogetsickasthosewhoaveragedeighthoursormore,anewstudyfound.
    Researchersusedfrequenttelephone(3)______totrackthesleephabitsofmorethan150menandwomenaged21to55overthecourseofafewweeks.Thentheyexposedthe(4)______tothevirus,quarantined(隔离)themforfivedaysandkepttrackofwhogotsick.
    (5)______sleepingmore,sleepingbetteralsoseemedtohelpthebodyfightillness:Patientswhofaredbetteronameasureknownas“sleepefficiency”—thepercentageoftimeinbedthatyou’re(6)______sleeping—werealsolesslikelytogetsick.
    Theresultsheldtrueevenafterresearchersadjustedfor(7)______suchasbody-massindex,age,sex,smokingandpre-existingantibodiestothevirus.
    Likeyourgrandmother,theresearchersaren’texactlysurewhysleepingbettermakesyoulesslikelytodevelopacold.Buttheydotakeastabattheanswer:“Sleep(8)______influencestheregulationofproinflammatorycytokines,histamines,andothersymptommediatorsthatarereleasedin(9)______toinfection.”InplainEnglish,maybetossingandturningwhenyou’reinfectedwiththecoldvirus(10)______tothesymptomsthatdefineacold.
    [A]subjects[B]disruption[C]exposed
    [D]contributes[E]interviews[F]Despite
    [G]actually[H]properties[I]response
    [J]variables[K]action[L]averaged
    [M]Besides[N]partially[O]disturbance
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