Passage Completion (Cloze Test)

Passage : Most experts agree that even people who think they are sleeping enough would ---41--- be better off with more ---42--- As evidence of a general sleep deficit they ---43--- the use of the bedside alarm clock used by people to ---44--- their walking hours. The most relentless robber of ---45--- is the complexity of every day life, whenever pressures from work, family and community ---46--- many people---47--- with sleep. Another ---48--- of sleep is the shift work. The ---49--- of round the clock entertainment, especially all night television, also takes its --50---
41. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  mainly
  B.  suddenly
  C.  probably
  D.  meaningfully
42. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  energy
  B.  rest
  C.  work
  D.  time

43. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  explain
  B.  ignore
  C.  prove
  D.  cite
44. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  prolong
  B.  improve
  C.  widen
  D.  disturb
45. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  sleep
  B.  pleasure
  C.  stress
  D.  leisure

46. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  diminish
  B.  happen
  C.  unite
  D.  mount
47. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  deprive
  B.  dispense
  C.  desist
  D.  depend
48. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  product
  B.  thief
  C.  study
  D.  drawback
49. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  viewing
  B.  telecast
  C.  deficiency
  D.  availability
50. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  toll
  B.  pressure
  C.  risk
  D.  credit
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