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     TASK 1: Read the article from a science magazine and answer the questions

    below.
    Learning in your sleep

    Sleep is a mysterious state we share with all other animals. No one can resist it, and if
    we don’t get enough of it, our health –physical and mental – begins to suffer. Some
    scientists have tried to show that the mind can be trained during sleep. Here, we report
    on two unusual experiments involving sleep.
    A The scientist believed that it was possible to cure schizophrenia by retraining the mind
    during sleep, so he set up an experiment to find out if his idea worked. Some
    schizophrenic patients took part in his experiments. While they were sleeping, the doctor
    repeatedly played a message to them:
    (1) _______________. However, his experiment did not work very well. Researchers
    did not find any evidence of improvement in the patients’ condition. He decided to
    change the phrase, but the findings were also inconclusive.
    I was watching TV one day, and I saw a ballet performance. I knew immediately that’s
    what I wanted to do. I was 6 at the time, as I recall.
    B In the summer of 1942, Professor Lawrence Leshan conducted a sleep-learning
    experiment. He believed that people learned just as well when they were asleep as when
    they were awake. But he needed to prove it. If he was right, this would have a big
    impact on all kinds of things, from learning languages, to quitting smoking. So, he set
    up an experiment with nail biters. Nail biting is a common habit, especially among
    children. About half of all children between the ages of 10 and 18 bite their nails, and
    the habit is more common among boys than girls.
    C Dr. Ewen Cameron was a doctor who specialized in mental illness, especially
    schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental illness which causes people to hear voices
    coming from inside their own head. People (3) _______________ can often be very
    dangerous to themselves and others because the voices they hear might tell them to
    harm, or even kill other people. There is no cure for schizophrenia, and scientists do not
    really understand what causes it and how to cure it. Over 2.2 million people in the US
    suffer from schizophrenia and it is more common among men than women.
    D A group of boys (4) _______________ were put in a room to sleep together. While
    they were sleeping, a machine played the phrase: (2) _______________, repeating it
    over and over again, more than 300 times in one night, every night for many weeks. At
    the end of the summer, the scientist examined the boys' nails. His study showed that
    40% of them had kicked the habit. He had proved that it was possible to get the mind to
    learn new behaviors during sleep.

     Questions 21 – 24: Write the letter of the correct paragraph in the table below.
    Nail biting Schizophrenia
    1.
    1 2.

    3. 4.

    Question: Write these four phrases in the correct paragraph.


    A. “People like you and need you. You have confidence in yourself.”
    B. “My fingernails taste terribly bitter.”
    C. who were all chronic nail biters
    D. who suffer from schizophrenia
    1. 2. 3. 4.

     Question: Complete the sentences with THREE WORDS.


    1. About half of all children between the ages of 10 and 18
    ______________________________ .
    Over 2.2 million people in the US ______________________________

    TASK 2

    Vlog media superstar: He’s branching out!


    “I was a teenager at the right time,” says Chris Bingham, known to thousands of his
    fans as Bing. Thousands means about 47,000 followers on his YouTube channel Bing
    Radio and 154,000 on the Slomozono channel. Chris is a YouTuber.

    When Chris started making comedy videos, he was 16 and still in high school. It was
    just after YouTube started in 2005. He and his friend Tom used to upload his videos onto
    his new platform, and suddenly he was famous. He had hundreds and then thousands of
    fans. They were mostly teenagers, younger than Chris, but they would watch every video
    that he uploaded, and they loved them.

    One year, Chris started a project called Past and Future Bing. In Year 1, he made a
    video every two days (say Monday, Wednesday, Friday). He would just talk to the camera
    about how he was feeling and about the future. He called this vlog (video log) Past Bing.
    The next year, he made a vlog every second day (say Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) where
    Future Bing talked back to Past Bing.

    That’s what YouTube vlogging used to be like: young maverick filmmakers who
    made their videos because they wanted to. “We all used to help each other,” say Chris.
    “Nobody got paid. We would make our videos just for the fun of it.”

    But things have changed! In recent years, Chris is only at number 7,148 in the list of
    the most popular YouTubers! Compare that with Zoe Sugg (Zoella), for example, a young
    British woman who gives beauty advice and talks about her life. She has 6.6 million
    followers and is sponsored by the beauty industry. She has even written a best-selling
    novel about being a vlogger. Money is everywhere on the internet, and that has changed
    everything.

    In the early days, groups of YouTubers and their fans used to get together and have
    fun. They did it for free because they liked it, and the fans used to get really excited when
    they met their heroes and heroines. But now, events like Summer in the City (London,
    UK) and Vidcon (California, US) attract thousands and thousands of video viewers and
    creators. But you have to pay to get there.

    Bing still makes videos, but he is branching out into talent management and
    coaching. And he’s just released a music album. “Let’s see where that takes me,” he says.

    A. Read the article and find words or phrases that mean ….


    1. helping someone to do something better – like teaching …………………………
    2. made available for people to buy ………………….………………
    3. something that gives you an opportunity to express ideas or opinions………………
    4. starting to do something new or different …………………………………
    5. intend to make people laugh ………………………………
    6. unusual, with a different way of thinking ……………………...………………
    7. a person who often uses the website YouTube, especially someone who makes and
    appears in videos on the website ……………………………….
    B. Answer the questions about Bing.

    8. How popular is Bing on the Internet?


    …………………………………………………………………………………………
    ….
    9. Is he more popular than Zoella? How many followers does Zoella has?
    ……………………………………………………………………………………………
    .

    10. Is he as popular as he used to be?


    ……………………………………………………………………………………………
    .

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