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The text below is broken up at TEN (10) points.

Select the most appropriate answer from the


list of options below (A to J) in order to form a logical text. Write your answers in the table
provided below the list of options.

People who have had too little sleep are considered less attractive, in poorer health and less
appealing to socialise with, a psychology study has found. Missing out on sleep can harm your social
life 1.____________, researchers say. Psychologists found that people who had too little sleep were
2._______________ and in poorer health than when they had rested, but they were also considered
less appealing to socialise with.The haggard, tired looks of the sleep-deprived may encourage others
to steer clear, just as humans in the past kept away from 3_____________ .
But looking rough is not enough to put people off. “Usually, 4._____________, you are more
likely to withdraw from them,” said Tina Sundelin at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. “However,
that does not explain 5_____________. It’s one of the factors, but it’s not the whole story.”
Mountains of research have thrown up a lot of 6._______________. A serious lack of sleep
can make people less optimistic and less sociable. People become worse at understanding and
expressing emotions and more prone to having accidents. 7_________________ . As Sundelin puts
it: “If you can see someone hasn’t slept, you’ll have a good idea that they might not be the best person
to be around.”
At first glance, staying away from people when they’ve had too little sleep might seem like
adding insult to injury. But as the researchers point out, 8_______________ in order to recover.
Sundelin and her colleagues describe how they photographed 25 people after two nights of normal
sleep and after two nights of only four hours sleep. They then asked 122 others to rate the photos for
9____________.
A couple of nights of insufficient sleep had no effect on how trustworthy people looked,
10_____________ with the sleep deprived, and considered them to be less attractive, less healthy
and, of course, more sleepy. “If you want to go out and have a good time, it might not be much fun if
the person looks really sleepy,” said John Axelsson, who led the research team.

A attractiveness, health, sleepiness and trustworthiness.


B being left alone might be precisely what the sleep-deprived person needs
C but raters said they were less inclined to socialise
D not only regarded as less attractive
E if someone looks less healthy
F the entire effect of not wanting to socialise with them
G those who looked ill to avoid picking up diseases
H good reasons to avoid the sleep deprived
I as well as your looks
J sleep loss has also been shown to make people more irritable

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Text source: https://www.theguardian.com/

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