IELTS Research Reports

An empirical investigation of the process of writing Academic Readingtest items for the International English Language Testing System5 The writer criticises a study linking lack of sleep with diabetes becauseA it was not based on a natural situation.B it underestimated how little sleep people really need.C it only concentrated on recovery sleep.D it did not test the effect of lack of sleep on metabolism.6 The writer suggests that when researchers use a particular type of question, thisA may provide data that is inaccurate.B may show how materialistic people are.C may elicit information that is surprising.D may make people afraid of answering honestly.Questions 7 - 12Complete the summary below.Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 7 - 12 on your answer sheet.The writer’s team carried out a study on 11,000 adults. Perceptions of sleep deprivation wereestimated by comparing the answers to two 7……………… questions, and the team foundthat half the respondents had sleep deprivation. 8……………… was also assessed, andfound to be less common. The team also found that if they were given an extra hour a day,few people would use this for sleeping.The writer concludes that people do not 9……………… more sleep. He says his findings areimportant because false beliefs about sleep deprivation are creating 10……………… whichhave no basis in reality, and encouraging people to ask for 11……………… .People should therefore not try to 12……………… the number of hours they sleep.IELTS Research Reports Volume 11371