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IELTS Listening · 3

Section 4

Questions 1–8 Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
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LECTURER: Tonight we'll examine how sleep consolidates memory. During slow-wave sleep, the hippocampus replays the experiences of the day, strengthening the connections that store them. Without adequate sleep, students show much weaker recall of factual lists, particularly after the first day or two.

Recent experiments used word-pair tasks. Participants who napped for ninety minutes clearly outperformed those who stayed awake. Interestingly, caffeine taken before bedtime reduced slow-wave sleep, even when the subjects felt that they had slept perfectly normally.

Researchers also studied shift workers. Their rotating schedules disturbed the workers' circadian rhythms and increased errors in procedural tasks, such as work on an assembly line. The lecture therefore concludes that keeping consistent bedtimes supports both academic and occupational performance.

Questions 1–8

Complete the lecture notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

  1. During slow-wave sleep, the ___ replays the day’s experiences.

  2. Poor sleep produces weaker ___ of factual lists.

  3. In the experiment, participants napped for ___ minutes.

  4. ___ before bedtime reduced slow-wave sleep.

  5. Shift workers followed ___ schedules.

  6. Disrupted schedules increased errors in ___ tasks.

  7. Rotating schedules disturbed the workers’ ___ rhythms.

  8. The lecturer recommends keeping consistent ___.

Գրեք մեզ։ Հարցրեք սակագների, քննությունների կամ սկսելու մասին — չատում կպատասխանենք մեկ րոպեի ընթացքում։