READING. a Read the article quickly and answer the questions

a Read the article quickly and answer the questions.

1 What was the object of the reality show?

2 Why were there complaints about the show?

b Read the article again. Complete it with the missing sentences.

A The first of these was a relaxing massage in the early hours of the morning.

B The TV company insists that the contestants' welfare was carefully considered throughout the programme.

C On the third day one of the participants requested to leave the contest voluntarily.

D Every time one of them fell asleep, the jackpot went down.

E The last one to fall asleep would claim the £97,000 prize.

c Match the highlighted words and phrases to the correct definition.

1 experiences of hearing or seeing things that aren't really there hallucinations

2 treated in an unfair way for the advantage of others

3 difficult ____

4 experienced something difficult or painful _ 5 person, company, or team that competes with another

6 removed from a competition ____ 7 being examined ___

8 a person or group of people who check things are being done properly __

The latest reality show to come u nder scrutlny, by media watchdog Ofcom is the sleep deprivation g•a me Shatte; d: where te.

contestants endred, extreme sleep deprivation to compete f potential prize fund of £100,000.

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The object of the ga me was to see who could stay awake for the seven days th-show lasted. 1 DEach day the contestant that coped the worst

was el i minaed leavi ng three contesta nts to pa rtici pate i n the fi nal on the last day.

Du ri ng the show the contesta nts faced some tough challenges which were designed to ma ke them fall asleep. 2 DOth- rs i ncl uded

listening to a bedti me story, watching pa i nt dry, counting sheep, and hugging a gia nt teddy bea r for an hou r.

I n the final contest, the three remaining contesta nts were told to go to bed i n a darkened room. 3 DThe eventual wi n ner, a nineteen-yea r-old

trai nee pol ice officer took 90 mi n utes longer to go to sleep tha n her rivals and was decla red the win ner on live television without knowing she had won.

However, psychologists have criticized the progra mme and accused its ma kers of putti ng contesta nts' hea lth at risk. Duri ng the cou rse of

the show contesta nts complained of halludn iltfons, exha ustion, and

pa ra noia. 4 0After over 75 hou rs in the Sleep La b, she decided that she had had enough and after extensive tal ks with the prod uction tea m she decided to go home.

s DA spokesperson from the show denied accusations that they

had exploit,- pa rtici pants and enda ngered thei r health. He mai ntai ned that they had gone to g reat lengths to ensu re the hea lth and safety ofthe contesta nts at a l l times.

4 VO CABUL ARY sleep

a Complete the sentences with a word connected to sleep.

1 My grandmother takes s leep_ing pills to help her to sleep.

2 I never o, because I always set my a._ clock before I go to bed.

3 Do you ever remember your dwhen you wake up in the morning?

4 I was feeling s so I went to bed.

5 We were cold in bed, so we opened the wardrobe to look for a b__

6 It's impossible to wake Matt up. He sleeps like a

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