Reading- The 4-7-8 method

Choose the correct option that completes the gap.

............ asleep or coming down from anxiety might never be as easy as 1-2-3.

• Falling

• Drifting

• Going

• Getting

Answer explanation

to fall asleep = to start to sleep

Which option in closest in meaning to the phrase in blue:

Some experts believe a different set of numbers — 4-7-8 — comes much closer to doing the trick.

• to be simple or straightforward.

• to have the necessary or wanted effect

• to do something quickly

• to deceive people to believe sth is true.

Answer explanation

if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result.

Which option in closest in meaning to the phrase in blue:

People who to fall asleep because their mind is buzzing.

• to move around quickly or with a lot of energy

• to be full of activity or excitement

• to be thinking about many different things at the same time

• to hear a continuous low unpleasant sound

Answer explanation

if your mind is buzzing, you are thinking about many different things at the same time.

Choose the correct option to complete the gap.

It may reduce anxiety to increase the ............ of falling asleep.

• likeliness

• likelyhood

• likelihood

• livelihood

Answer explanation

To increase the likelihood (noun) means to increase the chance that something will happen.

likely [adjective]

I'm likely to forget. ( it will probably happen).

Which option is closest in meaning to the phrase in blue:

Once you get the hang of it, you can use the technique while lying in bed.

• learn how to do or use something

• understand the main idea or points of something.

• understand the implications of something

• have the situation under control

Answer explanation

get the hang of something means to learn how to do something, especially if it is not obvious or simple.

[It seems difficult at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of it.]

Choose the correct option to complete the gap.

“If you have trouble holding your breath, speed the exercise .........

• out

• off

• up

• on

Answer explanation

When sth speeds up or you speed sth up you make it happen or move faster.

[The new system will speed up the registration process.]

Choose the correct option to complete the gap.

When you’re stressed ........, your sympathetic nervous system is overly active.

• out

• off

• up

• of

Answer explanation

when you are stressed out you are so worried and tired that you cannot relax.

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:

The 4-7-8 breathing practice can help put the body in a state .........

• more conducive to restful sleep.

• more conductive to restful sleep.

• more creating to restful sleep.

• more leading to restful sleep.

Answer explanation

If one thing is conducive to another thing, it creates the conditions for the other thing to happen.

According to this paragraph, which of the following ideas is TRUE:

'While proponents may swear by the method, more research is needed to establish clearer links between 4-7-8 and sleep and other health benefits, he added.'

• there is solid evidence that the method has health benefits.

• there is no doubt that 4-7-8 technique leads to better sleep.

• there is medical evidence that 4-7-8 is linked with better sleep and other health benefits.

• there is some evidence that 4-7-8 leads to improved sleep and other health benefits.

According to this paragraph, which of the following ideas is TRUE:

'But exercises like the 4-7-8 technique give you the opportunity to practice being at peace. And that’s exactly what we need to do before we go to bed.'

• you shouldn't go to bed if you're not at peace.

• you shouldn't practice the 4-7-8 technique before you go to bed.

• you can't be at peace before bed unless you practice the 4-7-8 technique.

• if you practice the 4-7-8 technique before bed it puts you into a peaceful state.