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Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a behaviour disorder To say that the British have a thing about tea is an understatement.
that causes somebody to walk or perform other complex behaviours Tea is more than simply a pleasure; it is an important element
while still largely asleep. Although there are some theories, its cause of life for everyone from the Royal Family to the poorest of the
is unknown, and there is still no specific treatment. The somnambulist, homeless and unemployed. It is one of the characteristics that
who is in the deepest stage of sleep, begins to get restless under the distinguish living in the United Kingdom from life elsewhere. The
influence of their dreams and later gets into motion. Some patients typical Briton over the age of ten drinks two and a half cups of
who suffer from not very serious sleepwalking may sit up in bed and tea every day, or over 900 cups per year – primarily tea with milk
look around, appearing briefly confused. Others may get out of bed – making Britain one of the top tea-drinking nations in the world.
and walk around, open closets, get dressed, or eat, and they may Just the Irish and Turks drink more tea than the British in Europe,
appear agitated. When you talk to them, they may partially respond and Russia is the closest competitor with only 700 cups of tea
or say things that do not make sense. The eyes are usually open consumed per year. Tea consumption in the United Kingdom
while sleepwalking although they will look straight through people increased by 50 per cent during the Covid lockdowns in 2020.
and not recognise them. They can often move well around familiar Tea’s popularity in the United Kingdom has a long history, dating
objects. In extreme cases, the patient may get out of the house and back to the seventeenth century and reflecting the country’s
carry out complex activities such as driving a car. It is undeniable growth. Thomas Garway, the owner of a coffee shop, sold the
that everyone is at risk of harm. That is why the best way to treat first tea in London in 1657. By the year 1700, there were over 500
someone with sleepwalking is to try to help them accomplish their coffee establishments in the British capital offering the new drink,
task so that they can go back to bed as soon as possible. making it a popular alternative to coffee.
7. According to the passage, sleepwalking _______. 10. One can understand from the passage that tea _______.
A) is not considered a disease because the symptoms vary A) consumption in Russia is more than in England
according to its phases B) is served and drunk with water
B) causes people who suffer from it to be unable to speak when C) consumption in the United Kingdom surged by 50 per cent
they sleep or perform any type of movement during the pandemic in 2020
C) still does not have any clear therapy, and the exact reasons D) in England was served at first to Royal people in the palace
for it are not known E) was drunk only by Irish and Turkish by the year 1700
D) has a correlation with dreams but not with the behaviour of
the people who suffer from it
E) causes sufferers to get out of bed so they can finish tasks
they could not complete during the day

8. According to the passage, sleepwalking arises _______. 11. Which of the following cannot be said about tea according
A) due to the inability to block the motor cortex of the brain to the passage?
B) when there is a lack of sleep in a deep state A) One of the stereotypes of British people may be drinking tea.
C) when the sleepwalker experiences something stressful B) The first tea was sold at a coffee shop in the seventeenth
during the day century.
D) because of sleep deprivation of the sleepwalker C) Tea became a good alternative to coffee in the 1700s.
E) when dreams occur in the deepest level of the sleep D) Only royal people can drink tea in England.
E) Tea is more than just a pleasurable experience for British
people.

9. It is understood from the passage that the best way to treat a 12. What can be inferred from the passage about drinking tea?
sleepwalker is to _______. A) In Britain, no one drank tea in the sixteenth century.
A) not restrain them physically unless they are in danger B) A child who is eleven years old is not allowed to drink tea in
B) prevent them from hurting themselves by waking them up Britain.
C) talk to them without trying to wake them up until they return to C) With 700 cups of tea, Russia is the top-tea drinking country.
bed D) Since it is expensive, the rate of drinking tea in the pandemic
D) not allow them to do their activity to get back to bed as soon has decreased by twice.
as possible E) In London, many coffee establishments offered the new drink
E) collaborate with them to finish what they want to do and not in the sixteenth century.
hurt themselves

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