Examen 14 · B2 First: Reading (parte 5)

Reading Parte 5 de B2 First para descargar: texto con preguntas de actitud e intención del autor y soluciones explicadas.

B2 First · Examen 14

Reading Parte 5 del B2 First: un texto con preguntas de opción múltiple sobre actitud, intención y detalle.

Preguntas originales de Practive English, escritas con el formato oficial de Cambridge. No son preguntas de exámenes reales.

The myth of the morning person

Every January, thousands of people resolve to become early risers, convinced that waking at five will transform their productivity. Most abandon the attempt within a fortnight, and they tend to blame their own weakness. The science suggests they are blaming the wrong thing.

Sleep researchers have known for decades that our internal clocks vary, largely for genetic reasons. Roughly one person in four is a genuine morning type, one in four a genuine evening type, and the rest fall somewhere between. Trying to shift a late chronotype by several hours is not a matter of willpower; it is closer to asking someone to change their height.

What is striking is how one-sided the cultural conversation remains. Books celebrating the five o clock club sell in their millions, while the evidence that evening types perform better on creative tasks in the afternoon attracts almost no attention. The problem is not that early rising is bad advice. It is that it is presented as universal advice, and that is a different claim altogether.

Preguntas de comprensión

Elige la opción correcta.

  1. What does the writer say about people who fail to become early risers?They blame the wrong cause.They did not try hard enough.They were badly advised by doctors.They blame the wrong cause. «They tend to blame their own weakness… blaming the wrong thing».
  2. The comparison with height is used to suggest that…chronotype is largely fixed.sleep habits are easy to change.tall people sleep better.Chronotype is largely fixed. La comparación sirve para decir que no es cuestión de voluntad.
  3. What does the writer find striking?The imbalance in public discussion.The number of books published.The lack of scientific research.The imbalance. «How one-sided the cultural conversation remains». Ojo con la C: sí hay investigación, lo que falta es atención.
  4. What is the writer main criticism?Early rising is presented as advice for everyone.Early rising does not work.Evening types are lazy.Presented as universal advice. El texto dice explícitamente que el consejo no es malo, lo malo es universalizarlo.
  5. The phrase a different claim altogether suggests the writer thinks the two ideas are…not equivalent.equally true.both wrong.Not equivalent. Distingue entre «es buen consejo» y «vale para todos».

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