Ejercicio 1 · Comprensión B2

Ejercicio 1 · Comprensión B2

Elige la opción correcta. En B2 la respuesta suele estar entre dos opciones muy parecidas: lee las dos enteras.

1. What does the writer imply about people who give morning-routine advice?They are dishonestThey have a financial interest in the adviceThey wake up early themselvesThey have a financial interest — «earn their living by giving it». El autor insinúa un conflicto de interés, no acusa de mentir: por eso la A es demasiado fuerte.
2. According to the research mentioned, concentration is highest…before dawnat a fixed time for everyonea few hours after you wake upA few hours after you wake up — «whenever that happens to be». Esa coletilla es la clave: la hora del reloj es irrelevante.
3. What is the «leap» the writer criticises?Concluding that everyone should wake up earlyBelieving that attention can be measuredUsing studies that are too smallConcluding that everyone should wake up early — «the mistake is in the leap from that finding to the claim that everyone should wake up before dawn».
4. The phrase «rather less marketable» suggests the real findings are…harder to proveharder to sellless importantHarder to sell — marketable viene de market. Es vocabulario B2 típico: derivación de palabras.
5. What does the writer mean by «not wrong so much as misdirected»?The advice is falseThe advice is out of dateThe advice is aimed at the wrong peopleAimed at the wrong people — la estructura not X so much as Y corrige, no niega: «no es tanto falso como mal dirigido».
6. What does the writer finally recommend?Identifying your own best hoursWaking up laterAvoiding meetings completelyIdentifying your own best hours — «find out when your own attention peaks». La C exagera: dice proteger dos horas, no eliminar reuniones.