READing PASSAgE 2 Training Review 1 Opinion and discussion.
2 No. It often contains the views of other experts,
specialists, researchers, etc.
3 For Passage 2, there are three tasks. In Test 1, the
tasks were Matching headings, Summary completion
and Matching features.
4 20 minutes.
Matching information 1 1 D
2 C 3 E 4 A 5 B
Exam Practice Questions 14–18 14 E: “During NREM sleep . . . your body settles into
this lovely low state of energy,” Walker explains.
“REM sleep, on the other hand is . . . an incredibly
active brain state. Your heart and nervous system go
through spurts of activity.”’
15 B: ‘Walker believes, too, that . . . sleep is strongly
associated with weakness. “We want to seem busy,
and one way we express that is by proclaiming
how little sleep we’re getting. When I give lectures,
people . . . tell me quietly: ‘I seem to be one of those
people who need eight or nine hours’ sleep.’ It’s
embarrassing to say it in public.”’
16 E: ‘For example, they should not be regularly
working late into the night as this affects cognitive
performance. Depending on sleeping pills is also
not a good idea, as it can have a damaging effect on
memory.’
17 A: ‘“No one is doing anything about it but things
have to change. But when did you ever see a
national health service poster urging sleep on
people? When did a doctor prescribe, not sleeping
pills, but sleep itself? It needs to be prioritised.”’
18 B: ‘In 1942, less than 8% of the population was
trying to survive on six hours or less sleep a night; in
2017, almost one in two people is.’
Task information: Sentence Completion
