Enunciado de la pregunta
An Early Bird or a Night Owl?
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
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0 |
A aware |
B wakeful |
C awake |
D alert |
Owls are nocturnal
creatures. They’re wide 0)_C_ at
night and they sleep during the day. If this 1) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: sounds
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 like bliss to you, then, like about 20 percent of the
population 2) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: who
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 find themselves most active at around 9 pm, you may fall
into the same category 3) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: as
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 our feathered friend. Night owls often have
difficulty waking up in the morning, and like to be up late at night. 4) Incorrecta
La respuesta correcta es: Studies
Se puntúa 0,00 sobre 1,00 of animal behaviour indicate that being a night owl
may actually be 5) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: built
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 into some people’s genes. This would explain 6) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: why
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 those late-to-bed, late-to-rise people find it so
difficult to change their behaviour.
The trouble for night
owls is that they just 7) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: have
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 to be at places such as work and school far 8) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: too
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 early. This is when the alarm clock becomes the night
owl’s most important survival tool. Experts 9) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: say
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 that one way for a night owl to beat their dependence
10) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: on
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 their alarm clocks is to sleep with the curtains open.
The theory is that if they do so, the morning sunlight will awaken them gently
and naturally.
The 11) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: truth
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 is that, unlike the feathered owl, human owls can’t
claim that a nocturnal existence is their 12) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: natural
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 lifestyle. They are programmed to be at their best
13) Incorrecta
La respuesta correcta es: during
Se puntúa 0,00 sobre 1,00 the day. 14) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: Even
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 if we try to change our schedules and work at night,
Mother Nature isn’t fooled. Night is still the time when our body 15) Correcta
La respuesta correcta es: slows
Se puntúa 1,00 sobre 1,00 down. Night
owls simply start and finish a little later than average.