• Exam: PET-O
  • Course: READING
  • Part 4, Exam 1

Instructions

You are given a piece of text.

For questions 1 – 5, choose the correct answer by clicking on the buttons given.

When you click the CHECK button, If your answer is correct, it will show in green, if not it will show in red. An explanation for incorrect answers can be seen by clicking the SEE CORRECT ANSWERS button

The pass mark for this exam is 70% and you need to do this exam in 10 minutes or under.

Night Shift

Many people have jobs that are not very interesting, but a lot of people have to work at night, and this is very difficult. When everybody else is getting ready to go out, they have to go to work, and this puts a lot of psychological stress on them. It is also not very healthy because the human body is designed to be active in the day and to rest in the dark. If this cycle is reversed it can have a bad effect on a person's health. So, why do people do night shift.


Q. 2) Nowadays many business have to offer a 24 hour service, like hotels, delivery companies, some supermarkets open all night and all day, call centres and hospitals. It is true that some people only need a few hours sleep at night but the majority need eight hours. Humans are most active in the middle of the day, and the time when they are least able to concentrate and be efficient is between 2am and 4 am.


This is the worst time to drive, or to do anything that needs concentration. Q. 3) The body finds it very difficult to adapt to the opposite cycle. Q. 4) Things are not likely to get better in the future because more and more business are working 24 hour cycles to keep in step with our 24 hour society.

Questions

  • 1 - What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) To describe the importance of work.
  • (B) To say how working at night can be harmful.
  • (C) To help people change their way of life.
  • (D) To advise people to sleep more.
  • Correct answer: (B) To say how working at night can be harmful.
  • 2 - What does the writer say about night jobs?
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) You get better working conditions.
  • (B) There is a variety of them.
  • (C) It is easier than working during the day.
  • (D) Many people refuse to work at night.
  • Correct answer: (B) There is a variety of them.
  • Why?
  • 3 - What would a reader learn about sleep from the text?
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) Everybody needs the same amount.
  • (B) It's difficult to change your sleeping needs.
  • (C) People sleep better in the early morning.
  • (D) Many people need more than 11 hours' sleep.
  • Correct answer: (B) It's difficult to change your sleeping needs.
  • Why?
  • 4 - What does the writer say about the future?
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) Fewer people will work during the day.
  • (B) People will demand fewer services.
  • (C) People will work longer hours.
  • (D) Some jobs will always be done at night.
  • Correct answer: (D) Some jobs will always be done at night.
  • Why?
  • 5 - Which of the following could also be a title for this text?
  • Possible answers:
  • (A) SOCIETY IS CHANGING BUT OUR BODIES ARE NOT!
  • (B) A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
  • (C) A WORKER THAT SLEEPS MORE, WORKS MORE!
  • (D) THE LONLIEST JOBS IN THE WORLD!
  • Correct answer: (A) SOCIETY IS CHANGING BUT OUR BODIES ARE NOT!

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