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healthRead the benefits of getting fit for the B2 First Reading Part 6 which helps you practice how to understand the structure and follow the development of the text.

About 10 minutesStrengthening reading comprehensionCambridge English B2 First Exam

B2 First Reading Part 6 (Benefits of Getting Fit)

For B2 First Reading Part 6, you are going to read an article about the benefits of getting fit. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences which one fits each gap.

Benefits Of Getting Fit

 

Exercise is essential for your overall wellbeing and there are plenty of reasons why you should do it. (1) Especially, when all around you seems more and more unbalanced and the world becomes ever fast and furious.

 

(2) It can improve muscle tone, strength along with promoting good posture. Other benefits include helping to prevent those muscles imbalances. (3) It can also improve the condition of the heart and lungs and blood circulation. Probably all these reasons might make you consider taking it up.

 

However, did you know that exercise helps to ease depression and tiredness and that it helps to regulate sleep patterns? (4) If not, common sense alone should tell you that exercise is good for you. There are plenty of types of exercise you can do - aerobics, jogging, working out with free weights, working on weight machines.

 

(5) The reason for this is that it improves flexibility and helps you to maintain correct posture and to prevent muscle strains and injuries caused by overuse. (6)

 

So, stretching should play an important part in your exercise routine, which should be performed both slowly and precisely. Therefore, the best exercise, involves good warm-ups and stretching exercises, an energetic workout and definitely a cool-down period.


 

Check your answers.
Extra Free Exercises for B2 First Reading Part 6.

B2 First Reading Part 5B2 First Use of English and Reading Section

You need to be able to understand a range of texts, including how they are organised and the opinions and attitudes expressed in them. The texts will be from sources familiar to you such as magazines, articles, fiction and advertisements, but targeted at the interests of students. Students’ use of English will be tested by tasks which show how well they can control their grammar and vocabulary.

For this part, you practice how to understand the details of a text, including opinions and attitudes.

For this part, you practice how to understand the structure and follow the development of a text.

For this part, you practice how to find specific information in a text or texts.

B2 First Writing Section

You are required to produce two pieces of writing. The first piece is compulsory and will be an essay of 140-190 words. For the second, you can choose from an article, email/letter, essay, review or report (B2 First for schools the report is replaced with a story) of 140-190 words.

B2 First Listening and Speaking Section

Requires being able to follow and understand a range of familiar spoken materials, such as news programmes, public announcements and other sources, but targeted at the interests of the learners.

In this part you talk to the examiner about yourself and your life, e.g. your name, school, interests and future plans.

In this part, you talk about two photos on your own which you have to compare for about 1 minute. After you have finished, your partner will be asked a short question about your photo. When your partner has spoken about their photos for about 1 minute, you will be asked a question about their photos.

In this part you express ideas with your partner by looking at a discussion point that the examiner gives you.

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In this part, you focus on general aspects of a topic with the examiner or you may involve your partner.

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In this part, you will hear people talking in eight different situations.

In this part, you will hear five people talking about different things.

In this part, you will hear an interview.

Especially helpful are exercises that are focussed on a theme or topic as these provide word retention practise so you can be confident to read, write, speak and listen successfully. We have many activities to get your English up to speed in no time.

Customs and Traditions explores how we celebrate our cultural identity across the globe.

Entertainment and Leisure explores how we spent our free time.

Environment and Nature explores the way humans and animals live, adapt and change on our planet.

Exploring how different societies create roles for people to develop their skills and knowledge.

Exploring how we learn and adjust to the world around us. .

Exploring how we experience the world through our life journeys

The more words you encounter and understand, the broader your day-to-day vocabulary will become. Our word games and puzzles such as our films word search are an excellent way to help to reinforce spellings in your mind.
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This free material is for students at an Upper Intermediate Level of English. This will probably be suitable for students in their third or fourth year of English studies. We add exercises on grammar and vocabulary as well as whole text activities on a regular basis. In addition, we provide test practice activity for students who are preparing for the C1 Advanced which is part of the Cambridge Assessment English Main Suite as well as the English Language B for the IB Diploma. The material will also support students studying for the Cambridge Advanced courses and IELTS examinations.

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