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For this exercise about night shift work, you read the text and choose the correct answer to each of the five questions. It provides practice for this reading section of the Cambridge English B1 Preliminary exam.

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B1 Preliminary Reading Part 3: Night Shift Work

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Night Shift Work

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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 the night shift?

Nowadays, many businesses have to offer a 24-hour service, like hotels, delivery companies, some supermarkets that are open all night and all day, call centres and hospitals. It is true that some people only need a few hours of 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 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.

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

1. What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?
Answer:

A	to describe the importance of work.
B	to help people change their way of life.
C	to say how working at night can be harmful.
D	to suggest how to become a night shift worker.

2. What does the writer say about night jobs?
Answer:

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.

3. What would a reader learn about sleep from the text?
Answer:

A	Everybody needs the same amount.
B	It's difficult to change your sleeping needs.
C	People sleep better in the early morning.
D	It's easy to change your sleeping habits.

4. What does the writer say about the future?
Answer:

A	Fewer people will work during the day.
B	Many people will stop working during the day.
C	Some jobs will always be done at night.
D	Nobody will work at night.

5. Which of the following could also be a title for this text?
Answer:

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	IT'S TIME TO END THE NIGHT SHIFT!

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Here are new words and phrases from this exercise for the B1 Preliminary Part 3 reading section of the test:

businesses
call centres
concentrate
delivery companies
efficient
healthy
hospitals
humans
in the dark
night shift work
opposite cycle
psychological stress
society

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