Identifica la afirmación principal de cada texto antes de mirar las opciones.
El segundo texto a menudo matiza, cuestiona o añade una explicación alternativa.
Estrategia paso a paso
Pregúntate: ¿el autor 2 está de acuerdo, en desacuerdo o en parte?
Busca en el texto 2 la frase exacta que responde al texto 1.
Trampas habituales
Respuestas extremas: “demuestra que es falso” cuando el autor solo pide más pruebas.
Atribuir a un texto una idea que solo aparece en el otro.
Ejemplo resuelto
Texto 1: “los videojuegos mejoran la atención”. Texto 2: “los estudios solo miden tareas muy parecidas a los juegos”. → El autor 2 diría que la conclusión va más allá de lo que prueban los estudios.
Preguntas de ejemplo
Intenta responder antes de abrir la solución. Las preguntas están en el idioma del examen.
Pregunta 1
Dificultad fácil≈ 1 min
Text 1
Because the Moon always keeps the same face turned toward Earth, many people refer to the side we never see as “the dark side of the Moon.” They imagine it as a place of permanent night that sunlight never reaches.
Text 2
Astronomers point out that the Moon’s far side receives just as much sunlight as the near side. As the Moon orbits Earth, each side experiences about two weeks of daylight followed by two weeks of night. During a new moon, when the side facing us is dark, the far side is fully lit.
Based on the texts, how would the astronomers in Text 2 most likely respond to the view described in Text 1?
AA. By agreeing that the far side of the Moon never receives any sunlight
BB. By arguing that Earth sometimes sees the far side of the Moon during a new moon
CC. By claiming that the near side of the Moon is lit for longer than the far side
DD. By explaining that the far side is unseen from Earth but not permanently dark
Ver respuesta y explicación
Respuesta correcta: D. By explaining that the far side is unseen from Earth but not permanently dark
Explicación
Text 1 describes the belief that the far side never gets sunlight. The astronomers explain that the far side gets as much daylight as the near side; it is simply never visible from Earth. They would say that “unseen” does not mean “dark.”
They directly reject the idea that the far side gets no sunlight. They do not say Earth ever sees the far side, and they say both sides get equal daylight.
Pregunta 2
Dificultad media≈ 1 min
Text 1
Some economists warn that widespread remote work could slow innovation. In an office, they argue, employees from different teams bump into one another in hallways and cafeterias, and these unplanned conversations often spark new ideas that no one would have scheduled a meeting to discuss.
Text 2
Economist Hyun-jin Seo studied communication records at a large software company before and after it switched to remote work. After the switch, employees communicated mostly with members of their own teams, and contact between employees on different teams dropped by about 25 percent.
Based on the texts, how would Seo (Text 2) most likely respond to the economists’ warning in Text 1?
AA. By arguing that remote work led employees to communicate more often with other teams
BB. By claiming that unplanned conversations rarely lead to useful new ideas
CC. By noting that her findings are consistent with the concern the economists raise
DD. By suggesting that remote workers communicate less often with their own teammates
Ver respuesta y explicación
Respuesta correcta: C. By noting that her findings are consistent with the concern the economists raise
Explicación
The economists worry that remote work reduces contact between employees on different teams. Seo found that after the switch to remote work, cross-team contact fell by about 25 percent. Her findings fit their concern.
Her data show cross-team contact falling, not rising. She does not evaluate whether conversations lead to ideas, and she found that employees communicated mostly within their own teams.
Pregunta 3
Dificultad difícil≈ 2 min
Text 1
Art historians have traditionally attributed all of the illustrations in the Harrow Psalter, a fourteenth-century book of psalms, to a single master. They point to the remarkable consistency of the figures across all 150 pages: the same elongated hands, the same heavy-lidded eyes, the same folds of drapery.
Text 2
Pigment analysis now shows that the blues on the Psalter’s first forty pages came from a different mineral source than those on the remaining pages, suggesting at least two campaigns of work, possibly years apart. Nor is consistency of style decisive: workshop apprentices were trained to imitate a master’s manner so closely that their work can be indistinguishable from his.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the art historians’ reasoning in Text 1?
AA. By arguing that the pigment analysis proves that apprentices, not the master, painted the first forty pages
BB. By questioning whether the figures are in fact as consistent in style across the pages as the historians claim
CC. By noting that a uniform style could result from several trained hands and so does not show a single artist
DD. By agreeing that the style is consistent but claiming that it was copied from an earlier, lost book of psalms
Ver respuesta y explicación
Respuesta correcta: C. By noting that a uniform style could result from several trained hands and so does not show a single artist
Explicación
The historians infer a single artist from consistent style. Text 2 replies that apprentices could imitate a master so closely that their work is indistinguishable, so consistency alone does not establish a single hand, and the pigment evidence suggests more than one campaign of work.
Text 2 says the pigments “suggest” separate campaigns; it never says who painted which pages, so “proves … apprentices” overstates it. Text 2 does not dispute that the style is consistent; it disputes what that consistency shows. No earlier book is mentioned.