C1 Advanced · Reading & Use of English · Part 6
Compare the opinions of four writers on the same topic.
Four short texts by different writers on the same subject, and questions asking who agrees with whom. This part exists only at C1, and it is the clearest example of what separates the level from B2: you are not asked what a writer said, you are asked how their position relates to someone else's.
That makes it a two-step task. First fix each writer's opinion on each sub-topic in a word or two of your own — "Writer B: sceptical about early testing". Only then read the question, which will ask which writer shares or differs from a stated view. Trying to do both steps at once is what makes this part feel impossible; done in order it is merely slow.
Because it tests comparison rather than comprehension. Each text on its own is manageable; holding four positions in mind and relating them is the actual task. Summarising each writer's view before you look at the questions turns it from a memory problem into a matching one.
No — the questions ask about both agreement and difference, and a writer can share one view while differing on another. Track opinions per sub-topic rather than deciding a writer is broadly "for" or "against".
