# PTE Reading MCS #7: Evolutionary Perspectives on...

Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer #7 - Level 2 - Feeds Reading

> Read the text and answer the question by choosing one option. Only one answer is correct.

Art De Vany is 62, but physical fitness tests three years ago showed he had the body of a 32-year-old. De Vany's advice to the modern exercise freak is to cut duration and frequency and increase intensity. 'Our muscle fiber composition reveals that we are adapted to the extreme intensity of effort', says De Vany, a professor of economics at the Institute of Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His approach to fitness combines Darwinian thinking with his interest in chaos theory and complex systems.

De Vany recommends that people should

- exercise less frequently.
- exercise harder but for less time.
- give their muscles more time to recover from exercise
- learn more about how the human body reacts to exercise.

## Answer

exercise harder but for less time.

## Explanation

The passage explicitly states that the subject advises reducing the time spent and the number of sessions while boosting the effort level.

What to watch: His advice is to "cut duration and frequency and increase intensity." The correct option keeps both parts: harder effort and less time. "Exercise less frequently" is only half the advice and drops intensity. Muscle recovery and learning about the body are never given as advice.

## Hints

- Look for the sentence where the subject provides his specific advice.
- Focus on the three variables mentioned: duration, frequency, and intensity.

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