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    Women are healthier when they take it easy, according to a new survey. Those who work long hours are more likely than men to indulge in unhealthy behaviors like eating snacks, smoking, and drinking caffeine. One positive is that alcohol consumption is reduced. Stress causes people to crave unhealthy high-fat and high-sugar snacks instead of healthier options. The findings show stress produces harmful changes in diet and leads to unhealthy eating. Maintaining a balanced diet is important for reducing cancer and heart disease risks.

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    Women are healthier when they take it easy, according to a new survey. Those who work long hours are more likely than men to indulge in unhealthy behaviors like eating snacks, smoking, and drinking caffeine. One positive is that alcohol consumption is reduced. Stress causes people to crave unhealthy high-fat and high-sugar snacks instead of healthier options. The findings show stress produces harmful changes in diet and leads to unhealthy eating. Maintaining a balanced diet is important for reducing cancer and heart disease risks.

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    Women are healthier when they take it easy, according to a new survey. Those who work long hours are more likely than men to indulge in unhealthy behaviors like eating snacks, smoking, and drinking caffeine. One positive is that alcohol consumption is reduced. Stress causes people to crave unhealthy high-fat and high-sugar snacks instead of healthier options. The findings show stress produces harmful changes in diet and leads to unhealthy eating. Maintaining a balanced diet is important for reducing cancer and heart disease risks.

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    Women are healthier when they take it easy, according to a new survey. Those who work long hours are more likely than men to indulge in unhealthy behaviors like eating snacks, smoking, and drinking caffeine. One positive is that alcohol consumption is reduced. Stress causes people to crave unhealthy high-fat and high-sugar snacks instead of healthier options. The findings show stress produces harmful changes in diet and leads to unhealthy eating. Maintaining a balanced diet is important for reducing cancer and heart disease risks.

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    Part 1

    For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A,B,C or D) best fits each gap
    There is an example at the beginning (0).
    Example:
    0 Amake Btake Cdo Dhave

    0 ABCD
    _ I : :

    Long hours and health don't mix


    Womenaremuchhealthierwhenthey(0)............iteasy,(l)..........anewsurvey.Thosewhoworl<long
    hours are more likely than men to indulge in unhealthy behaviour such as eating snacl<s, smoking and drinl<ing
    caffeine. (Long hours have no such (2) on men.) One positive benefit of long hours for both sexes,
    however, is that alcohol (3) ......... . is reduced.
    The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is part of a wider study by psychologists
    from the University of Leeds, into the effects of stress on eating. 'Stress causes people to (4) ............ for
    unhealthy high-fat and high-sugar snacl<s in preference to healthier food choices,' says researcher Dr Daryl
    O'Connor of the University of Leeds. 'People under stress eat less than usual in their main meals, including
    their vegetable (5) but shift their preference to high-fat, high-sugar snacks instead.
    'Our (6)............. are disturbing in that they show stress produces harmful changes in diet and leads to
    unhealthy eating behaviour,' continues Dr O'Connor. An overwhelming (7) ............ of evidence shows the
    importance of maintaining a balanced diet in (8) ... . . ... . of reducing the risk of cancer and cardiovascular
    diseases - and that means eating a low-fat diet and five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

    I A betrays B sustains C reveals D conceals

    2 A contact B clash C conflict D impact


    3 A beverage B consumption C expenditure D acceptance
    4 A choose B select C design D opt
    5 A intake B influx C emission D immersion
    6 A instructions B rulings C findings D institutions
    7 A lump B body C sacl< D packet
    I A moments B sessions C terms D senses

    Part 2
    For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
    each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
    Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS. Example: EVER OI

    The breath of life


    Anyone who has (0) been to a yoga or meditation class will l<now the enormous benefits of something as simple
    and natural as breathing. lnhale slowly and steadily, and you can relax your entire body. Stop and focus on the flow of
    (9). ... . ... breath you tal<e in and out, and you can quieten and focus your mind. ln (10) ....., posi-
    tive breathing will help you feel calmer, bring down your blood pressure and increase your mental alertness and energy levels.

    Yet, breathing is so instinctive that most of the time we're hardly even aware of it. Of course, that's ( | l) ............"....
    why it's easy ro develop bad habits and why many of us don't do it as well as we (12) . But with a
    little practice, ( l3) . . . . it right can bring instant health benefits. These include feeling more relaxed and

    being more mentally alert. You may also find that there's an improvement in (14) ....... physical symPtoms,
    such as bloating and stomach pains, dizziness, headaches, pins and needles and low energy.

    Learning to breathe correctly can dramatically improve your wellbeing and quality of life. Most people thinl< that Poor
    breathing means that you don't get enough oxygen, but it's (15) . the carbon dioxide you're missing
    out (16)

    IEL
    CAE Practice Test and Use of
    { I

    Part 3
    For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
    form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
    Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.

    Example: O I SIGNIFICANTLY

    The cooling oceans


    The upper layers of Earth's oceans have cooled (0) ........... over the past two years, even though SlGNlFy
    the planet as a whole is warming up. While this may just be part of ihe natural (17) ............ VARy
    of oceans, climatologists are still confounded by the massive unaccountable loss of heat.
    Scientists have been (f8) .... .. ..... concerned by rising sea temperatures over INCREASE
    the last 50 years but these new (19) ..... tell a different story. FIND
    Generally speaking, the (20) . of heat by the oceans reduces atmospheric warming. ABSORB
    Now (21) ........ taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have put MEASURE
    I a wrinkle in the trend. The researchers used data from 3000 floating buoys which monitor

    WORLD
    They found that the oceans dropped in temperature by an (23) ............,.. 0.02 degrees BELIEVE
    centigrade between 2011 and 2013.
    Now, that may not seem like much, but trying to account for the missing energy is proving
    to be enormously (24) ...... . lt is possible that volcanic eruptions are one main cause PROBLEM
    of the phenomenon, but no firm answers have yet been provided.

    Part 4
    For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
    :he word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the
    ,vord given. Here is an example (0).
    Example: 0 George should have worked harder if he wanted to pass the exam. succeeded
    Had George worked harder, passing the exam.

    Write the missing words lN CAPITAL LETTERS.


    O I HE WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED IN

    25 Paul tends to play his music loudly when he's not feeling very happy. habit
    Paul is his music loudly when he is not feeling very happy.
    26 They could easily win the game. chance
    They .......... . the game.
    27 Of course I did not agree to lend them the money. saying
    It ................ ......... not agree to lend them the money.
    28 Did anything about his behaviour seem unusual to you? strike
    Did anything about his behaviour ...... unusual?
    29 I can barely cook a med for myself, so I certainly couldn't cook for eight people. atone
    I would struggle for eight people.
    30 The reporter said that the blast was so forceful that the car was blown right across the street. such
    According to the reporter,..... the blast, that the car was blown
    right across the street.

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