Promotion is good for your health - Test 2

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 1, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

forecasts

advances

predictions

prospects

scale

rate

degree

ratio

set

took

put

made

Anyway

Moreover

Consequently

Admittedly

privileged

preferred

entitled

honoured

call for

go over

back up

lead to

related

combined

referred

incorporated

hesitation

question

reservation

opposition

A recent study suggests that being promoted isn't just good for your bank (0) ___ , it's also good for your health. Researchers found that those who work in jobs with better promotion (1) ___ are less likely to develop serious illnesses. Specifically, those working in departments with double the average promotion (2) ___ had a twenty percent better chance of escaping serious illness. The researchers (3) ___ into account factors such as family background, pre-existing medical conditions and educational level. (4) ___ , they could be confident that the lower occurrences of illness were not simply due to a healthier or more (5) ___ upbringing. The results seem to (6) ___ earlier studies showing that people who win prestigious awards, such as an Oscar or Nobel Prize during their career, have a tendency to outlive those who are less fortunate. As the author of the report says, 'When our findings are put together with the large body of other (7) ___ literature, there is little (8) ___ that achieving a higher position at work is good for the health.'

Promotion is good for your health

balance

record

income

profit

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