One woman in five is a shopaholic - Unit 5

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition Workbook, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, 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.

TAKE

HOME

ALLURE

LOYAL

ANXIOUS

EMOTION

SPRING

PLEASE

'Retail therapy' – shopping to improve your mood – has become something of a fashionable leisure (0) ___ in Britain in recent years. It is the acceptable face of something much more sinister – the serious medical condition of shopping addiction. The number of people suffering from this illness has (1) ___ the number of drug and drink addicts combined. Some experts believe that twenty per cent of the female population may be shopaholics. The condition has led to family break-ups, depression and (2) ___ . Psychiatrists claim one reason for the epidemic is that shopping has never been so (3) ___ . Shopping centres are now beautiful, attractive places. In some shops, store cards or (4) ___ cards are offered indiscriminately at the till, and credit is still relatively easy to obtain. Experts also claim that shopping addiction often masks deeper problems. As one of them says, 'Mostly there is underlying depression and (5) ___ , sometimes caused by a disturbed relationship with one's parents. Cold and (6) ___ parents often lavish presents on their (7) ___ , who then come to associate that with (8) ___ .'

One woman in five is a shopaholic

PURSUE

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