Blue zones® - Unit 1
B2 First · Open Cloze · Ready for B2 First 4th Edition, Macmillan Education Limited
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning.
In his book 'The Blue Zones', journalist and best-selling author Dan Buettner identifies five regions in five different countries (0) ___ people are thought to live longer and better (1) ___ anywhere else. The so-called blue zones are Okinawa in Japan, Lomo Linda in California, the Greek island of Ikaria, the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica and the Barbajau region of Sardinia, (2) ___ has the distinction of having the highest concentration of male centenarians (3) ___ the world. These five regions share a number of specific lifestyle habits. Inhabitants tend to grow (4) ___ own herbs and vegetables, which keeps them active and moving around naturally. They eat a mainly plant-based diet, especially beans, (5) ___ as fava, soy and lentils, and meat is consumed on average only five times (6) ___ month. Loved ones come first, and people in blue zones (7) ___ good care of ageing parents and grandparents, who live with younger family members, or at least nearby. Older people remain healthier and it is less common (8) ___ them to suffer heart disease and other illnesses associated with old age.
Blue zones®
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