Lifestyle design - Module 7

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Expert Proficiency, Pearson Education

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

shift

change

route

swap

compulsion

requirement

obligation

necessity

onset

advent

release

upshot

become

escape

break

emerge

meanwhile

otherwise

instead

thereby

definite

known

certain

fixed

interspersed

interwoven

intersected

interrupted

persuasive

incentive

conducive

supportive

The term 'lifestyle design' has been (0) ___ quite recently. It describes a way of radically re-evaluating lifestyle choices by encouraging a (1) ___ away from the idea that a person's job will by (2) ___ determine where they live. Advocates of the idea argue that the (3) ___ of laptops and WiFi has enabled certain types of people to (4) ___ free from the nine-to-five mould and arrange their working timetable around family life. They gain, for example, the chance to get involved in activities they would (5) ___ miss out on because they were at work. The end result is a greatly enhanced quality of life for the whole family. A group known as 'location-independent professionals', or LIPs have taken the concept a step further. Digital nomads, with no (6) ___ abode, they travel to distant places, combining work with other life experiences. Work is conducted from internet cafes, hotel rooms or camper vans, (7) ___ with regular runs along the beach or sightseeing outings. An idyllic life, it would seem, but perhaps less (8) ___ to raising a family.

Lifestyle design

coined

made

given

born

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