Should we worry about status? - Module 3

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

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.

structure

layer

strata

order

comprised

made

composed

done

lies

rests

consists

resides

secure

confirm

effect

fulfil

policy

device

strategy

scheme

opinion

view

dismay

belief

Ahead

In spite

By means

Instead

competence

capacity

ability

expertise

In recent decades, there has been (0) ___ evidence that an individual's well-being is significantly affected by that person's place in the social pecking (1) ___ . In other words, given that the world is (2) ___ up of winners and losers, counting ourselves amongst the latter can open up an uncomfortable gap between the way things are and the way we'd like them to be. Frequently, we think the solution (3) ___ in achieving more: if we managed to (4) ___ a better salary, house, body or whatever, we'd be able to drop the competing game and feel contented. But this (5) ___ risks landing us on a treadmill from which it is impossible to step off. There will always be people who, to our (6) ___ , have achieved more than us and we'd constantly be running to try and catch up with them. (7) ___ of blindly following our instincts, however, we would do better to use our (8) ___ for reflection to help us decide for ourselves what matters to our life and is therefore worth doing.

Should we worry about status?

mounting

rising

piling

building

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