Is a simple life better? - Module 7

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.

concentrates

revolves

focuses

deals

amount

level

extent

quantity

misses

disappoints

denies

fails

rears

elicits

evokes

raises

seek

find

look

search

shambles

mess

creek

rocks

barely

easily

hardly

mostly

targeted

centred

oriented

determined

What have you been up to? When (0) ___ up with a friend, how do you tend to answer this very common enquiry? The response often (1) ___ around such big events as career developments, memorable holidays or family celebrations. I'm often struck, however, by the (2) ___ to which our quality of life is affected not by grand achievements, but by smaller, simpler things. For me, seeing a new seedling appear from a seed I've sown never (3) ___ to bring me great pleasure. What's more, many moments of joy come unbidden – like a sudden cooling breeze on a hot day. This (4) ___ the question of what is more relevant to our wellbeing – the big or the small? To suggest that someone should (5) ___ out happiness in simple pleasures if their career is on the (6) ___ would be absurd. Yet, we could (7) ___ have a row of ticks for all the big things and still feel miserable in our daily lives. Being overwhelmingly (8) ___ towards achievement, for instance, can make the small and the simple disappear from our awareness.

Is a simple life better?

catching

making

chatting

keeping

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