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Health and wellbeing

10 original practice questions. Open them in any order.

Independent preparation material, not an official test or score prediction.

The case for a lunchtime walk

The case for a lunchtime walk

Many office workers eat lunch at their desks, scrolling through emails with one hand while holding a sandwich in the other. Occupational psychologists argue that this habit does more harm than good. Stepping outside, even for a quarter of an hour, gives the mind a genuine break from the demands of the morning and tends to leave people more alert in the afternoon. [1] busy your schedule may seem, the experts insist, a short walk is almost always possible, and those who try it regularly often report that they get more done, not less.

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Part 2 open cloze

Read the text. Think of the word which best fits gap [1]. Use only ONE word. Write your answer in capital letters.

The case for a lunchtime walk — gap [1]: '[1] busy your schedule may seem, the experts insist, a short walk is almost always possible'. Write the one missing word.

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