CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH examinations / PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / USE OF ENGLISH / word formation

For questions 1- 8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

Obesity

Obesity impacts all sectors of society, but it (1) ... affects some minority groups, especially African Americans and the growing Hispanic population in the United States. (2) ..., obesity is often an (3) ... sign of poverty because the food that is affordable and available to low- income people in their living environment is often energy dense and nutrient poor. (4) ... this, low-income people often live in unsafe neighbourhoods, and this discourages physical activity. The causes of obesity have been debated (5) ..., but it seems to come down to the fact that in present-day society, people are moving less and eating more than they did 50 years ago. In short, the United States has (6) ... a nutrition transition. More daily tasks have been mechanized, and we have moved from an (7) ... economy to one that is more service oriented and urban centred. This shift not only demands less of our bodies in terms of
physical (8) ... but also results in a shift in eating patterns away from eating traditional local foods and foods prepared in the home.

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[answer="DISPROPORTIONATELY" label="PROPORTIONATE"]

[answer="FURTHERMORE" label="FURTHER"]

[answer="OUTWARD" label="OUT"]

[answer="EXACERBATEING" label="ACERBATE"]

[answer="EXTENSIVELY" label="EXTEND"]

[answer="UNDERGONE" label="GO"]

[answer="AGRICULTURAL" label="CULTURAL"]

[answer="ACTIVITY" label="ACTIVE"]

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