First essentials test 6

It is a well -known fact that Japanese people have a longer (0) ........ expectancy than the population of most other countries.

• life

• living

• alive

• live

They also expect to remain healthier for longer. Scientists are trying to work (1)........ what keeps elderly Japanese people so healthy,

• for

• out

• in

• off

what keeps elderly Japanese people so healthy, and whether there is a lesson to be (2) ........ from their lifestyles.

• learnt

• gathered

• understood

• gained

Should we (3) ........ any changes to our eating habits, for instance?

• do

• make

• set

• give

Is there some secret (4) ........ in the Japanese diet

• ingredient

• component

• portion

• helping

in the Japanese diet that is particularly (5) ........ for the human body?

• caring

• supportive

• positive

• beneficial

Although the (6) ........ of a longer, healthier life is a good thing for the individual

• view

• outlook

• prospect

• wish

healthier life is a good thing for the individual, it can (7) ........ create a social problem. The number of people over the age of 65 in the population has doubled in the last 50 years.

• therefore

• actually

• even

• as well

Japan could soon be (8) ........ an

economic problem: there are more elderly people who need to be looked after, and relatively fewer younger people working and paying taxes to support them.

• facing

• meeting

• adopting

• obtaining

Acoustic archaeology studies the role played (0) (a)   sound in the ancient world.