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Cambridge Grammar for English Exams

1. Use of English – Part One

For questions 1-15 read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. use only

one word in each space. This text is about hormones and love.

Men and women are often considered to be completely at odds with each other, in terms

(1) their attitudes and behaviour. Not so when they are in love, new research has

discovered. As far as their hormone levels are (2) , when men and women are in

love, they are more similar to each other (3) at any other time.

It has (4) been known that love can (5) havoc with hormone levels.

For example the hormone cortisol, (6) is known for its calming effect on the body,

dips dramatically when one person is attracted to (7) , putting the love-struck on a

par with sufferers of obsessive compulsive disorder.

But a new study has found that the hormone testosterone, commonly associated with male

aggression, also falls when he is in love. In women, it's quite the (8) . Testosterone

levels, which (9) to be lower among females, rise towards (10) of the

male.

Donatella Marazziti of the University of Pisa, Italy, (11) this down to nature

attempting to eliminate the differences between the sexes. (12) doing so, they can

concentrate fully (13) reproduction.

This suggestion seems to be supported by the fact that (14) couples in a long

(15) relationship, nor participants in the study who were single at the time of the

experiment, exhibited such changes.

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Cambridge Grammar for English Exams

2- Use of English – Part Two

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.

Fears of Future Global Hunger

A recent report has warned of global food unless
SHORT
the current system of farming and food distribution is changed. The

report highlights fears that currently rapid increases in yields come at

the expense of , and that unless action is taken,

SUSTAIN

hunger and will become growing problems.

NUTRIENT

The population is expected to rise to around 8.3 billion in the next

twenty years, and is set to continue, and it is

URBAN
expected that 65-70% of the world’s population will live in cities.

Increasing world will lead to the rise in demand for

PROSPEROUS
energy, food and fresh water.

The report also considers the billion people worldwide who

and are therefore obese to be another example of

EAT

the of the current system to provide health and well-

FAIL
being to the world’s population.

The authors believe that the of new technologies can

APPLY

play a role in future food shortages. They see cloning,

MINIMAL

nanotechnology and genetic as potential solutions.

MODIFY
However, although many of these technologies have been adopted

worldwide, there is still to their use in parts of Europe.

RESIST