B2 First — Use of English & Reading
This paper has seven parts. Read the instructions carefully before each part. You have 75 minutes to complete all parts.
Choose the best word for each numbered gap.
Going on a Diet
A calorie is a unit for measuring the amount of energy food will produce. The average person needs about 1,800 calories per day to stay healthy. Without energy, the heart cannot (1) _______ blood through blood vessels, and the organs cannot function.
You (2) _______ weight because you consume more calories a day than your body requires. The only way to lose weight is to (3) _______ the number of calories you consume. This is the basic (4) _______ behind most diets.
(5) _______, diets don't work for most people. It's not that they don't lose weight: they do, but when they go off the diet, the kilos creep back. The (6) _______ to losing weight and maintaining a weight loss is a sensible diet and exercise plan. It would help if you worked out how to eat fewer calories than you (7) _______ consume. It would also help if you exercised each day so you can use up calories. Burning 250 or 500 calories per day can (8) _______ a big difference.