ed her. drugs and to. ery, PART 1 For questions 1 - 15, read the text below and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits each space. Mark your answers in the answer boxes provided. As the twenty-first century 0)...C..., it seems that more and more people are leading increasingly hectic and stressful lives. This leaves little, if any, time for 1)............. activities. All too often, it appears that any interest that we may have in sport- ing activites will 2)................. when our lifestyle becomes more stressful, but many people 3) ................ to realise that a few hours put aside to enjoy a sport each week can actually 4).............. stress levels. Another 5) ................ that is associated with 6)...... .............a sport is a general improvement in health. This, in turn, can lead to weight 7)............ due to the fact that fat is 8) ........ when our heartbeat 9)............. above a certain level. However, as with everything, there are certain drawbacks to taking 10).............. in a sport, the main one being that it can 11) ............... to serious injury. The main reasons for this are that we have not taken the time to warm up properly or that we are not properly supervised in our chosen sport. In addition, it is very easy to 12).............. the heart if exercise is suddenly taken up after not having participated in any form of 13)................. activity for a long period of time. Taking all this into account, sporting activities can be extremely beneficial to our health provided they are 14).............out with care and under correct supervision and are not 15) ............. to an ************* extreme.​