Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

Tip:
 
Guessing is an important strategy. If there are words that you don’t know, don’t 
stop and don’t panic. Keep moving forward. Look at the questions after the passage. If 
there are questions that relate to the words that you don’t understand, look at the 
nearby words and sentences and then guess the meaning of the unknown words. 
 
 

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 IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
37 
Exercise 24: Read the paragraph about obesity and answer the questions below. 
Obesity results from an imbalance of the body’s food intake, physical activity 
and resting metabolism. A variety of both psychological and physiological factors 
play a role. Certain endocrine gland disorders, such as hypothyroidism or 
tumours of the adrenal gland, pancreas or pituitary gland, may cause obesity. 
Recent research has found that a reduction of the body’s resting metabolic rate 
also has a significant effect on the development of obesity. However, most 
obesity results from using food excessively as an inappropriate coping 
mechanism to deal with emotional stress. 
Questions: 
1.
Obesity results from psychological factors only. 
True
False
Not Given
2.
This paragraph present … 
A
the cause of obesity. 
B
the impact of obesity. 
C
the 
solution 
to 
obesity. 
D
the different types of obesity. 
3.
What do the following words mean? 
A
obesity ……………………………………. 
B
reduction 
……………………………….. 
C
excessively 
…………………………….. 
 
 

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