With answer key for advanced

useful skills and knowledge for the future.
4 However much you hate exams, they are an 
unavoidable part of the education system.
5 Stress is bad for us, yet at the same time, can be 
positive if experienced for just a short period.
6 No matter how much money you may make, if 
you don’t feel fulfilled in your job, you won’t 
be happy.
7 Whatever happens at work, try and not let it 
interfere with your personal life.
8 Wherever you end up working, make sure you 
try and connect with the people around you.
3 Model answer
We spend around eight hours a day in our 
workplaces, so having environments that are people 
friendly is very important for our health and well-
being. Unfortunately, offices are too often harsh 
environments, with florescent lights, bare walls and 
unattractive views from the windows. However, there 
are things that can be done to improve things. 
One of the easiest things to do is improve the way 
offices are decorated. Humans react to colours in 
either positive or negative ways, so painting the walls 
in colours that improve our mood and help make us 
feel cheerful towards others would be a great help. In 
addition, paintings or murals can make the walls look 
more interesting and reduce the bleakness of large 
areas of wall space.
In addition to improving the decoration, tackling 
poor light and ventilation helps people feel better. In 
gloomy offices where there is little fresh air, people 
often get frequent headaches and generally feel ill, so 
going to work becomes detrimental to their health. 
Day-light balanced bulbs and improved air circulation 
not only reduce these problems, but also increase 
workers’ productivity.
Although improving all three factors is important, I 
think improving the light and ventilation are probably 
the most important, because the detrimental effect 
of poor light and poor air is more significant than the 
effect of looking at boring walls all day.