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Multiple Choice - (C2) Certificate of Proficiency in English

For Questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Lifestyle design

The term 'lifestyle design' has been (0) COINED quite recently. It describes a way of radically re-evaluating lifestyle choices by encouraging a (1) ............ away from the idea that a person's job will by (2) ............ determine where they live. Advocates of the idea argue that the (3) ............ of laptops and WiFi has enabled certain types of people to (4) ............ free from the nine-to-five mould and arrange their working timetable around family life. They gain, for example, the chance to get involved in activities they would (5) ............ miss out on because they were at work. The end result is a greatly enhanced quality of life for the whole family. A group known as location-independent professionals', or LIPs have taken the concept a step further. Digital nomads, with no (6) ............ abode, they travel to distant places, combining work with other life experiences. Work is conducted from Internet cafés, hotel rooms or camper vans, (7) ............ with regular runs along the beach or sightseeing outings. An idyllic life, it would seem, but perhaps less (8) ............ to raising a family.

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