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Word formation, 10

For questions 56 65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0: independence BRITAIN & GREECE FESTIVAL If Athens is all Greek to you, try visiting in November. Its festival time! Lord Byron, champion of Greek (O) independence, could hardly DEPEND have imagined it. Today, years after his (56) .. , 2 mil- DIE lion of his compatriots, although less (57) .. , make HERO the annual (58) .. to Greece for the Britain and Greece PILGRIM Festival. The (59) .. Ambassador speaks of the festival as a BRITAIN (60) .. of the strong links between the two countries, CELEBRATE but also as an (61) .. to those who wish to create INSPIRE new links, a (62) .. that 2004 and the Athens Olym- REMIND pies are not too far away. Everything about the festival highlights the theme of (63) .. . The commercial exhibition Part- PARTNER ners in Trade will focus on (64) goods and ser- INDUSTRY vices, design, travel and software (65) .. including DEVELOP opportunities for Olympics 2004.

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For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0: impossible SURVIVAL The weather made their progress (0) ..impossible.. As it POSSIBLE had been raining (56) all night they had to HEAVY be very (57) as they walked through the CARE thick jungle. Their good (58) would help JUDGE them overcome the (59) and get back to civilisation with only minor injuries. Although things were (60) they had to be BEARABLE (61) because it was the only way they could OPTIMIST help each other through this difficult situation. Their (62) , chosen for his knowledge, would help LEAD them in every way. The (63) of this training IMPORTANT was to (64) them for the special task ahead HARD of them. However, they had never imagined how (65) DANGER it would turn out to be. SET

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For questions 56 65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0 brightly LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION, IMAX Can you imagine what its like to be swimming underneath (0) ..coloured coral and swerve to avoid a BRIGHT

tropical jellyfish? Or (56) find yourself hurtling SUDDEN towards an atoms nucleus? The cost? (57) . .. APPROXIMATE 75 minutes of time plus the purchase price of a movie ticket. (58) .. will only carry you so far. But as more than 500 million (59) .. will attest, the experience of a IMAGINE VIEW

big screen with 3-D imagery is wonderful. Thats the story of IMAX. Its the closest thing to passive virtual (60) .. It combines information with (61) .. IMAX movREAL

ENTERTAIN

ies are very realistic. This cinematic technique marks the real (62) ..between what we once knew and whats DIFFER developing now. IMAX is a (63) .. newcomer to RELATE SPECIAL GROW

the scene. The formula has been working well, (64) in the Asia Pacific region, where most of IMAXs (65) ..

has occurred. There are 144 IMAX theatres operating in 21 countries worldwide.

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For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). A GROWING CITY Beaumont, Georgias newest city, is a (0) ..planned.. city. PLAN It is a (56) place all year round because of the great LOVE (57) of flowers and trees which grow in the city centre. VARY No one can be (58) with such natural surroundings. SATISFY The (59) growing population includes not only the QUICK many (60) who work there for an international computer FOREIGN company, but also local officials. The (61) conditions are LIVE excellent and all types of (62) and sport are available. ENTERTAIN

There are many (63) buildings to visit nearby and the HISTORY wooded countryside which is (64) and particularly PEACE beautiful in spring offers hours of cycling and walking. A (65) will come back again and again to sample the SIGHT pleasures Beaumont has to offer.

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For questions 56-65 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in he same line. There is an example at the beginning (0) WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! Every time I think of that (0) ..terrifying..experience of the TERRIFY sinking cruise liner, the panic I felt then comes (56) LIVE again. The accident was tragic because of its (57) , SUDDEN causing the (58) of many passengers who would DEAD otherwise have been saved. All that some of the (59) could do, was to sit SURVIVE (60) in the lifeboats, waiting to be rescued. PATIENT I became (61) many times during the long wait. CONSCIOUS I had to overcome any (62) I felt so I would not WEAK faint again. If I had not drawn another ships (63) ATTEND our situation would have been (64) . I HOPE FRIGHT

try not to remember this (65) experience that only leaves me with unhappy thoughts.

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For questions 56 65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example:0: belief THE MAN WHO PLANTED DISNEY The Theme Parks are in four different climates but the landscaping all has to look alike. Contrary to popular(0) belief , Walt Disneys first theme BELIEVE park was not Disneyland. It was a garden in Bel Air,California whose (56) were Bill and Jack Evans. However, DESIGN this was only a dress (57) .. REHEARSE

Four years later, Disney asked them to landscape Disneyland for him. Jack suffered a heart attack two weeks after the (58) . , so Bill became Disneys director of land- OPEN scape (59) . ARCHITECT Nowadays, the Disney parks entertain a billion (60) VISIT

a year. There is (61) . a corner of a Disney park that does not have his (62) touch. Although he

SCARCE PERSON

officially retired in 1975, he has continued to check on each new project, most (63) Animal Kingdom, in Florida. Bill is a (64) , charming and modest RECENT DELIGHT

man. He (65) knows all the plants by both their CERTAIN common and Latin names and speaks to them regularly.

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For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). MEMORIES I will never forget the most (0) ..wonderfulmoment in our career WONDER when we were given the highest score for our (56) PERFORM in the ice-skating championship (57) at Helsinki. COMPETE We received the (58) score of nine marks BELIEVABLE of 6.0, which was the maximum score that could be given. The (59) of time that we had spent practising LONG our dance routine finally paid off. The (60) that DIFFICULT we had found with some of the (61) pieces we MUSIC had chosen was soon overcome and becoming (62) . FAME was only a matter of time. Those were the (63) days of being young and EXCITE (64) about everything and having the feeling that OPTIMISM our (65) would never lessen. POPULAR

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For questions 56 65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: 0: recently A LETTER OF PRAISE Dear Sirs, I (O) .. .recentlv flew Swiftair across Europe for the first time. RECENT It was the most (56) trip I have ever had on a ENJOY plane. I cannot mention enough positive things about the (57) FLY To begin with, we took off (58) ..The trip fol- PUNCTUAL lowed all the safety (59) .. of IATA. The cabin REGULATE (60) were outstandingly polite. There were ATTEND (61) .. programmes for children and adults. I ENTERTAIN should not forget to mention the (62) . food, the IMPRESS great (63) of drinks and beverages, and praise SELECT the well written and (64) magazines provided. USE Overall, I would like to thank you for a very (65).. PLEASE trip.

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For Questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). COMPUTERS THAT PLAY GAMES Computers have had the (0) ..ability(ABLE) to play chess for many years now, and their (56) ............................(PERFORM) in games against the best players in the world has shown steady (57) ..........................(IMPROVE) . However, it will be years before the designers of computer games machines can beat their (58) ........................(BIG) challenge yet the ancient board game called Go. The playing area is (59)..........................(CONSIDERABLE) larger than in chess and there are far more pieces, so that the (60) ................ (COMBINE) of moves is almost (61) ....................(END) . The game involves planning so many moves ahead that even the (62) .....................(IMPRESS) calculations of the fastest modern

computers are (63) ..........................(SUFFICIENT) to deal with the problems of the game. In a recent (64) ..........................(COMPETE) for computer Gomachines, the best machine beat all its computer rivals, but lost (65) ........................(HEAVY) to three young schoolchildren, so there is obviously still a lot of work to do!

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SURVIVAL 56 heavily 57 careful 58 judgement 59 setback 60 unbearable 61 optimistic 62 leader 63 importance 64 harden 65 dangerous

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION, IMAX 56 suddenly 57 Approximately 58 Imagination 59 viewers 60 reality 61 entertainment 62 difference 63 relative 64 especially 65 growth

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A GROWING CITY 56 lovely 57 variety 58 dissatisfied 59 quickly 60 foreigners 61 living 62 entertainment 63 historical 64 peaceful 65 sightseer

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WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! 56 alive 57 suddenness 58 death 59 survivors 60 patiently 61 unconscious 62 weakness 63 attention 64 hopeless 65 frightening

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