WORD FORMATION (practice in books) Compiled by Ngoc Linh

VOCABULARY EXERCISES
I. Complete the following the sentences with an appropriate form of the word in block capitals.
1. Her ________________ __ was so great that she broke a glass. (ANXIOUS)
2. The audience burst into ________________ at the end of the play. (APPLAUD)
3. He felt very ________________ ____when he saw he had failed the exam again. (COURAGE)
4. The work is still at a very ________________ level. (EXPERIMENT)
5. It's the most ________________ film I've ever seen. (FRIGHT)
6. It’s very ________________ to live in a damp room. (HEALTH)
7. They have a big ________________ shop in London. (JEWEL)
8. How much does ________________ of this club cost? (MEMBER)
9. He promised to come but he's very ________________ (RELY)
10. How much do you ______________? (WEIGHT)
11. Since ________________ has been so poor the class is being closed. (ATTEND)
12. Magnets will ________________ most metals. (ATTRACTIVE)
13. His ________________ has not improved much. (BEHAVE)
14. She is extremely ________________ about the history of art. (KNOW)
15. The plane had to make a crash ________________ in a field. (LAND)
16. Are they ________________ pearls or are they real? (IMITATE)
17. He owes his ________________ largely to his sense of humour. (POPULAR)
18. She has an ________________ command of the language. (IMPRESS)
19. As she is so ________________ with her present job she has decided to leave. (SATISFACTION)
20. What a very ________________ old man he is. (LEARN)
21. Travelling in big cities is becoming more ________________
troubled every day. (TROUBLE) adj
shortage
22. Less public transport is now available because of the ________________ of staff. (SHORT) n
23. Therefore the roads become ________________ with private cars as people drive to work. (JAM) adj
24. Because of the volume of traffic local councils are forced to give ________________
permission for more roads to be constructed. n
(PERMIT)
Unfortunately
25. __________________many houses have to be demolished to make ways for the roads. (FORTUNE) adv
houseless
26. So people are being ________________ in the suburbs and have to commute to work. (HOUSE) adj
27. This leads to more pressure being put on the ________________ public transport system. (ADEQUATE) adj
unattactive
28. But travelling by public transport is very ________________ as there are long delays. (ATTRACT) adj
frequency
29. The ________________ of the trains and the buses causes frustration and annoyance. (FREQUENT) n
30. The situation is so ________________ in some cities now that it is difficult to see any solution. (CHAOS) adj
embarrassing
31. His behavior always ________________ me at parties. (EMBARRASS) v
exceptionally
32. The new film is ________________ good. (EXCEPTION) adv
33. She felt a sense of ________________ when her friend went to live abroad. (LOSE) n

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34. You need a lot of ________________
patience to be a teacher. (PATIENT) n
quafified
35. I’m afraid you aren’t suitably ________________ for the job. (QUALIFICATION) adj
36. The weather will be bright with occasional
________________ showers. (OCCASION) adj
migrate
37. Most birds ________________ in the winter. (MIGRATORY) v
38. He draws cartoons for a ________________
humorous magazine. (HUMOUR) adj
national
39. Do you have a ________________ costume in your country? (NATION) adj
length
40. What is the ________________ of the runway at this airport? (LONG) n
ashamed
41. He was too ________________ to tell his teacher about the stupid mistake. (SHAME) adj
disappearance
42. The police are interested in the sudden ________________ of the valuable painting. (APPEAR) n
true
43. I believe you because I know you are__________________. (TRUTH) adj
sleepy
44. I feel so ________________ I’m going to bed. (SLEEP) adj
45. The cost of ________________
carriage must be paid by the buyer. (CARRY) n
46. They’re going to announce the ________________
arrival of the Prince? (ARRIVE) n
resistance
47. They caught him by the wrist and led him away; he went without__________________. (RESIST) n
48. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant__________________. (SLEEP) n
reference
49. She made no ________________ to our conversation of the night before. (REFER) n
admitted
50. She was the only visitor ________________ into the sick room. (ADMISSION) v
51. She is one of the greatest ________________
performers to appear in this theatre. (PERFORM)
52. The ________________
performance she gave last night was marvelous. (PERFORM)
encouragement
53. She received a lot of ________________ from her mother. (ENCOURAGE)
54. Does this ________________
arrangement suit you? (ARRANGE)
entertaiment
55. Conversation is one of the most enjoyable forms of__________________. (ENTERTAIN)
Advertising
56. __________________is much a competitive profession. (ADVERTISE)
advertisement
57. Have you seen the latest ________________ for Pepsi? (ADVERTISE)
58. There’s a lot of ________________
competition in the show business. (COMPETE)
compertitors
59. There were 50 ________________ in the talent contest. (COMPETE)
60. Photography
__________________in an extremely popular hobby. (PHOTOGRAPH)
61. She is a ________________
collector of theatre programmes. (COLLECT)
collections
62. She has one of the biggest ________________ in Britain. (COLLECT)
63. The judge told him it was ________________
irresponsible to drink and drive, and banned him for a year.
(RESPONSIBLE)
64. This poem shows the wonderful ________________
sensitivity of the poet. (SENSITIVE)
unkindness
65. She divorced him because of his ________________ to the children. (KIND)
enjoyably
66. The evening was ________________ spent playing cards and talking. (ENJOY)
67. The keys were locked inside the car. Luckily
_____, a side window was open. (LUCK)
stubbornness
68. Due to the clerk’s ________________, we missed the train. (STUBBORN)

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misery
69. Thousands of people are living in ____________ after the earthquake. (MISERABLE)
unrealiablity
70. The thing I hate about John is his__________________. (REALIABLE)
71. It was a complete ________________ due to poor planning. (FAIL)
72. Their ________________ has lasted a lifetime. (FRIEND)
73. He was turned down for the job because he wasn’t__________________. (QUALIFY)
74. In parts of the country the ________________ situation is terrible. As many as 20% of the working population is
without a job. (EMPLOY)
75. The world of computers is extremely__________________. (COMPETE)
76. In many countries the ________________ get the dole. (EMPLOY)
77. She left school with good ________________. (QUALIFY)
78. The factory was ________________ so the management tried to cut costs by making some workers
redundant. (COMPETE)
79. He is completely _____! Not only is he lazy but he is dishonest too. (EMPLOY)
80. Their best designer went to work for a__________________. (COMPETE)
81. More than a thousand workers are ________________ here. (EMPLOY)
82. Three firms are in ________________ for the same contract. (COMPETE)
83. My car isn’t very__________________. It’s always letting me down. (RELY)
84. I wrote ________________ letters of application, but got no reply. (END)
85. I apologise for the mistake made by my office. There appears to have been a slight__________________.
(UNDERSTAND)
86. Burning coal is an ________________ way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper. (ECONOMY)
87. I’ve just been told some ________________ news. (ASTONISH)
88. In ________________ with most other countries, Britain has a very high rate of heart attacks. (COMPARE)
89. We have to keep our costs as small as possible. We have so many ________________ trying to take our
customers away. (COMPETE)
90. There are very few ________________ place left on earth. Man has been nearly everywhere. (EXPLORE)
91. It is usually forbidden to destroy ________________ buildings. (HISTORY)
92. The old couple have saved a lot of money for their__________________. (RETIRE)
93. The old fishing village is very__________________. (PICTURE)
94. __________________is a very serious problem in many countries. (EMPLOY)
95. The ________________ area of the city is not very attractive. (INDUSTRY)
96. The alpine ________________ is very dramatic. (LAND)
97. Many ________________ families have to live in hotels. (HOME)
98. Have you got any ______________? (SUGGEST)
99. I had to check the wages in ________________ to my normal work. (ADD)
100. During his ________________ the family lived in Cornwall. (CHILD)

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101. This matter is very__________________. Don’t discuss it outside the office. (CONFIDENCE)
102. Those berries are__________________. Don’t eat them! (POISON)
103. He was very ________________ of the work he had done. (PRIDE)
104. Recently health foods have increased in__________________. (POPULAR)
105. The old lady hid all her ________________ under the floor. (SAVE)
106. The gas from the chemical factory was extremely__________________. (HARM)
107. The restaurant is now under new__________________. (MANAGE)
108. Your money will be refunded if the goods are not to your complete__________________. (SATISFY)
109. Ants and bees are described as ________________ insects. (INDUSTRY)
110. The government has promised to deal with the problem of ________________ among young people. (EMPLOY)
111. Oscar had eaten so much he had to ________________ his belt. (LOOSE)
112. The dictionaries are with the other ________________ books. (REFER)
113. You can find out what a book is about by looking at the table of__________________. (CONTAIN)
114. Use a bigger screwdriver to ________________ this screw. (TIGHT)
115. I think it’s sheer ________________ to get married in church if you don’t believe in God. (HYPOCRITE)
116. At the peace talks to discuss the war in South America, the British Foreign Minister told the press that
everything was being done to put an end to the ________________ killing that was going on. (SENSE)
117. I don’t care what you say. I still think it’s very ________________ not to want to get married and have
children. (NATURE)
118. In my opinion, all ________________ are equally bad, irrespective of which party they belong to.
(POLITICS)
119. Although he was not ________________ about helping with the washing up, he did so all the time.
(ENTHUSIASM)
120. Artists are ________________ people. (CREATE)
121. In some areas water has to be boiled to ________________ it. (PURE)
122. Although her visit was _____, we made her welcome just the same. (EXPECT)
123. I know all the boys who live in my__________________. (NEIGHBOUR)
124. He doesn’t agree with the ________________ that there is life on other planets. (BELIEVE)
125. He examined the parcel ________________ as he had no idea what it could be. (SUSPECT)
126. All the courses ________________ in January will finish in June. (BEGIN)
127. A letter should always end with the ________________ of the writer. (SIGN)
128. It is really quite ________________ that we should have been at the same college without having met
before. (ORDINARY)
129. There is a great ________________ between Hari and his twin brother. (SIMILAR)
130. With a good ________________ of the criminal from witnesses, the police were able to find him easily.
(DESCRIBE)

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131. The cash and carry price is only £50 but they charge extra for__________________. (DELIVER)
132. These shoes look quite smart but they’re terribly__________________. (COMPORT)
133. Always read a label on a product, it can give you some useful__________________. (INFORM)
134. It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very__________________. (HELP)
135. When I have to wait a long time to be served I start to feel__________________. (PATIENT)
136. I don’t want my money back. I want a__________________. (REPLACE)
137. She got very angry but later she apologized for her__________________. (PATIENT)
138. His boss told him off because he had behaved__________________. (RESPONSIBLE)
139. I read an article about ________________ among school-leavers. (EMPLOY)
140. Her parents ________________ her to apply for the job. (COURAGE)
141. This knife is very blunt. It needs__________________. (SHARP)
142. I would like to book a ________________ to Hong Kong. (FLY)
143. I’m afraid this iron you sold me is__________________. (FAULT)
144. We have had a lot of ________________ from customers today. (COMPLAIN)
145. Please make your ________________ at the counter over there. (PAY)
146. Unless something is done about unemployment, the ________________ for the future is not good. (LOOK)
147. The ________________ is that the plan will fail. (CONCLUDE)
148. There is no ________________ between the two. (COMPARE)
149. I have never been ________________ like that before. (THREAT)
150. There is a saying in English: “_____speak louder than words”. (ACT)
151. That rule is not ________________ in this case. (APPLY)
152. I don’t think Tom’s getting too much sleep lately. His eyes are terribly__________________. (BLOOD)
153. English is a ________________ easy language for Swedes to learn. (COMPARE)
154. Now, don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you. Remember, it’s__________________. (CONFIDE)
155. The recent hurricane caused ________________ damage. (WIDE)
156. Industrial robots work with far greater ________________ than most men. (PRECISE)
157. The Army tried unsuccessfully to ________________ the Government. (THROW)
158. There was a heavy ________________ yesterday afternoon which completely ________________ ruined the
church Garden Party. (POUR)
159. Although the splitting of the atom was one of the greatest scientific ________________ of this century,
there are many people who wish it had never happened. (BREAK)
160. The new ________________ has certainly made things a lot easier in the town centre since it has taken
away all the through-traffic. (PASS)
161. You can always rely on Barbara. She is very__________________. (DEPEND)
162. He was born blind; but despite this ________________ he still managed to become one of the top Pop
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163. I think it’s very ________________ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week. (REASON)
164. The lovers stood, hand in hand, gazing at the ________________ sky. (STAR)
165. He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later ________________ when a medical check
proved that he had been taking drugs. (QUALIFY)
166. During a recent ________________ at a bank in the West End of London, the raiders got away with
£250., 0. 0. 0.. (HOLD)
167. He was very ________________ when his cat was run over. (SET)
168. There’s been yet another ________________ of cholera in Delhi. (BREAK)
169. Some people claim to be able to ________________ the future. (TELL)
170. I hope there won’t be too much ________________ in getting a work permit. (DIFFICULT)
171. Every woman nowadays seems to want to lose__________________. (WEIGH)
172. It has become almost a ________________ topic of conversation. (DAY)
173. Otherwise sensible women spend hours in ________________ argument about what to eat. (END)
174. Newspaper articles are eagerly read and radio and TV ________________ are carefully listened to.
(DISCUSS)
175. There is so much information ________________ .It is no wonder people get confused. (AVAIL)
176. Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of ________________ their diet.
(ORGANISE)
177. And when they have lost a few pounds are they really any _____________? (HAPPY)
178. Is it really a fact of life that slim woman are the only really ________________ ones? (ATTRACT)
179. No, in some parts of the world a husband would be ________________ to be seen with a thin wife.
(SHAME)
180. Nevertheless, if a woman really has a slimming problem, there is only one ________________ to make: Eat Less.
(DECIDE)
181. The American War of ________________ was won in 1776. (DEPEND)
182. I was not really surprised that he became a successful writer because even as a child be showed remarkable
________________ in that direction, writing short stories, almost as soon as he had learnt to read and write.
(ABLE)
183. The price of the book is £10, including ________________ and packing. (POST)
184. In Sweden, it is customary at a dinner party for the person sitting on the left to the hostess to make
a__________________. (SPEAK)
185. In my opinion, a large number of parents are quite ________________ to bring up children. (FIT)
186. He was not a particularly good teacher, but his students loved him because he had such a
lively__________________. (PERSON)
187. Parents who smoke ________________ their children to do likewise, whether they realize it or not. (COURAGE)
188. John’s beginning to grow out of his jeans. I’d better ________________ them for him this weekend. (LONG)

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189. It was extremely ________________ of you to leave your library books on the bus. (CARE)
190. Although pubs usually close between 10.30 and 11pm; they are usually granted an ________________ until
midnight on New Year’s Eve. (EXTEND)
191. The factory’s ________________ has increased considerably in the past few years. (PUT)
192. I was late for work this morning because my car had a ________________ on the motorway. (BREAK)
193. I afraid you’ll have to see Mr. Pound. All matters concerning finance are his__________________.
(RESPOND)
194. But how could you do it? Really, Ophelia. I feel quite ________________ of you! (SHAME)
195. There was a lot of ________________ this morning as work began on the new supermarket. (ACTIVE)
196. It is ________________ to take credit for other people’s ideas. (MORAL)
197. As the child’s head went under the water for the third time, I stood and watched - ________________ to
help. I couldn’t swim. (POWER)
198. I’d love to come to your party but, __________________, I have to go somewhere else. (FORTUNE)
199. Thousands of people turned up for the Pop Festival where the big was Bob Dylan. (ATTRACT)
200. There was a sudden ________________ of clapping and cheering as he rose to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize. (BURST)
201. Although the police suspected him of the crime, since they had no definite ________________ that he was involved,
they could not arrest him. (PROVE)
202. I spent my ________________ in the country. (CHILD)
203. After hours of going from one hotel to another, we ________________ found one which was not fully booked.
(EVENT)
204. The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so__________________. One minute he goes mad when you come
late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you are! (CONSIST)
205. You can’t wear those trousers, Sally. They’re far too tight. You look ________________ in them.
(RIDICULE)
206. What time do you ________________ start work? (USE)
207. While walking in the mountains in North Wales, we came across a ________________ quarry. (USE)
208. How are you getting on with your ________________ course in Russian? (CORRESPOND)
209. There are ice on the pavement which made it very difficult to walk as it was so__________________. (SLIP)
210. The ________________ staff consists of ten experience journalists. (EDIT)
211. John Jameson is a famous ________________ who stole five million pounds from a bank. (CRIME)
212. I’m quite an ________________ person. I play a lot of sport and go running every day. (ENERGY)
213. __________________your own business can cause a lot of financial worries. (MANAGE)
214. Churchill was not only a famous ________________ but also a respected__________________. (POLITICS/
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215. The surgeons tried their best to save his life, but unfortunately the operation was__________________.
(SUCCESS)
216. It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed as one of the ________________ species.
(DANGER)
217. He has very high ________________ of his only son. (EXPECT)
218. There has been a ________________ of 10. % in the amount of money available for buying new books. (REDUCE)
219. He is interested in the ________________ of old buildings. (PRESERVE)
220. The manager handed in his ________________ after being accused of dishonesty. (RESIGN)
221. The weather was terrible, so we had a very ________________ holiday. (PLEASE)
222. Rou was dismissed after being told by his ________________ that he must leave in a month’s time.
(EMPLOY)
223. Why was his lecture so _____? Perhaps he consulted his papers so often. (BORE)
224. She always listens ________________ to what she is told. (ATTENTION)
225. He regularly writes ________________ for our newspaper. (POET)
226. He was ________________ of the consequences in advance. (INFORMATION)
227. The ________________ of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt. (ARRIVE)
228. We asked a policeman to ________________ us to the right house. (DIRECTION)
229. Don’t depend on him; he’s a very ________________ person. (RELY)
230. Don’t be so _______________, we’ve only been waiting a few minutes. (PATIENT)
231. 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday is a rather ________________ time for an appointment. (CONVENIENT)
232. Please don’t be so _______________, I can’t do all the work by myself. (REASON)
233. Sorry about the mistakes, I ________________ the instructions you gave me. (UNDERSTAND)
234. Many people still refuse to believe that smoking is__________________. (HARM)
235. He is probably the most ________________ tennis player of all time. (SUCCESS)
236. I was kept ________________ last night by the noise from a party in the flat above. (WAKE)
237. Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for her ________________ in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” (PERFORM)
238. Many people think it is very ________________ whether a cure will be found for cancer before the year
2000. (DOUBT)
239. My wife is ________________ of spiders. (TERROR)
240. An aeroplane has to overcome the ________________ of air. (RESIST)
241. He suffered from constant__________________. (SLEEP)
242. He has been constant in his ________________ to scientific studies. (DEVOTE)
243. __________________to the school is by examination only. (ADMIT)
244. He was turned down for the job because he is__________________. (QUALIFY)
245. It was ________________ of Tom to accuse Bill of having told him a lie. (JUSTICE)
246. I understand ________________ what you are saying. (PERFECT)

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247. Jane’s ________________ as director came as no surprise. (APPOINT)
248. A holiday in America can be ________________ cheap. (SURPRISE)
249. The ________________ of the Hollywood actor, Jimmy Halton, was announced last night. (DIE)
250. My colleagues are very pleasant, but the manager is a little__________________. (FRIEND)
251. These shoes look quite smart but they’re terribly ______________. (COMFORT)
252. There’s no ________________ to the problem of the beginning of the universe. (SOLVE)
253. The chairman expressed doubts about the ________________ of showing the film on children’s television.
(SUIT)
254. O’Hara wanted a divorce because his wife had been__________________. (FAITH)
255. To be successful, an artist must show great__________________. (ORIGIN)
256. __________________is not enough by itself; you must work hard too. (INSPIRE)
257. I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was completely__________________. (RECOGNISE)
258. Telling lies is__________________. (MORAL)
259. I have no excuses. My actions were__________________. (EXPLAIN)
260. The heroine had a ________________ love affair with the butcher. (PASSION)
261. I’ll resign if you continue to ________________ everything I say. (REGARD)

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II. Read the texts 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. The first one (0) has been done as an example.
(27) GENIUS
We all know stories about people with (0) exceptional memories who have the EXCEPTION
(1) ________________ to remember hundreds of numbers after hearing them only once. 1. ABLE
Now experts are saying that such feats can be taught.
For example, most people can (2) ________________ about nine numbers if they are read 2. REPETITION
out one in a second. In one experiment, ten hours’ training (3) ________________ only a 3. PRODUCT
small (4) _________________, but the results, after practicing for thousand hours were 4. IMPROVE
(5) _________________: some people remembered 80 or even 1000 numbers. Similarly, 5. AMAZE
most adults can (6) ________________ only about five out of a set of 21 colours that are 6. IDENTITY
only (7) ________________ different. But after 80 training hours one person could 7. SLIGHT
recognize 18 of them. Studies of 76 major (8) ________________ show that it took at least 8. COMPOSE
ten years of (9) ________________ training before any of them wrote a major work. 9. MUSIC
Psychologists are therefore raising the (10) ________________ that genius is the product 10. POSSIBLE
of teaching.

(28) HEALTHY EATING

In the past, any mother would be (0) proud if her children were round and slightly fat. PRIDE
Researchers
Those days are gone. (1) ________________ have now reached the 1. RESEARCH
(2) __________________
conclusion that too much fat and sugar in children's diets are 2. CONCLUDE
a major factor in the (3) ____________________
development of heart diseases and 3. DEVELOP
illness
other (4) ________________ when they are older. However, 4. ILL
growing
(5) ________________ children need to eat a wide range of foods, and their general health 5. GROW
could be (6) ________________
endangered by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists say that the 6. DANGER
solution
(7) ________________ is not to change eating habits too fast, but to do it 7. SOLVE
carefully
(8) _________________, so that children do not lose muscles in addition to fat. Parents 8. CARE
differently
should present food a little (9) ______________, spread butter thinly and avoid putting 9. DIFFERENCE
encouraged
sugar on the table. Children should also be (10) ________________ to take part in sports: 10. COURAGE
this way they will be using the calories that they have eaten.

(29) NURSING 0) STRONG

Nursing is a job which demands great (0) strength of character. Most (1) 1) PROFESSION
professional
________________ nurses work long hours and are underpaid. They make the (2) 2) DECISIVE
________________
decision knowledge
to become nurses in the (3) ________________ that the job will never 3) KNOW
wealthy
make them (4) _______________; satisfaction
all they can hope for is the (5) ________________ that 4) WEALTH
Ufortunately
comes from helping people who need them. (6) ___________________ , nurses’ (7) 5) UNSATISFIED

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employers
________________ idealistic
often seem to take advantage of this (8) ________________ attitude, 6) FORTUNATE
and make them work as many hours as possible for very little money. So it is not (9) 7) EMPLOY
surprising
________________ impatient
that nurses sometimes become (10) ________________ with their 8) IDEAL
bosses, and decide to take action to improve their working conditions. 9) SURPRISE
10) PATIENCE

(30) THE ENVIRONMENT: OUR RESPONSIBILITY

These days it is (0) impossible to open a newspaper without reading about the damage POSSIBLE
threatened
we are doing to the environment. The earth is being (1) ________________ and the future 1. THREAT
looks bad. What can each of us do?
We cannot clean up our (2) ________________
polluted rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop 2. POLLUTION
disappearence
the (3) ________________ of plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem 3. APPEAR
scientists
while (4) ________________ search for answers, and laws are passed in nature's 4. SCIENCE
defence /defense
(5)__________________. 5. DEFEND
completely
It may not be easy to change our lifestyle (6) _______________, but some steps are easy to 6. COMPLETE
take: cut down the amount of (7) driving
________________ you do, or use as little plastic as 7. DRIVE
possible. It is also easy to save energy, which also reduce (8) ________________
household bills. We 8. HOUSE
decision
must all make a personal (9) ________________ to work for the future of our planet if we 9. DECIDE
ensure /insure
want to (10) ________________ a better world for our grandchildren. 10. SURE

(31) THE HISTORY OF FISHING

(0) Commercial fishing has been carried out since the middle ages. Before that it was COMMERCE
(1) ________________ to keep fish for long periods, but the development of 1. POSSIBILITY
(2) ________________ methods such as drying and salting made it possible for 2. STORE
(3) ________________ to go on fishing trips further away. In fact, although 3. FISH
Europeans were completely (4) ___________________ of America's 4. AWARENESS
(5) __________________, they were already fishing near its coasts then. They were, 5. EXIST
however, still (6) ________________ to keep fish fresh for any (7) ________________ of 6. ABILITY
time. All this changed as a result of the new (8) ________________ advances in 7. LONG
refrigeration in the 19th century. Soon the (9) ________________ waters of Africa and the 8. TECHNOLOGY
Mediterranean were full of Northern European fishing boats. In the 20th century, 9. COAST
scientific (10) ________________ made during the Second World War were used for 10. DISCOVER
discovering large groups of fish.

(32) EXERCISE
Exercise is one of the best ways of keeping (0) depression away. It improves your body DEPRESSED
and your mind and (1) ________________ you to perform better in the work place and at 1. ABLE
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and you should also take into (3) ________________ your heart rate. It can be 3. CONSIDER
(4) ________________ to do too much, which is why all good fitness instructors 4. HARM
emphasize the (5) ________________ of "listening to your body". 5. IMPORTANCE
When you first start you should use good (6) _____, because it's easy to make the 6. JUDGE
mistake of using the equipment (7) ________________ or doing too much at one time. 7. CORRECT
Start slowly and build up gradually. Exercise should not be seen as a (8) 8. DEMAND
________________ task; it can be as easy as a quick walk. To increase your fitness (9) 9. STEADY
__________________, exercise for 20 minutes a day, 4 to 6 times a week and you will
notice a (10) ________________ in your body and mind in a few weeks. 10. DIFFERENT

(33) HOME-WORKERS
According to government research, more people are working from home than ever 0) CONSEQUENCE
before. (0) Consequently, there has been an increase in (1) ________________ among 1. LONELY
those people who no longer have to travel to their place of (2)__________________. Office 2. EMPLOYER
workers spend their day (3) ________________ by friends and colleagues, while 3. SURROUND
home-workers
(4) ________________ meet anyone face to face. The most direct means 4. RARE
of (5) ________________ a home-workers has with the world 5. COMMUNICATE
(6) ________________ is the telephone. The fax and the internet are two more 6. OUT
(7) ________________ links that can be used, although they still rely on the written, 7. TECHNOLOGY
rather than the (8) _________________, word. What a home-worker really wants 8. SPEAK
is the (9) ________________ of a human voice, not the 9. WARM
(10) ________________ bleeps of a computer. 10. DIGIT

(34) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

Public (0) reaction to the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when it was REACT
first shown in 1937 (1) ____________________ . It was received with great (2) 1. ORDINARY
_______________ and it immediately became enormously popular (3) _________________ 2. EXCITE
the world. Good advertising was not the only reason for this (4) _____________________ 3. THROUGH
popularity; the film and its characters captured the (5) ____________________ of people 4. WORLD
all over the world like no film before it. In Britain, there were (6) _____________________ 5. IMAGINE
newspaper articles about the film and how it was made. Snow White toys and books 6. DAY
were on (7) ____________________ everywhere. Some people thought that it might be (8) 7. SELL
____________________ for children but most people saw it as (9) _____________________ 8. UPSET
entertainment. 9. HARM
Since 1937, it has been re-issued every few years, giving (10) ______________________ to 10. ENJOY
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(35) WOMEN DOCTORS
Throughout history, women have had (0) responsibility for healing the sick. However, it RESPONSIBLE
is only in (1) ________________ recent times that they have been allowed to train as 1. COMPARE
doctors at (2) ________________ schools in Britain. Yet in that short time, they have made 2. MEDICINE
an enormous (3) ________________ to modern medicine. The first female doctors were 3. CONTRIBUTE
priestesses who gave (4) ________________ about diseases and 4. ADVISE
(5) ________________ and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women healers were 5. INJURE
considered (6) ________________ and respected. 6. SKILL
In Britain, for centuries male doctors were (7) ________________ of women and who 7. SUSPICION
practised medicine (8) ________________ and in 1512 a law was passed making it 8. PROFESSION
(9) ________________ for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities 9. LEGALITY
until the 19th century and they only began to gain (10) ________________ with male 10. EQUALLY
doctors in the 20th century.

(36) THE MICROWAVE

The microwave oven has (0) revolutionized the way food is cooked both at home and REVOLUTION
within the food (1) ________________ industry. Although it met with the 1. PREPARE
(2) ________________ of many top chefs when it was invented, it is becoming an 2. APPROVE
(3) ________________ common sight in many restaurant kitchens. So what are its 3. INCREASE
advantages? Firstly, there is a huge (4) ________________ in the amount of time needed 4. REDUCE
to prepare each dish. Secondly, it is a very (5) ________________ way to cook, because 5. HYGIENE
microwaves are easy to clean, and the high temperatures involved (6) ________________ 6. MINIMUM
the risk of (7) ________________ infection. Finally, microwave ovens are very 7. BACTERIA
(8) ________________ to the busy professional person who lives 8. ATTRACT
alone. The (9) ________________ of a ‘microwave dinner’ is 9. CONVENIENT
(10) ________________ to someone who does not wish to waste their time sweating over 10. RESIST
a hot cooker!

(37) EXERCISE – THE CASE AGAINST

We are always being told about the (0) beneficial effects of regular and BENEFIT
(1) ________________ physical exercise. But how often do you hear 1. VIGOUR
people talking about the (2) ________________ aspects of this modern 2. HARM
(3) ________________ with health and fitness? 3. OBSESS
It is time people releases that exercise is an (4)__________________. The act of exercising 4. ADDICT
releases a chemical in the brain which has the (5) ________________ effect of making you 5. PLEASURE
feel both relaxed and (6)__________________. It is, in fact, a drug. That is why real 6. ENERGY
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fitness-freaks feel the need to work out (7) ________________ often, and become 8. NERVE
(8) ________________ and depressed if they are kept away from the gym for too long. 9. MEMBER
So before you sign up for a year’s (9) ________________ at your local health club, ask 10. WILL
yourself if you are really (10) ________________ to sacrifice your freedom and
self-respect for the sake of ‘fitness’.

(38) DRIVEN CRAZY

Every car driver knows how (0) frustrating it can be to be stuck in a FRUSTRATE
traffic jam. The (1) ________________ becomes unbearable at times, and can 1. BORE
(2) ________________ lead to aggression, or even violence against other drivers. Such 2. OCCASION
(3) ________________ is becoming more and more common these days. So common, in 3. BEHAVE
fact, that (4) ________________ have come up with a name for it: “road rage”. 4. PSYCHO
It is not just traffic jams which can cause an otherwise (5) ________________ and 5. PEACE
low-abiding citizen to change into a dangerous and (6) ________________ monster. 6. ABUSE
Many things can (7) ________________ him: another driver stealing a parking space, for 7. RAGE
example, or someone (8) ________________ in the wrong lane of a motorway. Anything, 8. TAKE
in fact, which could be seen as an (9) ________________ of 9. INVADE
(10) ________________ territory. It seems that man’s primitive instincts are awakened 10. PERSON
when he gets behind a steering-wheel.

(39) THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

The National Lottery has come in for a lot of (0) criticism since its CRITICISE
(1) ________________ in 1995. A proportion of the profits was supposed to go towards 1. INTRODUCE
(2) ________________ charities and (3) ________________ institutions; but charities seem 2. VARY
to be worse off than before. The reason for this is that lottery (4) ________________ are 3. CULTURE
less (5) ________________ to give money to charity, because they believe that by buying 4. PLAY
a ticket they are (6) ________________ making a donation (7)__________________. 5. WILL
(8) ________________, the charities and institutions which benefit from lottery money are 6. EFFECT
often thought to be (9) ________________ by the general public. The most (10) 7. ANY
________________ example of this is the Royal Opera House. Is its need greater than, for 8. FAR
example, that of the Cancer Research Fund? 9. DESERVE
10. FAME

(40) MOUNTAINEERING
Mountaineering is an almost unique sport, as the (0) climber is in CLIMB
(1) ________________ with nature itself rather than with other humans. For this reason it 1) COMPETE
is an extremely (2) ___________________ activity. Nature does not follow any 2) DANGER
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rules or (3) ______________________, and can often play very 4) FAIR
(4)____________________. 5) PROFESSION
(5) ________________ mountaineers are quite aware of the risks involved in their sport. 6) ADVENTURE
Although they are (6) ________________ vital spirit at heart, they have a full (7) 7) UNDERSTAND
________________ of the (8) ________________ measures necessary to keep them alive, 8) SAFE
and never (9) ________________ put themselves in needless danger. On the other hand, 9) KNOW
they say that the sense of (10) ________________ at the end of a climb is directly 10) ACHIEVE
proportional to the risks involved.

(41) A RISKY ACTIVITY

According to some (0) scientists, high-risk sports can be particularly SCIENCE
(1) ________________ for certain types of people. Such activities help them to learn that 1. VALUE
being (2) ________________ doesn’t mean that they have to lose control. The recent 2. FRIGHT
fashion for jumping from bridges attached to a (3) ________________ of elastic rope, 3. LONG
known as “bungee jumping”, has now been tried by over one million people (4) 4. WORLD
________________ and interest in it is continuing to grow. Before the special elastic rope
(5) ________________ around them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160 kph. First-timers 5. TIGHT
are usually too (6) ________________ to open their mouths, and when they are finally 6. TERROR
(7) ________________ safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their 7. LOW
faces, saying (8) ________________ how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is 8. REPEAT
only the (9) ________________ of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally 9. EMBARRASS
persuades them to conquer their fear of (10) ________________ and push themselves off 10. HIGH
into space.

(42) LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

Humans have long been fascinated by (0) outer space, and have wondered if there are OUT
intelligent life-forms (1) ___________________, which we might be able to contact. 1. ELSE
(2) _____________, we’ve all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema screens, but 2. NATURE
“aliens” like these owe more to the (3) ________________ of using human 3. CONVENIENT
(4) ________________ to play the parts than to any real form of 4. ACT
(5) ________________ investigation. 5. SCIENCE
However, many serious space (6) ________________ are now beginning to turn their 6. RESEARCH
attention to the question of what alien life might (7) ________________ look like. One 7. ACTUAL
early result is Arnold the Alien, (8) ________________ by biologist, Dougal Dixon. This 8. DESIGN
strange being, (9) _______________humans, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of 9. LIKE
three instead of pairs but, despite its odd (10) ______________, its behaviour is not very 10. APPEAR
different from our own.

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(43) JOB INTERVIEWS
Interviews are an (0) imperfect method of choosing the best people for jobs, yet human PERFECT
(1) _____________ like to examine each other in this way. One of the many problems of 1. BE
(2) ________________ as it is commonly practiced is that the forms filled in by 2. SELECT
(3) ________________ often fail to show people as they really are. This means that you 3. APPLY
can follow all the best (4) ________________ when completing your form and still 4. ADVISE
find that you are (5) ________________ at the next stage – the interview. 5. SUCCESS
(6) ________________ in the rare cases where interviews are automatic, a candidate with 6. SIMILAR
an (7) ________________ form may do surprisingly well. 7. ADEQUATE
Of course, your form needs to show that you have (8) ________________ in your 8. CONFIDE
(9) ________________ to do the job, but don’t try to turn yourself into someone else – a 9. ABLE
person you have to pretend to be at the interview. Realism and (10) ________________ 10. HONEST
are definitely the best approach.

(44) THE HISTORY OF TOYS

When did the first toys come into (0) existence and what led to their EXIST
(1) ___________________? Did they represent an attempt by adults to make children 1. DEVELOP
happy, or did they arise from the various playful (2) ________________ of children 2. ACT
themselves? As everyone knows, the young (3) ________________ copy the 3. FREQUENCY
(4) ________________ of their elders, and, in their play, they often adopt objects used by 4. BEHAVE
adults for entirely different purposes. These objects (5) ________________ the child’s 5. COURAGE
(6) ________________ and lead to games in which everyday articles often play unusual 6. IMAGINE
and (7) ________________ roles. 7. EXPECT
It is rather surprising that for an (8) ________________ of the origin of toys, we cannot 8. EXPLAIN
turn to folk stories. However, no traditional tale (9) ________________ to the origin of 9. RELATE
toys exists, and so our (10) ________________ is restricted to archaeological study and 10. KNOW
limited evidence form documents.

(45) A CHANGE OF CAREER

Wildlife (0) painting had always been a hobby for Mark Chester, but when he PAINT
lost his job, he took the (1) _________________ to turn it into a full-time career. 1. DECIDE
Mark had obtained his (2) __________________ qualifications in the fields of (3) 2. PROFESSION
_________________ and advertising and felt that these skills would be useful in his new 3. PHOTOGRAPH
life. He had sold his work before, and was (4) ___________________ confident that he 4. REASON
could earn enough to live on. 5. ALLOW
Mark discovered that he would be able to receive an (5) _________________ from a 6. AGENT
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provided him with (7) _________________ information on how to run his affairs. As 8. SELL
(8) __________________ of his work increased, Mark realised that he could not paint 9. ORIGIN
enough (9) _________________ pictures to keep up with demand, so he is now trying to 10. PUBLISH
interest a (10) ____________________ in producing prints of his work. Meanwhile, Mark
has started making prints of his own.

(46) HUNTING
In the (0) beginning, humans hunted because they had to. BEGIN
Until the (1) ________________ of farming methods, animals had to be 1. INTRODUCE
tracked down and killed in the wild. A (2) ___________________ hunting trip 2. SUCCESS
would (3) _________________ that the hunters’ families did not die of (4) 3. SURE
_________________ for another few weeks. 4. STARVE
Nowadays, however, hunting has nothing to do with (5) __________________. Fresh 5. SURVIVE
meat is easily (6) ________________ from shops. What is more, people 6. OBTAIN
(7) ________________ hunt animals which they cannot even eat. So why do they do it? 7. FREQUENT
For some, hunting is a (8) __________________ business. But for others, the only 8. PROFIT
(9) __________________ seems to be that they take some kind of pleasure in 9. EXPLAIN
(10) __________________. 10. CRUEL

(47) THE ABC OF COOKING

It’s a (0) marvellous idea for children to do some cooking at an early age. Generally MARVEL
(1) ________________ , most children can’t wait to help in the kitchen and 1. SPEAK
love getting involved in the (2) ________________ of their meals. They 2. PREPARE
should be (3) ________________ to do so, and care should be taken to (4) 3. COURAGE
_________________ they enjoy the experience. It is important to show them how to do 4. SURE
things (5) ______________ but they shouldn’t be criticised too much. Although the 5. CORRECT
finished result may not be quite to your (6) ________________, the young cook will 6. LIKE
undoubtedly find it quite the (7) _________________ food he or she has ever eaten. 7. TASTE
Kitchens can, of course, be (8) __________________ places and so the absolute 8. DANGER
(9) ___________________ of keeping an eye on children at all times cannot be 9. IMPORTANT
emphasised too (10) _________________. Sharp knives, for example, should be avoided 10. HEAVY
until children are old enough to handle them safely.

(48) WALKING HOLIDAYS

The Real Walkers Company offers a (0) selection of small group walking holidays which SELECT
explore some delightful hidden corners of Europe, the Americas and Australasia. There
is something for everyone to enjoy on these holidays, (1) _________________ of age or 1. REGARD
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of itineraries. These range from sightseeing tours of (3) ___________________ cities to 3. HISTORY
undemanding walking trips in unspoilt coastal and country regions and, for the more (4)
_________________ traveller, challenging mountain or hill-walking expeditions. But it 4. ADVENTURE
would be (5) __________________ to give the impression that these holidays are just 5. FAIR
about walking. According to the brochure, an (6) ________________ of walking is often 6. ENJOY
the thing that brings together a group of like-minded people, who share the (7) 7. PLEASE
_________________ of good companionship in (8) __________________ surroundings. 8. ATTRACT
The company believes that its tour leaders are the key to its success. These
people are (9) ________________ trained and are particularly keen to 9. FULL
(10) _______________ that each individual traveller makes the most of the trip. 10. SURE

(49) FIREWORKS ON BONFIRE NIGHT

Hospitals dealt with over 750 (0) injuries on November 5th last year. This year INJURY
(1) _________________ experts hope the number will be cut but this seems 1. SAFE
(2) ________________ with 10 million people letting off 100 million fireworks. Fireworks 2. LIKE
are usually safe unless they are handled (3) ________________. Most accidents 3. CORRECT
could be avoided if people paid more (4) _______________ to the 4. ATTEND
(5) ________________ which are written on the box. 5. INSTRUCT
However, some of the most (6) ________________ fireworks look the most 6. DANGER
(7) __________________ . The pretty coloured Roman Candle and the younger children’s 7. HARM
(8) _________________ the Sparkler can cause serious burns. Remember that no 8. FAVOUR
firework is (9) _________________ safe. But as long as you are 9. COMPLETE
(10) ___________________, Bonfire Night will be an occasion to remember, not to forget. 10. CARE

(50) JOURNEY INTO SPACE

Pioneer 10 left Earth in 1972 and began to cross the (0) unexplored asteroid belt four EXPLORE
months later. Some people said it would be (1) ________________ to find a way through 1. POSSIBLE
the dust and (2) _________________ millions of rocks that lie beyond the inner 2. COUNT
planets; but despite its very (3) _________________ technology, Pioneer made a 3. BASE
(4) ________________ crossing and went on to carry out its first mission: to study Jupiter. 4. SUCCESS
It continued past the (5) _________________ planets until 1983, crossing the paths of 5. OUT
Saturn, Uranus and Pluto before finally entering the vast (6) ________________ area 6. KNOW
outside our solar system. There it will maintain course on its (7) _________________ 7. END
journey, passing close to Proxima Centauri in 70,000 years’ time. Eventually, (8) 8. SCIENCE
________________ believe, in the safe vacuum of deep space, it may even (9) 9. LIVE
________________ the Earth, which in five billion years will (10) __________________ as 10. APPEAR
the Sun grows ever bigger and swallows up our tiny planet.

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