WORD FORMATION 14

B2

A NEW PAINTER
Were you (1) .................. enough to be invited at 1. LUCK
the (2) ...................... of the Winchester Art 2. OPEN
Gallery last Thursday evening? I was there, and 3. PLEASE
therefore I had the (3) ....................... of seeing the 4. EXHIBIT
new (4) ......................... of Daniella Warner’s 5. CLEAR
paintings. 6. ART
7. EXCEPT
Daniella Warner is not famous yet, but she is 8. IMAGINE
(5) ......................... an (6) .............. who has a 9. BEAUTIFUL
very bright future. All Daniella Warner’s paintings 10. NATURE
– without (7) ................................. are incredibly 11. PAINT
(8) ............................. She often paints areas of 12. FREE
outstanding (9) .......................... , such as lakes 13. SUCCESS
and forests, but she makes them (10) .................... , 14. ONE
lively places. Her (11) ................................ often 15. WONDER
focus on the subjects of (12) ......................... and
peace. It’s certainly not easy to be a
(13) ................... artist these days.

But if (14) .................... deserves it, Daniella

Werner does. Her (15) ....................... paintings
will be on show at the Winchester
 BOOKS
Nearly all the (1) ……………… that have been 1. DISCOVER
made through ages can be found in books. The 2. INVENT
(2) …………………. of the books is one of 3. ACHIEVE
humankind’s greatest (3) …………., the 4. ADAPT
importance of which cannot be overestimated. 5. ENTERTAIN
Books are very (4) ………………., providing 6. PRODUCE
us with both (5) ………….. and information. 7. RECOGNISE
The (6) ………………. of books began in 8. SIMILAR
Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that is (7) 9. WRITE
…………… to us today. The books read by the 10. BEAUTY
Romans, however, have some (8) …………… 11. POSSIBLE
to the ones we read today. Until the 12. KNOW
middle of the 15th century in Europe, all books 13. SPONTANEOUS
were (9) …………. by hand. 14. ABLE
15. EVOLVE
They were often (10) …………… illustrated
and always rare and expensive. With printing
came the (11) ……….. of cheap, large-scale
publication and distribution of books, making
(12) ……………… more widespread and
accessible.
The book of the future could even be (13)
……………….. assembled from multiple
sources. The (14) ……………… to read and
write is our most important medium for the
continuance of an (15) ………………..
human culture.