Exam folder 3
3. Inthe exam, you may need to add a prefix to
Paper 1 Part 3 the root word. Add a negative prefix to each
Word formation of these words,
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of the line is a word in capitals. You have to form a word
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| engage | comfortable | balance
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The development of mobile phones has a
(1) surpris............ long history. In 1916,
there were tests of mobile phones on some 4 List as many words as you can based on
(2) milita, aww. tains and in 1926 public trains ‘these words.
between Hamburg and Berlin offered a telephone lawful, unlawful, lawyer, lawlessness ...
| service to first-class (8) travel... The mobile 1 law
phone first appeared in (4) liter. in1931. 2 hope
This was in a children’s book called The 35th of May 3 act
or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas. In the story, 4 press
the author (5) deseri........... a situation that 5 centre
would have seemed quite fantastical at the time: 6 head
| ‘A gentleman who rode along the sidewalk in front 7 office
of them, (6) sudde.... _. Stepped off the 8 broad
conveyor belt, pulled a phone out of his pocket,
(7) enter... @ number into it and said:
‘Gertrude, I'll be an hour late for lunch because |
want to go to the laboratory.’ Conveyor belt sidewalks
are so far only to be found in some large airports but
that type of phone (8) CONVERS... on CAN DE
heard every day in every city in the world.
ay EXAM FOLDER 3 g‘Here is some more of the article on the history of mobile phone technology from
‘exercise 1. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word
‘that fits in the gap in the sameline.
The first (0). ... automated mobile phone system for vehicles came
into (1)... in Sweden in the 1950s. This allowed calls to be made and
received in a car, Calls which were made from the car were direct dial whereas
aww Calls required an operator to determine which base station the
_.. losest to. Several different companies
in producing the different pieces of equipment that were
necessary to provide this service, the switchboards and the handsets, for
‘example. During the1960s and 1970s, technology (6)... .. advanced and
‘there were substantial improvements in the (6)... .. of these early car
phones. The system that was developed was popular with customers and went
‘on to enjoy not (7) .....-»---~ 6 mmercial success. Drivers continued to use
‘the network until the early 1980s when it closed to make way for the
®).. _.-. 0f new technologies.
Now complete the text below.
Nine years ago, Philip Fletcher was a (1)...
children, He had a responsible job as a highly (2) =
‘Then an accident changed his life beyond (8)... He was plunged into a
surreal and totally (4)... _.. world when the accident left him with a serious
head (6) . nou This resulted in him being unable to remember anything
of the previous 15 years. In the accident a metal pole fell from a considerable
height onto his head. Fletcher survived only thanks to his safety helmet. He was
‘taken to hospital but was (6) _.after only four hours. He seemed fine,
apart from his memory loss, and everyone expected his memory would gradually
.. it never did. For a number of years it was
very difficult for Fletcher and his family, and his breakthrough
‘only came once he learned to accept his own limitations. Only then was he able
40 start rebuilding his life.
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