WORD FORM

People living in Croston have experienced a (0)…….. CONSIDER

number of difficulties this week (1)…………. the local FOLLOW
bus company's introduction of several new routes. There
have been reports of (2)……. losing their way and DRIVE
having to ask passengers for(3)…….when they DIRECT
have had to go to parts of the town which were not
(4)…….served by buses. Not surprisingly, people have PREVIOUS
complained about the (5)……..of buses to arrive on FAIL
time. Peter Gray, the (6)………of the company admits MANAGE
that the situation has been totally (7)…….this week SATISFACTORY
and has(8)……….to passengers for the inconvenience APOLOGY
caused. He believes that the company was probably be-
ing too (9)……….in introducing so many new services AMBITION
on the same day. However, he is (10)……….. that all CONFIDENCE
the difficulties will have been sorted out by next week.
BOOKS

Nearly all the (0) discoveries that have been made through the ages DISCOVER
can be found in books. The (1) of the book is one of humankind's INVENT
greatest (2) , the importance of which cannot be overestimated. ACHIEVE
Books are very adaptable, providing us with both (3) and information. ENTERTAIN
The (4) of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that PRODUCE
is (5) to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have RECOGNISE
some (6) to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th SIMILAR
century, in Europe, all books were (7) by hand. They were often WRITE
beautifully illustrated and always rare and (8) With printing came EXPENSE
the (9) of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, POSSIBLE
making (10) ..... more widespread and accessible. KNOW

AIRPORTS
With the (0) growth in air travel, airports have become symbols of GROW
international importance, and are (1) ……designed by well-known FREQUENT
architects. Airports have (2)………. facilities nowadays. IMPRESS
There are (3)departure lounges, where passengers wait COMFORT
before boarding their (4)………. , restaurants, shopping areas and FLY
banks. Good road and rail (5) …with nearby towns and cities are also COMMUNICATE
essential.

However, it is becoming (6) ……….difficult to find land on INCREASE

w hich to build airports, as aircraft, despite (7) ……….. in IMPROVE
engine design, are (8)………. and need a considerable amount of NOISE
space in which to land and take off. (9)……… residential areas CROWD
need to be avoided, so, (10) ………., suitable land might be an FORTUNATE
inconvenient distance away from the city.

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 RUNNING ROUND THE WORLD

John Shaw will (0) shortly be setting off on a 50,000 km run, SHORT
which will make him the first person to perform the (1)……….. act ORDINARY
of running all the way round the world if he succeeds.

His timetable includes the (2)……… Russian winter and the burning FREEZE
African summer. And he has no back-up team for (3) He will be ASSIST
running alone, carrying all his (4)……….. on his back. EQUIP

'My biggest fear is not the physical challenge, but (5) 'Mr. Shaw LONELY
said. 'I'm as sociable as anyone and I'm very (6) that HOPE
I will form many (7) on the way.' FRIEND

On a trial 2,000 km run under the blazing (8) of the African sun, HOT
he came across wild baboons and (9)…….. snakes, but he proved that POISON
a target of 60 kilometers a day was (10) ……….. 'I have made up my REASON
mind to do it and I will. Running is my life,' he said.

Before the (0) invention of instruments to measure weather conditions, INVENT

people relied on their own (1) ……of the wind and sky as well as the OBSERVE
(2) ….. of birds and animals in connection with different types of BEHAVE
weather. Many rhymes that have an (3)……with the weather have ASSOCIATE
become popular over the centuries. In the short term, (4)…… a like SAY
'red sky in the morning, sailor's warning', often proves to be (5)……accurate. SURPRISE
However, it is very (6)…… that next year's summer can be predicted LIKELY
from this year's winter. Such predictions can't be considered (7…… USE
in precise weather forecasting. (8)…… of this can be found in past records. PROVE
Nowadays, all aspects of the weather such as hours of (64) …… SUN
and rainfall are observed on a (65) ……basis by meteorological DAY
stations with specialised equipment.

Let me make a (0) suggestion to help you deal with difficult situations. SUGGEST
If, for example, you are taking part in a sports (1)……. COMPETE
meeting someone important, or giving a (2)……… in front of a PERFORM
h i ( l e audience, you will probably be quite (3)……, and worry NERVE
it I. if y o u will not be as (4)……….. as you would like to be. SUCCEED

w h a t you need to do is to prepare yourself (5) ……. THOROUGH

by ru n n i n g through the whole (6)…… over and over again ACTIVE
in y o u r mind, (7)……… going through every detail. CARE

Forr example, a famous pianist, (8)…….for seven years for PRISON

( 9 ) … … . reasons, could still play magnificently on his release. POLITICS
when asked how he managed to play so well, his (10)…….was EXPLAIN
that he had practised every day in his mind.

Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor (0) lonely girl LONE
who became the (1)............ owner of an international chain of stores. Like WEALTH
the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) ...............She AMBITION
left school at sixteen and became a (3)................... After twenty-three JOURNAL
years of this work, she made the (4)...................... to start writing novels. DECIDE
She is now one of the most (5)...........paid novelists in the world. Was Emma HIGH
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Harte's story based on Ms Bradford's own (6).............. successful life? 'I'm INCREDIBLE
afraid not,' she said with (7) ............'My life has been quite different from AMUSE
Emma Harte's. She was (8)............... to be born into a poor family. I came LUCK
from a middle-class home and I'm (9)............. married to a rich American HAPPY
film producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10)...... to work hard ABLE

Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor (0) lonely girl LONE
who became the (1)............ owner of an international chain of stores. Like WEALTH
the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) ...............She AMBITION
left school at sixteen and became a (3)................... After twenty-three JOURNAL
years of this work, she made the (4)...................... to start writing novels. DECIDE
She is now one of the most (5)...........paid novelists in the world. Was Emma HIGH
Harte's story based on Ms Bradford's own (6).............. successful life? 'I'm INCREDIBLE
afraid not,' she said with (7) ............'My life has been quite different from AMUSE
Emma Harte's. She was (8)............... to be born into a poor family. I came LUCK
from a middle-class home and I'm (9)............. married to a rich American HAPPY
film producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10)...... to work hard ABLE

SPOILS THE OPERA FOR ME!

As far as I am (0) concerned nothing spoils a visit to the opera moreCONCERN
than the (1)........noise made by some members of the audience to DISGUST
express their (2)..............of a production. There was a time when APPROVE
applause, and shouts of 'bravo', were (3)..............to be sufficient. THINK
More (4)..........,however, the practice, which I first met in the United RECENT
States, of screaming 'Yo!' or something similar, has spread to (5)...... EUROPE
audiences. It's a stupid sound, quite (6).............for the expression of SUIT
your appreciation of fine (7)........ like the Spaniard, Placido Domingo. SING
I'm not too keen, either, on musicians clapping (8) ...................at SELF
the end of a (9)............. . They are hardly likely to be fair in their PERFORM
(10).............at that moment. However, I don't imagine either of these JUDGE

fashions is likely to disappear in the near future.

The London Underground map is (0)extremely well designed. EXTREME

Simple, easy to understand and (1)......., it performs its primary task of ATTRACT
guiding both inhabitants and (2).......round the underground system in London TOUR
very well. The man behind this great (3).......was called Henry Beck, ACHIEVE
an (4).......of the London Underground Drawing Office, who designed the EMPLOY
map in 1931. The design of the map showed great (5)....... because it ORIGINAL
represented a complex network of (6)....... clearly. This design was COMMUNICATE
later used by most of the world's underground systems.

The map used before 1931 was messy and (7).......So Beck decided to CLEAR
sketch out a better one using a diagram rather than a (8)....... map. This new TRADITION
map was an enormous (9).......with the public when, in 1933, it made its first SUCCEED
(10).......on underground platforms and at station entrances. APPEAR
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 As far as I am (0) concerned nothing spoils a visit to the opera more CONCERN
than the (1.......) noise made by some members of the audience to DISGUST
express their (2)....... of a production. There was a time when APPROVE
applause, and shouts of 'bravo', were (3.........) to be sufficient. THINK
More (4)....... , however, the, practice, which I first met in the United RECENT
States, of screaming 'Yo!' or something similar, has spread to (5) EUROPE
audiences. It's a stupid sound, quite (6) ........ for the expression of SUIT
your appreciation of fine (7)....... like the Spaniard, Placido Domingo. SING
I'm not too keen, either, on musicians clapping (8.......) at SELF
the end of a (9)....... They are hardly likely to be fair in their PERFORM
(10)....... at that moment. However, I don't imagine either of these JUDGE
fashions is likely to disappear in the near future.

A revolution is under way. The technology of computer science is having a dramatic(0)

effect on our lives, and the most immediate consequence of this technology is its impact on
(1.EMPLOY). Robots and computer-controlled machines have already joined the work force
in highly (2.INDUSTRY) countries, such as the USA, West Germany, and Japan. They have
taken over routine jobs on the car (3.ASSEMBLE) line, and in Volkswagen, for instance, three
robots can replace ten men(4.WORK) on a two-shift system. One giant American company
has shown that it is now possible to replace half its 37.000 assembly workers with machines.
Robots carry out (5.TEDIUM) tasks with a high degree of (6.RELY) for an hourly "wage''
of about $5 (the average cost of maintaining them). The average human worker on a car
assembly line, in contrast, earns about $18 an hour. There is obviously a lot to be said for
releasing people from work that is often noisy, dirty, and even dangerous, and many workers
can be retrained for more(7.PLEASE) and interesting work. Nevertheless,(8.COMPETE) is forcing
employers to cut back the labour force. As one (9. MANAGE) director put it, 'Are you going to reduce your
work force by 25% by putting in robots, or by 100% by going out of business?' As a result of
(10.AUTOMATE), workers are being -sacked, and m any wi ll be perm a nently unemployed.

The phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and more (1.
DISAPPROVE) than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change must
mean deterioration and decay. Older people observe the casual speech of the young and conclude
that standards have fallen appreciably.
It is (2. UNDERSTAND) that many people dislike change, but it is (3.WISE) to condemn all
linguistic (4.MODIFY). It is often felt that contemporary language illustrates the problem at its
worst, but this belief is shared by every generation.
There are indeed cases where linguistic change can lead to problems of unintelligibility and (5.
AMBIGUOUS), and if change is too rapid there can be major communication problems. But as a
rule, the parts of language which are (6.GO) change at any given time are relatively small in
( 7 . C O M P A R E ) t o t h e v a s t , u n c h a n g i n g a r e a s of language. It is because change is so
infrequent that it is so distinctive and (8. NOTICE). Some degree of caution and concern is
therefore always desirable for the (9.MAINTAIN) of precision and (10. EFFECT) communication,
but there are no grounds for the extremely pessimistic attitudes so often encountered.

At first light, there is nothing (0) unusual about the town of Cameron Park In
California but, as the day begins and the town comes to (1. LIVE), you can't help
(2.NOTICE) that, among the cars, there are light aero-planes moving along the roads
towards the airport.
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 When the town was (3.ORIGIN) built, a small airport was included for the [4.CONVINIENT]
of people flying in to look at the properties which were for [5.SELL] but it soon became clear
to the developers that this was an attraction in itself. The streets were (6.WIDE)so that
plane could use them, the mailboxes near the road were made (7.SHORT)to avoid
passing wings, and all the electricity cables were buried (8.GROUND).
Now, there is every (9.LIKELY) that the residents will have a private plane in
their garage and use it with the same (10.FREE) other people enjoy with their cars.

AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH TOWN

The site of the town of Winchester was a (0)..... place for a NATURE
(1)....., at the point where a river cut through the chalk of the SETTLE
(2)..... hillsides. A simple camp at St Catherine's Hill was the SOUTH
(3).....known use of the site. This was followed by an Iron Age EARLY
hill -fort, but this was left (4)..... by 100 BC. It was the Romans who INHABIT
finally established the town and (5)..... it with a defensive wall for ROUND
the protection of their people and trade.

With the (6)..... of its first cathedral in the seventh century, the BUILD
town became an important (7)..... centre. Later, King Alfred, who RELIGION
had (8).....pushed back the invading Danes, moved his palace SUCCESS
to Winchester. The town then experienced rapid (9)..... , and DEVELOP
its (10)..... role in English history was underlined in 1066 when the CENTRE -
conquering Normans, like Alfred, made Winchester their capital.

Thanks to the ubiquitous use of vanilla as a flavouring in ice creams and cakes the world over,
its taste is more (1.R E C O G N I S E ) t o t h e m a j o r i t y o f p e o p l e t h a n t h e appearance of
the plant.
The plant itself is actually a native of the tropical forests of Central America and is the
only variety of orchid to be grown on a commercial scale. Its delicate white flowers open in the
early morning and, after pollination by insects or humming birds, a narrow bean-like pod forms and
(2. RIPE) taking a period of five to seven months to reach (3. M A T U R E ) . I t i s t h i s p o d
w h i c h i s h a r v e s t e d t o provide the food crop we know as vanilla.
Despite its American origins, for decades it was only c u l t i v a t e d ( 4 . E X T E N D ) o n
t h e I n d i a n O c e a n island of Madagascar, where it was introduced at the end of the nineteenth
century. It soon became clear that the vanilla gr ow n t he re w as of a qu al it y (5 . K N O W )
i n o th er areas, and the island quickly became one of the world's major (6. SUPPLY) .
In recent years, however, new (7. COMPETE) have entered the vanilla market and, (8.
CONSEQUENCE), Madagascar's importance has started to slip. Of course, the (9. EMERGE)
of new producers means a smaller market share, whilst the development of artificial
substitutes is (10. THREAT) to undermine demand for the real thing.
1. The accusation left him quite......with rage. (speech)
2. Our.......in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats. (confident)
3. This knife needs......before any use. (sharp)
4. There was a great......between the two essays. (similar)
5. The thing I hate about Rick is his......(reliable)
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 6. Astronauts travelling into space used to suffer from............. (weigh)
7. Thousands of people are living in............. after the earthquake. (miserable)
8. The boy's nose was................after the fight. (blood)
9. You can find out what a book is about by looking at the table of...........(contain)
10.The man complained that the on the cheque was false. (sign)

There is considerable public concern in Shaston (0)..................... FOLLOW

the discovery on Tuesday evening of a metal (1)............... filled CONTAIN
with (2)................. liquid. The object was found by a local POISON
(3)................ walking his dog in a field behind a newly-built RESIDE
chemical factory. As yet. the factory has been (4).............. to ABLE
provide any (5).......as o how the object came to be in the
t
EXPLAIN
field. A spokesperson stated that a full (6)............was taking INVESTIGATE
place and that (7) ,............. procedures were being reviewed, SECURE
People living in the (8).......are angry, as a year ago, they had NEIGHBOUR
withdrawn their objections to the (9)............to build the factory DECIDE -
here after the company stated that no(10)...........chemicals DANGER
would be produced on this site.