Archive for the Word formation Category - Word formation tests with key (9 pages) Mã A200676

Archive for the ‘Word formation’ Category 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.

It’s 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′.

Word formation, 9 January 23, 2007 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 SET

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.

Word formation, 8 January 21, 2007 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 it’s like to be swimming underneath

(0) …..coloured coral and swerve to avoid a BRIGHT

tropical jellyfish? Or (56) …… find yourself hurtling SUDDEN

towards an atom’s 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 IMAGINE

500 million (59) ….. will attest, the experience of a VIEW

big screen with 3-D imagery is wonderful. That’s the story of

IMAX. ‘It’s the closest thing to passive virtual (60) ….. REAL

It combines information with (61) ….. IMAX mov- ENTERTAIN

ies are very realistic. This cinematic technique marks the real

(62) …..between what we once knew and what’s DIFFER

developing now. IMAX is a (63) ….. newcomer to RELATE

the scene. The formula has been working well, (64) …… SPECIAL

in the Asia Pacific region, where most of IMAX’s (65) ….. GROW

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

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