CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / word formation

For questions 1- 8, read the text below. 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 same line.

the story of Muscle Cars

Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind muscle cars was to make them (1) ... and fast. Muscle cars were stripped-down versions of the most (2) ... homely, and basic mass-produced cars to ever roll out of Detroit. These rattle trap, bare bones, crude devices were built to conform to a price point with little regard given to sophistication or (3) ..., and aimed squarely at the (4) ... market. And this market couldn't get enough of them. These were the cars every red-blooded American kid wanted. The image, the speed, the lifestyle were all highly addictive. Looking back, the muscle car years were (5) ... brief
moment in time that we will never see the likes of again. It was a perfect storm, just what the market wanted, and was presented at the right place in the right time. So how did these seemingly (6) ... cars, built in large numbers and owned by kids who (7) ... tried to kill them from the first twist of the key, become so valuable?
More importantly, why did they become so valuable? Most people are astounded when they hear the recent sales results of the most (8) ... muscle cars. We call them two-comma cars, cars that are worth so much money that you need two commas to separate all the zeroes in the price.

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[answer="INEXPENSIVE" label="EXPENSIVE"]

[answer="UTILITARIAN" label="UTILITY"]

[answer="LONGEVITY" label="LONG"]

[answer="YOUTH" label="YOUNG"]

[answer="RELATIVELY" label="RELATIVE"]

[answer="DISPOSABLE" label="DISPOSE"]

[answer="LITERALLY" label="LITERAL"]

[answer="DESIRABLE" label="DESIRE"]

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