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.
 

Carnivorous Plants

Most carnivorous plants stand alone in the plant world not only in their unique method of (1) ... nutrition, but in the extraordinary degree to which the leaves have become changed from our idea of a typical leaf-blade to meet this end. Some have evolved into pitcher forms, often (2) ... of strange flowers, while others have developed the power of movement, reminding one in their actions of steel traps, mouse traps, or even sea anemones. The (3) ... to bizarre appearance of most is curious enough, but the varied and often (4) ... artful methods employed in the (5) ... of the prey frequently combined with added (6) ... of technique which may be peculiar to a species, cannot fail to fascinate. Carnivorous plants occur both amongst the flowering plants and in the Fungi. While some reference will be made to the principle trap types of the latter, they remain a subject in themselves, and it will be the former which concerns us here. On these, a number of works have already been published In English, mainly in the United States. While the (7) ... of these have been brief works of a popular kind there have been some (8) ... exceptions. Quite apart from the interest provided by their traps, it should be not forgotten that they are attractive plants in themselves; some are indeed beautiful.

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[answer="SUPPLEMENTARY" label="SUPPLEMENT"]

[answer="REMINISCENT" label="REMINISCE"]

[answer="UNUSUAL" label="USUAL"]

[answer="ASTONISHINGLY" label="ASTONISH"]

[answer="SEDUCTION" label="SEDUCE"]

[answer="REFINEMENT" label="REFINE"]

[answer="MAJORITY" label="MAJOR "]

[answer="NOTABLE" label="NOTE"]

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