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.

Disneyland

 

Disneyland Park was arguably Walt Disney's riskiest venture. It was developed
on a shoestring budget and made possible only through Disney's relationship with
ABC Television and a (1) ... of brave corporate sponsors. The capital available	HAND
was barely (2) ... to acquire the property and build the park; nothing was left over	SUFFICIENCY
for the development of hotels or the (3) ... and improvement of property adjoining	ACQUIRE
the park. Even the Disneyland Hotel, connected to the theme park by monorail,
was owned and operated by a third party until 1989. Disneyland's success spawned
a wave of development that (4) ... surrounded the theme park with whimsically	RAPID
themed mom-and-pop motels, souvenir stands, and fast –food restaurants. Disney,
still deep in debt, looked on in abject shock, (5) ... to intervene. In fact, the Disneyland	POWER
experience was etched so deeply into the Disney corporate (6) ... that Walt purchased	CONSCIOUS
27,500 acres and established an (7) ... development district in Florida (uncountable to	AUTONOMY
any local or county authority) when he was ready to launch Disney World. Though the
Florida project gave Disney the opportunity to develop a destination resort in a
totally controlled environment, the steady decline of the area (8) ... Disneyland	CIRCLE
continued to rankle Walt

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[answer="HANDFUL" label="HAND"]

[answer="SUFFICIENT" label="SUFFICIENCY"]

[answer="ACQUISITION" label="ACQUIRE"]

[answer="RAPIDLY" label="RAPID"]

[answer="POWERLESS" label="POWER"]

[answer=" CONSCIOUSNESS" label="CONSCIOUS"]

[answer="AUTONOMOUS" label="AUTONOMY"]

[answer="ENCIRCLING" label="CIRCLE"]

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