CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH examinations / PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / 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 Rise of Birds

Endowed with colourful plumages and beautiful song, birds in flight symbolize spirits released from the (1) ... of gravity. From the day that humans first looked up at the skies, birds have summoned a sense of wonder and mystery, enchanting our (2) ... ancestors with their freedom and song. They fly where they please and when they please. The power of flight has opened up to birds a multilayered network of (3) ... highways and byways, enabling them to reach any place on our planet. Their awesome power of flight takes them to every continent, from pole to pole, and they fill every (4) ... niche. Birds have (5) ... our life with their free spirit, beauty, and songs. They inform us about the rest of the natural world, control insect population, disperse seeds and (6) ... key values in human cultures. They have played a key role in many important developments of (7) ... theories. Given their spark beauty, graceful flight and (8) ... songs, it is hardly surprising that birds feature strongly in every culture in painting, poetry and music.

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[answer="BONDAGE" label="BOND"]

[answer="EARTHBOUND" label="EARTH"]

[answer="AERIAL" label="AIR"]

[answer="CONCEIVABLE" label="CONCEIVE"]

[answer="ENRICH" label="RICH"]

[answer="EMBODY" label="BODY"]

[answer="EVOLUTIONARY" label="EVOLUTION"]

[answer="MELODIOUS" label="MELODY"]

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