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.
Tsunamis
The Indian Ocean tsunami which occurred on December 26, 2004 caused (1) ... disaster and claimed the priceless lives of more than 300,000 persons (2) ... . Among the conditions which contributed to the disaster were the enormous scale of the tsunami itself and (3) ... in the infrastructure, including tsunami disaster prevention facilities, evacuation facilities, emergency information communication systems, and others. However, it is (4) ... to think that at least the loss of human life would not have been so (5) ... if proper awareness and scientific knowledge in connection with tsunamis had been more (6) ... and information on the tsunami had been transmitted quickly. In (7) ... all cases, tsunamis are caused by submarine earthquakes, and these earthquakes bear no relation to the seasons, or time of day. Current technology has not clarified the phenomena that could give warning of an (8) ... earthquake, and thus has not reached the stage where it is possible to predict earthquakes in advance.
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[answer="UNPRECEDENTED" label="PRECEDENT"]
[answer="WORLDWIDE" label="WORLD"]
[answer="INADEQUACIES" label="ADEQUATE"]
[answer="REGRETTABLE" label="REGRET"]
[answer="EXTENSIVE" label="EXTEND"]
[answer="WIDESPREAD" label="WIDE"]
[answer="VIRTUALLY" label="VIRTUE"]
[answer="IMPENDING" label="PEND"]
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ANSWER KEYS
| NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | PRECEDENT => UNPRECEDENTED |
| PREFIX (UN-) (in adjectives, adverbs and nouns) - not; the opposite of: UNTRUTH, UNABLE + SUFFIX (-ED) |
| COMBINING FORM | WORLD + WIDE |
| WORLDWIDE => to or in all parts of the world. |
| ADJECTIVE TO NOUN | ADEQUATE => INADEQUACIES |
| PREFIX (IN-) (in nouns, adverbs and adjectives) - not; the opposite of: INFINITE, INFORMAL + SUFFIX (-ACY) (in nouns) - the state or quality of: ACCURACY, DIPLOMACY |
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | REGRET => REGRETTABLE |
| SUFFIX (-ABLE) (in adjectives) - having the quality of: COMFORTABLE, FASHIONABLE |
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | EXTEND => EXTENSIVE |
| SUFFIX (-IVE) (in nouns and adjectives) - tending to; having the nature of: DESCRIPTIVE, EXPLOSIVE |
| COMPOUND ADJECTIVE | WIDE + SPREAD |
| WIDESPREAD => existing or happening over a large area or among many people. |
| NOUN TO ADVERB | VIRTUE => VIRTUALLY |
| SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - in the way mentioned: HAPPILY, ACTUALLY |
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | PEND => IMPENDING |
| PREFIX (IM-) (in adjectives, adverbs and nouns) - not; the opposite of: IMMORALLY, IMPOSSIBLE + ING |