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.
Droughts
Man has landed on the moon, probed deep space, and is transforming out lives by (1) ... technological feats - yet he cannot create a rain cloud at will. Nor can he prevent droughts, or even predict them with (2) ... . What's more, there is little evidence of concerted efforts to manage drought effectively and thereby (3) ... it. This is remarkable, as drought occurs to a major or minor degree on nearly every farm worldwide, and is a recurrent
and (4) ... natural phenomenon. Drought is as much a part of the environment of farms and their soils, vegetation, and other weather vicissitudes such as (5) ... frost. Fortunately much can be done to mitigate the effects of drought, this being the main thrust of this comprehensive book on drought management on farmland. Proactive (6) ... for drought
is the key. It entails upgrading the drought resistance of a farm (7) ... within cost constraints, and also having well-formulated, auxiliary plans lined up for use during (8) ... drought.
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[answer="COUNTLESS" label="COUNT"]
[answer="CERTAINTY" label="CERTAIN"]
[answer="OVERCOME" label="COME"]
[answer="INESCAPABLE" label="ESCAPE"]
[answer="UNTIMELY" label="TIME"]
[answer="PREPAREDNESS" label="PREPARED"]
[answer="SYSTEMATICLY" label="SYSTEM"]
[answer="PROLONGED" label="LONG"]
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ANSWER KEYS
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | COUNT => COUNTLESS |
| SUFFIX (-LESS) (in adjectives) - without: TREELESS, MEANINGLESS |
| ADJECTIVE TO NOUN | CERTAIN => CERTAINTY |
| SUFFIX (-TY) (in nouns) - of Latin origin, denoting quality, state, etc: UNITY, ENMITY |
| VERB TO VERB | COME => OVERCOME |
| PREFIX (OVER-) (in nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs) - more than usual; too much, completely: OVERLOAD, OVERJOYED |
| VERB TO ADJECTIVE | ESCAPE => INESCAPABLE |
| PREFIX (IN-) (in adjectives, adverbs and nouns) - not; the opposite of: INFINITE, INFLAME + SUFFIX (-ABLE) (in adiectives) - having the quality of: NOTICEABLE, FASHIONABLE |
| NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | TIME => UNTIMELY |
| PREFIX (UN-) (in adjectives, adverbs and nouns) - not; the opposite of: UNABLE, UNTRUTH + SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - in the way mentioned: HAPPILY, ACTUALLY |
| ADJECTIVE TO NOUN | PREPARED => PREPAREDNESS |
| SUFFIX (-NESS) (in nouns)- the quality, state or character of: DRYNESS, BLINDNESS |
| NOUN TO ADVERB | SYSTEM => SYSTEMATIC + LY |
| SUFFIX (-LY) (in adverbs and adjectives) - in the way mentioned: HAPPILY, ACTUALLY |
| ADJECTIVE TO ADJECTIVE | LONG => PROLONGED |
| PREFIX (PRO-) - a prefix of priority in space or time having especially a meaning of advancing or projecting forward or outward: PROTRACT, PROLOGUE |