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.
Fox Hunting
Whether at local, regional or national level, sport is, after war, probably the principal means of collective identification in modem life. It provides one of the few occasions when large, complex (1) ... and functionally bonded units can unite as a whole. The kind of sport which for centuries, a small but influential part of (2) ... has been staking their hopes on, is fox- hunting. Like all forms of hunting, fox hunting is a blood sport, i.e. the killing of wild animals as a form of sport. As such it is controversial. Many animal (3) ... activists claim fox hunting to be an (4) ... and barbaric sport that should be banned, while pro-hunters argue that it is an effective and (5) ... method of controlling the fox population. Yet after all hunting is a part of British history and tradition - an intrinsic part of living in the countryside. A (6) ... between fox supporters and fox hunters seems to be obstructed by (7) ... divisions between social classes as well as town and country lifestyles. While hunters are portrayed as members of the wealthy, privileged and/or landowning upper class, fox supporters are depicted as lower class (8) ... with no understanding of country life.
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[answer="IMPERSONAL" label="PERSON"]
[answer="BRITON" label="BRITISH"]
[answer="WELFARE" label="WELL"]
[answer="ELITIST" label="ELITE"]
[answer="HUMANE" label="HUMAN"]
[answer="RESOLUTION" label="RESOLVE"]
[answer="UNBRIDGEABLE" label="BRIDGE"]
[answer="TOWNIE" label="TOWN"]
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ANSWER KEYS
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | PERSON => IMPERSONAL |
PREFIX (IM-) (in adjectives, adverbs and nouns) - not; the opposite of: IMMORAL, IMPOSSIBLE + SUFFIX (-AL) (in adiectives) - connected with: VERBAL, MAGICAL |
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN | BRITISH => BRITON |
BRITON => a person from Britain. |
COMPOUND NOUN | WEL + FARE |
WELFARE => the general health, happiness and safety of a person, an animal or a group. |
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | ELITE => ELITIST |
SUFFIX (-IST) (in nouns and some related adjectives) - a member of a profession or business activity: DENTIST, NOVELIST |
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | HUMAN => HUMANE |
HUMANE => caring about the quality of people's or animal's lives and trying to be kind to them. |
VERB TO NOUN | RESOLVE => RESOLUTION |
SUFFIX (-TION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: HESITATION, COMPETITION |
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE | BRIDGE => UNBRIDGEABLE |
PREFIX (UN-) (in adjectives, adverbs and nouns) - not; the opposite of: UNABLE, UNTRUTH + SUFFIX (-ABLE) (in adiectives) - having the quality of: NOTICEABLE, FASHIONABLE |
NOUN TO NOUN | TOWN => TOWNIE |
SUFFIX (-IE) (in nouns) - showing affection: DOGGIE, SUSIE |