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

 

1)    IMPERSONAL
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

 
2)    BRITONS
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN BRITISH => BRITON
BRITON => a person from Britain.

 
3)    WELFARE
COMPOUND NOUN WEL + FARE
WELFARE => the general health, happiness and safety of a person, an animal or a group.

 
4)    ELITIST
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE ELITE => ELITIST
SUFFIX (-IST) (in nouns and some related adjectives) - a member of a profession or business activity: DENTIST, NOVELIST

 
5)    HUMANE
NOUN TO ADJECTIVE HUMAN => HUMANE
HUMANE => caring about the quality of people's or animal's lives and trying to be kind to them.

 
6)    RESOLUTION
VERB TO NOUN RESOLVE => RESOLUTION
SUFFIX (-TION) (in nouns) - the action or state of: HESITATION, COMPETITION

7)    UNBRIDGEABLE
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

 
8)    TOWNIES
NOUN TO NOUN TOWN => TOWNIE
SUFFIX (-IE) (in nouns) - showing affection: DOGGIE, SUSIE