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Test on Word Formation ( 10 ) Exercise 1. Throughout history, women have had ( 1 – responsible ) _______ for healing the sick. However, it is only in ( 2 – compare ) _________ recent times that they have been allowed to train as doctors at ( 3 – medicine ) _______ schools in Britain. Yet in that short time, they have made an enormous ( 4 – contribute ) ________ to modern medicine. The first female doctors were priestesses who gave ( 5 – advise ) _______ about diseases and ( 6 – injure ) _____ and prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women ( 7 – heal ) _____ were considered ( 8 – skill ) _______ and respected. In Britain, for centuries male doctors were ( 9 – suspect ) _____ of women who practised medicine ( 10 – profession ) ________ and in 1512 a law was passed making it ( 11 – legal ) _______ for them to do so. Women couldn’t study medicine at universities until the 19 th century and they only began to gain ( 12 – equal ) ______ with male doctors in the 20 th century. Exercise 2. 1. Monopoly is a ( 1 – fascinate ) ________ game for some people. 2. Children like to play ( 2 – guess ) _________ games. 3. The ( 3 – trap ) _________ animal couldn’t escape. 4. There were two kinds of electric current, direct and ( 4 – alternate ) ________. 5. Early colonists ( 5 – slave ) ________ and oppressed the natives. 6. The article gives us a few interesting ( 6 – side ) _______ on life in Japan in general. 7. ( 7 – Worry ) _______, the plan contains few details on how spending will be cut. 8. The ( 8 – loud ) _______ of the music was makinh my ear hurt. 9. Many people do not understand the importance of the habitats to wild animals and plants so they spoil them ( 9 – conscious ) ________. 10. You should make a list of all the jobs you have to do and ( 10 – prior ) _______ them. Exercise 3. The Costwolds is an area of great ( 1 – beautiful ) ________ in England. It has a number of ( 2 – delight ) _______ villages and small towns with lovely old buildings that have remained ( 3 – change) _______ since the area was a major ( 4 – commerce ) _______ centre several centuries ago. The countryside in the area is ( 5 – charm ) ________ and most of the buildings there are made from an ( 6 – attract ) ______ type of light stone that is particular to the Costwolds. In the summer, the Costwolds can get rather ( 7 – crowd ) ________ but it is always possible to find pretty places that do not have the ( 8 – famous ) _________ of the more well – known villages and towns. There is no ( 9 – short ) _________ of ( 10 – please ) _______ hotels and ( 11 – tradition ) _______ inns for visitors to stay in and the Costwolds area is an excellent place for an ( 12 – enjoy ) _______ weeken or longer trip. Exercise 4. 1. The fireman’s daring rescue of those trapped in the burning building was a ( 1 – credit ) ____. 2. Your mood seemed very ( 2 – meditation ) ________ this morning. 3. He was accused of not showing strong ( 3 – leader ) _________. 4. The posse rode several days in ( 4 – pursue ) _________ of the bandits. 5. He has several ( 5 – motivate ) ________ in killing his business partner. 6. The weak and the poor are ( 6 – power ) ________ and need people to represent them. 7. Smoking is ( 7 – hazard ) ________ to our health. 8. One of the victims of the fire remains in a ( 8 – crisis ) _______ condition. 9. The man was ( 9 – exceed ) _______ angered by his wife’s remark: he walked out of the house and slammed the door behind him. 10. The moon travels on a ( 10 – vary ) ________course round the Earth. Exercise 5. The development of the road maps of Britain that exist today started over 200 years ago. The Army was concerned about the ( 1 – possible ) ________ of enemy ( 2 – invade ) _______, but its plans for ( 2 – depend ) _______ were ( 3 – hindrance ) ________ by the lack of maps at the time. Those that did exist were ( 4 – accurate ) _________ and lacked detail. Work to produce ( 5 – rely ) ________ maps was carried out by an organization called Ordnance Survey. They were ( 6 – remark ) _______ ( 7 – succeed ) _________. Using fairly simple instrument, they produced ( 8 – surprise ) ________ ( 9 – accuracy ) ________ results and set the high standard for which British maps have a ( 10 – repute ) _________. ( 11 – Map ) _______ today use totally different methods. Today’s ( 12 – motor ) _______ have a vast ( 13 – choose ) _______ of road atlases produced by a wide range of ( 14 – publish ) ________. They ( 15 – various ) ________ enormously in style , colour and ( 16 – contain ) ________ but they all derive from the maps produced by Ordnance Survey. Exercise 6. 1. Dad’s made a (1_spice)_______curry for dinner . 2. The government want to ( 2 – military ) ________ this region. 3. You must be careful picking mushrooms as some varieties are ( 3 – poison ) ________. 4. We must make ( 4 – provide ) _________ for our old age by saving money. 5. She was so surprised that she was unable to speak. She was ( 5 – speech ) _____ with surprise. 6. He is ( 6 – doubt ) _______ about whether he has the time to take on more work. 7. There is a ( 7 – block ) ________ in the pipes and I’ve had to call the plumber. 8. Joan applied for ( 8 – member ) __________ of the music club. 9. My sister can be so ( 9 – irritate ) __________ at times. 10. It is an ( 10 – deny ) _________ fact that drug – related crime is increasing. Exercise 7. For more than a century, despite attacks by a few ( 1 – oppose ) _______ ( 2 – science ) ________, Charles Darwin’s theory of ( 3 – evolve ) _______ by natural selection has stood firm. Now, however, some respected ( 4 – biology ) _______ are beginning to question whether the theory accounts for major developments such as the shift from water to land ( 5 – habit ) ________. Clearly, evolution has not proceeded ( 6 – steady ) _______ but has progressed by radical advances. Recent research in molecular biology, particularly in the study of DNA, provides us with a new possibility. Not only ( 7 – environment ) ________ changes but also ( 8 – gene ) _________ codes in the underlying structure of DNA could govern evolution. Exercise 8. 1. There was ice on the pavement, which made it very difficult to walk as it was so ( 1 – slip ) __. 2. Two young children were arguing over the ( 2 – own ) ________ of the doll. 3. He takes the responsibilities of ( 3 – father ) ________ very seriously. 4. The world is becoming increasingly ( 4 – dependent ) ___________. 5. I’m sorry I knocked your cup over. It wasn’t ( 5 – intention ) _________. 6. This has been a ( 6 – test ) ________ time for us all. 7. My grandmother is getting ( 7 – forget ) ________ : now that she’s older. 8. It will hurt a bit. I can’t give you a ( 8 – pain ) _________ injection. 9. Do you think these children are ( 9 – nourish ) _________. They look very thin. 10. The government is accused of ( 10 – unite ) _________ within our party. Exercise 9. A recent ( 1- investigate ) __________ by scientists at the US Geological survey shows that strange animal behaviour might help predict future earthquake. ( 2 – Investigate ) ________ found that such ( 3 –occur ) ________ in a ten kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about ( 4 – wild ) ________, dogs yelps and ran around ( 5 – control ) ________. Scientists believe that animal can ( 6 – perception ) _________ these environmental changes as early as several days before the mishap. In 1976, after observing animal behaviour, the Chinese were able to predict a ( 7 - devastate ) __________ quake. Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keep the death toll at a ( 8 – low ) ________ rate. Exercise 10. 1. India is a ( 1 – linguistics ) __________ country. 2. The first year provides students with a sound ( 2 – theory ) ________ basic or later study. 3. Justice is often ( 3 – person ) _______ as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales. 4. Over two thousand students apply ( 4 – year ) _________. 5. The walls are a ( 5 – green ) _________ shade of yellow. 6. The singer won a lot of ( 6 – admire ) __________ from the audience. 7. Don’t be deluded by her crocodile tears : she’s ( 7 – sincere ) __________. 8. Mrs. John kept wanting to eat apricots during her ( 8 – pregnant ) ________. 9. We can take 10 ( 9 – train ) __________ on the course this September. 10. The only fishing village is very ( 10 – picture ) ____________. . Test on Word Formation ( 10 ) Exercise 1. Throughout history, women have had ( 1 – responsible ) _______ for healing the sick. However, it is only in ( 2 – compare ) _________. apricots during her ( 8 – pregnant ) ________. 9. We can take 10 ( 9 – train ) __________ on the course this September. 10. The only fishing village is very ( 10 – picture ) ____________. . _________ of ( 10 – please ) _______ hotels and ( 11 – tradition ) _______ inns for visitors to stay in and the Costwolds area is an excellent place for an ( 12 – enjoy ) _______ weeken or longer

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