FCE : Word Formation

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Fears and phobias

For questions 1 - 10, 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. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Are you one of millions of people who find spiders 0. scary ?

SCARE

If so, how great is your fear? Would you be 1.________ about entering

CAUTION

a room if you knew there was a spider inside or do you feel

2._____________ just looking at a picture of one? When does a fear become

COMFORT

a phobia? It is 3.__________ reasonable to be afraid of dangerous

COMPLETE

animals, but people with phobias are often terrified of

animals which they know are 4.________ .

HARM

So why do spiders make some people feel so much 5._______ ?

ANXIOUS

One 6.___________ explanation is that in the past, people who were afraid

SCIENCE

of spiders were less likely to be killed by one, so their fear

was passed on genetically to their children. However, there

are no deadly spiders in central and northern Europe, where

a fear of spiders is common. This suggests the fear may

be learned 7.__________ .

CULTURE

It seems that in many cases, a fear of spiders is the result

of a 8.________ experience with one in early childhood, although the

TERROR

event is 9.__________ not remembered. Whatever the cause, many

FREQUENT

find relaxation, hypnotherapy or acupuncture 10._______ in

HELP

overcoming their phobia.

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10. Superheroes
    For questions 1 - 10, 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. There is an example at the beginning (0).
    
    
    A superhero can be defined as a person with 0. extraordinary
    ORDINARY
    abilities of some kind. In some cases the hero is a 1._________
    SCIENCE
    who has 2._____________ designed special equipment that gives
    INTEND
    them their powers. In other cases, their powers are the
    result of some kind of a(n) 3.___________ accident or an experiment
    FORTUNE
    that went 4.__________ wrong. Nearly all superheroes also suffer
    TRAGEDY
    from a fatal 5.________ which often has the effect of cancelling
    WEAK
    their powers.
    In the last twenty years there has been an almost 6.________
    END
    7.__________ line of movies and TV series about super heroes.
    PRODUCE
    Other themes and genres like westerns have lost 8.__________
    POPULAR
    but each superhero movie seems to be more 9.__________ than
    SUCCEED
    comes from being able to 10._________ about having similar
    FANTASY
    abilities.
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