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Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises

Exam: FCE CAE CPE

Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation

CAE Word Formation: Don't Get Too Involved

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).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet below.

Example

0 OUSIDER            
The job of being a journalist may look to an (0)  like it
is a (1)  existence but in fact nothing could be further
from the truth. Covering stories on such (2)  issues as
social (3)  , juvenile delinquency, teenage rebellion and
people suffering from (4)  illness requires a journalist to
be sympathetic enough to effectively communicate other
people's suffering while maintaining their (5)  detachment.
This latter skill is especially important when reporting on
such a controversial matter as (6)  abuse. A journalist must,
from the (7)  put aside any preconceived notions about the
topic and the people he may encounter. He must clear from
his mind any memories that in his younger days he was, or
was not quite (8)  to certain recreational drugs himself, in
(9)  for each interview he has to conduct. This is vital if
he is going to avoid (10)  some crucial point that will make
his report more insightful and more memorable than all the
others on that topic.
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