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Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises

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 VISITORS           
(0)  to the UK are often quite surprised at just how
many (1)  cameras there are. Some of these cameras
are (2)  owned and used to watch over shops, offices
and (3)  buildings when they are not in use. But the
(4)  of CCTV cameras, as they are called are placed in
city centres and public buildings to (5)  the safety of the
general public. Local governments and the police share the
(6)  for the camera’s operation and maintenance
and for paying somebody to sit and watch at the other end.
What is even more surprising is how (7)  these
cameras are at preventing (8)  activity. According to
one leading (9)  , only three percent of crimes are
solved using evidence from CCTV recordings. Many
people now think that the government could spend the
same money more (10)  on having a few extra police
officers on the street.
VISIT
SECURE
PRIVATE
INDUSTRY
MAJOR
SURE

RESPONSIBLE

EFFECT
CRIME
POLITICS


USE

Your answers

 

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