Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Keyword Transformation
FCE Word Formation: 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).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet below.
Example
| 0 | S | C | A | R | Y |
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Are you one of millions of people who find spiders (0) ?
If so, how great is your fear? Would you be (1) about entering
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
a phobia? It is (3) reasonable to be afraid of dangerous
animals, but people with phobias are often terrified of
animals which they know are (4) .
So why do spiders make some people feel so much (5) ?
One (6) explanation is that in the past, people who were afraid
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) .
It seems that in many cases, a fear of spiders is the result
of a (8) experience with one in early childhood, although the
event is (9) not remembered. Whatever the cause, many
find relaxation, hypnotherapy or acupuncture (10) in
overcoming their phobia.
If so, how great is your fear? Would you be (1) about entering
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
a phobia? It is (3) reasonable to be afraid of dangerous
animals, but people with phobias are often terrified of
animals which they know are (4) .
So why do spiders make some people feel so much (5) ?
One (6) explanation is that in the past, people who were afraid
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) .
It seems that in many cases, a fear of spiders is the result
of a (8) experience with one in early childhood, although the
event is (9) not remembered. Whatever the cause, many
find relaxation, hypnotherapy or acupuncture (10) in
overcoming their phobia.
SCARE
CAUTION
COMFORT
COMPLETE
HARM
ANXIOUS
SCIENCE
CULTURE
TERROR
FREQUENT
HELP
CAUTION
COMFORT
COMPLETE
HARM
ANXIOUS
SCIENCE
CULTURE
TERROR
FREQUENT
HELP