Use of English
Word Formation - Example 3

C1 Advanced Exam

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Part 3

For questions 28-37, 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.

Example:

An unusual park

Parks in large cities are (0) _______________ [USUAL] thought of as refuges, as islands of green in seas of concrete. Yet the High Line Park in the (28) _______________ [NEIGHBOUR] of Chelsea in New York looks on first (29) _______________ [SEE] like something that urban parks were created to get away from. It's an (30) _______________ [ATTRACT] steel structure supporting an (31) _______________ [ELEVATE] rail line that once brought freight cars right into the city's factories. Now the structure has been turned into an (32) _______________ [INNOVATE] and inviting public park. Walking on the High Line is (33) _______________ [LIKE] any other experience in the city. You can sit surrounded by (34) _______________ [CARE] tended plants taking (35) _______________ [ENJOY] from the views, or you can walk the line as it slices between old buildings and past (36) _______________ [STRIKE] new ones. I have walked the High Line dozens of times, and the (37) _______________ [REMARK] thing is that its vantage point, different from that of any ordinary street, or park, never ceases to surprise and delight.

Answers

Parks in large cities are (0) USUALLY thought of as refuges, as islands of green in seas of concrete. Yet the High Line Park in the (28) NEIGHBOURHOOD of Chelsea in New York looks on first (29) SIGHT like something that urban parks were created to get away from. It's an (30) ATTRACTIVE steel structure supporting an (31) ELEVATED  rail line that once brought freight cars right into the city's factories. Now the structure has been turned into an (32) INNOVATIVE and inviting public park. Walking on the High Line is (33) UNLIKE any other experience in the city. You can sit surrounded by (34) CAREFULLY tended plants taking (35) ENJOYMENT from the views, or you can walk the line as it slices between old buildings and past (36) STRIKING new ones. I have walked the High Line dozens of times, and the (37) REMARKABLE thing is that its vantage point, different from that of any ordinary street, or park, never ceases to surprise and delight.

28. NEIGHTBOURHOOD 29. SIGHT 30. ATTRACTIVE 31. ELEVATED 32. INNOVATIVE 33. UNLIKE 34. CAREFULLY 35. ENOYMENT 36. STRIKING 37. REMARKABLE