WORD FORM

WORD FORM
People living in Croston have experienced a (0)…….. CONSIDER
number of difficulties this week (1)…………. the local FOLLOW
bus company`s introduction of several new routes. There
have been reports of (2)……. losing their way and DRIVE
having to ask passengers for(3)…….when they DIRECT
have had to go to parts of the town which were not
(4)…….served by buses. Not surprisingly, people have PREVIOUS
complained about the(5)……..of buses to arrive on FAIL
time. Peter Gray, the(6)………of the company admits MANAGE
that the situation has been totally(7)…….this week SATISFACTORY
and has(8)……….to passengers for the inconvenience APOLOGY
caused. He believes that the company was probably be
ing too (9)……….in introducing so many new services AMBITION
on the same day. However, he is (10)……….. that all CONFIDENCE
the difficulties will have been sorted out by next week.
BOOKS
Nearly all the (0) discoveries that have been made through the ages DISCOVER
can be found in books. The (1) of the book is one of humankind`s INVENT
greatest (2) , the importance of which cannot be overestimated. ACHIEVE
Books are very adaptable, providing us with both (3) and information. ENTERTAIN
The (4) of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that PRODUCE
is (5) to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have RECOGNISE
some (6) to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th SIMILAR
century, in Europe, all books were (7) by hand. They were often WRITE
beautifully illustrated and always rare and (8) With printing came EXPENSE
the (9) of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, POSSIBLE
making (10) more widespread and accessible. KNOW
AIRPORTS
With the (0) growth in air travel, airports have become symbols of GROW
international importance, and are (1) ……designed by well-known FREQUENT
architects. Airports have (2)………. facilities nowadays. IMPRESS
There are (3) departure lounges, where passengers wait COMFORT
before boarding their (4)………. , restaurants, shopping areas and FLY
banks. Good road and rail (5) …with nearby towns and cities are also COMMUNICATE essential.
However, it is becoming (6) ……….difficult to find land on INCREASE
which to build airports, as aircraft, despite (7) ……….. in IMPROVE
engine design, are (8)………. and need a considerable amount of NOISE
space in which to land and take off. (9)……… residential areas CROWD
need to be avoided, so, (10) ………., suitable land might be an FORTUNATE inconvenient distance away from the city.
RUNNING ROUND THE WORLD
John Shaw will (0) shortly be setting off on a 50,000 km run, SHORT
which will make him the first person to perform the (1)……….. act ORDINARY
of running all the way round the world if he succeeds.
His timetable includes the (2)……… Russian winter and the burning FREEZE
African summer. And he has no back-up team for (3) He will be ASSIST
running alone, carrying all his (4)……….. on his back. EQUIP
`My biggest fear is not the physical challenge, but (5) `Mr. Shaw LONELY
said. `I`m as sociable as anyone and I`m very (6) that HOPE
I will form many (7) on the way.` FRIEND
On a trial 2,000 km run under the blazing (8) of the African sun, HOT
he came across wild baboons and (9)…….. snakes, but he proved that POISON
a target of 60 kilometers a day was (10) ……….. `I have made up my REASON
mind to do it and I will. Running is my life,` he said.

Before the (0) invention of instruments to measure weather conditions, INVENT
people relied on their own (1) ……of the wind and sky as well as the OBSERVE
(2) ….. of birds and animals in connection with different types of BEHAVE
weather. Many rhymes that have an (3)……with the weather have ASSOCIATE
become popular over the centuries. In the short term, (4)…… a like SAY
`red sky in the morning, sailor`s warning`, often proves to be (5)……accurate. SURPRISE
However, it is very (6)…… that next year`s summer can be predicted