Question

English in Use - Part 4
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Read the two texts that follow. Use the words in the boxes below each text to form words that fit in the same
numbered spaces in the text. There is an example (0).
In Defence of Geography
My Child's a Genlus!
Geographers 0) legitimately complain that their discipline is
1)
by the public for whom it remains the
capital of countnes the he ghts of mountains and lengths of rivers.
But Geography is not a static inventory of 2)
Tacts. It analyses why things are where they are. Even if we have not
experienced earthquakes, floods or famines,
we are more aware today of the shifting face of the planet - rivers
change their course, mountains rise, productive land may become
through poor techniques of 5)
and 6
may make the desert bloom
Geographers should 7)
themselves for not
trying to make "chorology an everyday word. Not even scrabble
players are familar with it yet it s 8)
understood and can help us appreciate the logic there is in the
concepts of place and time
Child prodigies are the circus animals of our age, a source of
9)
to us all, whether they are worthy of
admiration or pity is debatable. It s more than two decades since
the 10)
Ruth Lawrence, at the age of
thirteen, obtained a First in mathematics at Oxford University
becoming a national 11)
More recently
Six-year-old Justin Chapman enrolled at the University of
Rochester, New York, to study ancient world history. Their
intellectual 12).
.... are obviously impressive, but
surely such children are too immature to cope with university?
Some 13)
point out that while it is entirey
understandable that parents of exceptionally gifted children
should 14)
them to succeed, it is important
that they are not put under 15)
pressure, and
also that their emotional and social development as children is not
neglected
15 EXCEED
0 LEGITIMATE
1 UNDERSTAND
2 RELATE
3 PERSON
4 FERTILE
5 CULTIVATE
6 IRRIGATE
7 CRITIC
8 INTUITION
9 FASCINATE
10 REMARK
11 CURIOUS
12 ACHIEVE
13 PSYCHOLOGY
14 COURAGE​

Answer 1

Response:

Read the two texts that follow. Use the words in the boxes below each text to form words that fit in the same numbered spaces in the text.

In Defence of Geography, My Child's a Genius!

1) Relating by the public for whom it remains the capital of countries he gets of mountains and lengths of rivers. But Geography is not a static inventory of 2) Psychology Tacts. It analyses why things are where they are. Even if we have not experienced earthquakes, floods, or famines, we are more aware today of the shifting face of the planet - rivers change their course, mountains rise, productive land may become through poor techniques of 5) fertilizing and 6) irrigation may make the desert bloom. Geographers should 7) remark themselves for not trying to make "chorology an everyday word. Not even scrabble players are familiar with it yet it is 8) legitimately understood and can help us appreciate the logic there is in the concepts of place and time. Child prodigies are the circus animals of our age, a source of 9) courage to us all, whether they are worthy of admiration or pity is debatable. It's more than two decades since the 10) exceeding Ruth Lawrence, at the age of thirteen obtained a First in mathematics at Oxford University becoming a national 11) psychologist. More recently, six-year-old Justin Chapman enrolled at the University of Rochester, New York, to study ancient world history. Their intellectual 12) curiousity are obviously impressive, but surely such children are too immature to cope with the university. Some 13) critics point out that while it is entirely understandable that parents of exceptionally gifted children should 14) understand them to succeed, it is important that they are not put under 15) pressure, and also that their emotional and social development as children is not neglected.