Fear of flying - Unit 2

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition Workbook, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, 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.

APPREHEND

NUMBER

QUIET

UNDERSTAND

WIELD

LOGIC

POWER

EXPERT

More people fly today than ever before, yet many – experienced air (0) ___ as well as novices – suffer anguish and (1) ___ at the mere thought of flying. As many as one in seven people are thought to experience anxiety when flying, with women (2) ___ men two to one in these feelings of (3) ___ . A certain amount of concern is (4) ___ . The sheer size of modern jet aircraft, which appear awkward and (5) ___ on the ground, makes one wonder how they will manage to get into the air – and stay there. However, most of these fears are (6) ___ and are perhaps based on the knowledge that once in the aircraft, we, as passengers, are (7) ___ to control our fate, which depends solely on the (8) ___ of the crew. There is little comfort for us in the numerous statistical compilations which show that modern air transport is many times safer than transport by car or rail.

Fear of flying

TRAVEL

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