Do you have a sixth sense? - Module 6

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Advanced Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson Education

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. There is an example at the beginning.

SENSE

RESEARCH

EXIST

COMFORT

AWARENESS

REPEAT

SCEPTIC

NUMBER

If you've ever felt that someone was watching you, it might not have been just your (0) ___ . Scientists have found evidence to suggest that people do experience a prickling (1) ___ when they are being watched. A team of (2) ___ carried out two experiments and believe they have finally proved the (3) ___ of a sixth sense. In one experiment, a volunteer in a sealed room concentrated on making a second volunteer outside the room feel (4) ___ or relaxed, even though he was only visible via CCTV and the second volunteer was (5) ___ of the CCTV connection. Electrodes then measured the 'prickle effect' on the second volunteer's skin. The electronic monitor proved (6) ___ that this 'direct mental interaction' was possible. Other scientists remain (7) ___ , however. Professor Richard Wiseman of Hertfordshire University said: 'The number of times you turn around and find someone not looking at you far (8) ___ the times when you do, but you only remember the times you turned round to see someone looking.'

Do you have a sixth sense?

IMAGINE

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