Mouseman - Test 2

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Cambridge English Advanced 3, Cambridge University Press

For questions 17–24, 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.

TOLERATE

ALONG

RESPONSE

CARVE

DISTINCT

ASSEMBLE

RESIST

DESCEND

The furniture maker, Robert Thompson, was born in 1876. As a young man he started an engineering (0) ___ . He described this time as like a prison sentence with harsh, (17) ___ conditions. This experience resulted in him taking the decision to work (18) ___ his father, who was making handcrafted oak furniture following traditional methods. Following his father's death in 1895, Robert was left with full (19) ___ for the family business. The company decided to include a (20) ___ of a mouse on all its items of furniture as a sort of logo. This gave Thompson the nickname, "Mouseman", which remains the (21) ___ trademark of his company's furniture. Time-honoured methods are still used for the (22) ___ of the furniture and any upholstery is always made of the highest quality leather, (23) ___ to water and other stains. The company is still run by the Mouseman's (24) ___ , and now enjoys worldwide distribution of its products.

"Mouseman"

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