Fixing Instead of Binning

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Cambridge Ready original exercise

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 (0).

EXPERT

DECEPTIVE

DISPOSE

SEEM

CRITIC

ENVIRONMENT

RESOURCE

REMIND

Once a month, a community hall in the town fills with toasters, lamps and bicycles that their owners had (0) ___ given up on. This is a repair café, where volunteers with a wide range of practical skills offer their (1) ___ free of charge, and visitors are encouraged to watch and learn. The idea, which began in the Netherlands, is (2) ___ simple: rather than throwing a broken item away, you bring it along and someone helps you fix it. Too many products, organisers argue, are designed to be (3) ___ , thrown out at the first sign of a fault. Yet repairers frequently find that a (4) ___ serious problem is nothing more than a loose wire or a blown fuse. The movement has drawn some (5) ___ from manufacturers, who claim that amateur repairs can be unsafe, but supporters insist that the benefits go far beyond (6) ___ ones. Visitors often leave with a new sense of (7) ___ , and conversations between strangers turn each session into a social occasion. In a throwaway culture, the cafés have become a (8) ___ that most things are worth saving.

Fixing Instead of Binning

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