Living in the Sky

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).

SHORT

RELATIVE

SPECTACLE

ISOLATE

SILENT

UNDERSTAND

MAINTAIN

MOBILE

(0) ___ like to present tall residential towers as the answer to the (1) ___ of housing in crowded cities. Building upwards, they argue, allows large numbers of people to live on a (2) ___ small plot of land, leaving more room for parks, and the views from the upper floors are often (3) ___ . Critics, however, point to the (4) ___ that many residents experience. Neighbours who would chat on the street in a low-rise area may pass each other (5) ___ in the lift for years, and parents are (6) ___ reluctant to let young children play outside alone far below. (7) ___ can also be a serious problem. When lifts break down, residents with limited (8) ___ may be trapped in their flats for days. None of this means that tall buildings are doomed to fail, however. The most successful towers tend to be those designed around shared spaces, such as gardens, laundries and roof terraces, where neighbours have a reason to stop, talk and get to know one another.

Living in the Sky

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