Ink Under the Skin

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).

SHOCK

EXPRESS

AESTHETIC

APPROPRIATE

USUAL

REMOVE

PAIN

REFRESH

Not so long ago, tattoos were (0) ___ associated with sailors, soldiers and rebels. Today they can be spotted on teachers, surgeons and grandparents alike, and few people find them (1) ___ any longer. For many, a tattoo is a deeply personal form of (2) ___ , marking a birth, a loss or a journey; others choose a design simply because they find it (3) ___ pleasing. Yet tattoos still divide opinion. Some employers continue to regard visible ink as (4) ___ in roles that involve meeting clients, and regret is far from (5) ___ . A name chosen in the heat of a romance or a design picked on impulse at eighteen can look very different twenty years later, and tattoo (6) ___ has become a thriving business in its own right. The process, however, is slow, (7) ___ and costly. The advice from tattoo artists themselves is (8) ___ simple: choose a design whose meaning will still matter to you in old age.

Ink Under the Skin

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