From Walls to Galleries

C2 Proficiency · 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).

ASTRONOMY

LIVE

RESPECT

AUTHOR

PERMANENT

FRAGILE

ESSENCE

SENTIMENT

Not long ago, painting on city walls was regarded as little more than (0) ___ . Today, works by celebrated street artists change hands for (1) ___ sums at auction, and councils that once scrubbed walls clean now commission murals to (2) ___ neglected neighbourhoods and draw in visitors. This newfound (3) ___ troubles many within the movement. Street art, they argue, drew its power from being (4) ___ and (5) ___ . It appeared overnight without anyone's permission, spoke directly to passers-by rather than to collectors, and might be painted over within a week. Its very (6) ___ was part of its meaning. Once a piece is protected behind glass, or cut from a wall to be sold, something (7) ___ is lost. Others are less (8) ___ . Artists have always needed to earn a living, they point out, and there is no reason why work made outdoors should be denied the recognition routinely granted to work made in a studio. If a mural brightens a dreary street and pays its creator's rent, it is hard to see who is harmed.

From Walls to Galleries

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