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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).

CONGREGATE

CONVERT

PERSUADE

SUBSTANCE

IMITATE

NOTORIOUS

PROHIBIT

SUSTAIN

Across the world, buildings designed for one purpose are being (0) ___ for another. Power stations become galleries, warehouses become flats, and churches whose (1) ___ have dwindled are reborn as concert halls or climbing centres. The case for these (2) ___ is (3) ___ . Demolishing a sound structure and putting up a new one releases (4) ___ quantities of carbon, much of it from the production of fresh concrete and steel, whereas reusing what already stands preserves the energy that went into building it. Old buildings also lend a neighbourhood an (5) ___ character, the product of materials, craftsmanship and accumulated history that no new development can easily recreate. Reuse is not always simple, of course. Thick walls and small windows can make older structures (6) ___ hard to heat and light, and bringing them up to modern safety standards can be (7) ___ expensive. Yet architects increasingly argue that the most (8) ___ building is the one that already exists, and that demolition should be a last resort rather than a first instinct.

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