Sites of Sorrow

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).

CONTROVERSY

SOBER

VOYEUR

TASTE

RESPECT

RESPONSIBLE

THOUGHT

HUMBLE

Visiting places (0) ___ with death and disaster is hardly a new habit, yet the phenomenon now labelled 'dark tourism' remains (1) ___ . To its defenders, a former prison camp or battlefield offers a (2) ___ reminder of what human beings are capable of, as well as a means of keeping the memory of the victims alive for generations who never knew them. To its critics, it all too often descends into (3) ___ . Visitors posing for cheerful selfies beside mass graves and gift shops selling (4) ___ trinkets strike many observers as profoundly (5) ___ to the dead, turning tragedy into one more item on a sightseeing itinerary. Much depends, it seems, on how (6) ___ a site is managed. The most (7) ___ designed memorials resist any temptation to entertain or to sensationalise. Instead, through restraint, silence and carefully chosen detail, they leave visitors (8) ___ , unsettled and quietly reflective, more aware of the fragility of the freedoms they enjoy.

Sites of Sorrow

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