Wild in the City

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).

ASTONISH

EXHAUST

STRIKE

DELIGHT

ENCHANT

PRUDENT

HEALTH

WARY

Wildlife was long (0) ___ assumed to have no place in the city. Yet a surprising number of species have proved (1) ___ adaptable. Foxes raid bins in the suburbs, living off an apparently (2) ___ supply of scraps, while falcons nest on the ledges of tower blocks that bear a (3) ___ resemblance to the cliffs their ancestors once used. For many residents, the sight of a fox crossing the lawn at dusk is a (4) ___ reminder that nature has not been entirely driven out. Others are rather less (5) ___ , complaining of rubbish strewn across pavements and flowerbeds dug up overnight. Ecologists, for their part, question the (6) ___ of leaving food out for urban animals. Generous as the gesture may be, it can leave creatures (7) ___ dependent on people and erode their natural (8) ___ of humans, which in the long run does them few favours. A garden left a little untidy, with a pond, a log pile and a gap under the fence, is a far better gift.

Wild in the City

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