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1. Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of some lines to form the word that fits the space in the same line.
• There is an example at the beginning (0)
LOOKING BACK ON MY SCHOOL DAYS
When I was eleven years old I was (0) delighted to pass the eleven plus
exam so ran l could go to the local grammar school.
On my first day there I felt a mixture of (1) ______________ and (2)
_______________. There seemed to be so many other boys who were much bigger than us. They were so (3) ____________ and seemed to
know everybody. The worst thing was the (4) ________________
prefects ordering us around. Of course, such feelings did not last long.
After a few weeks, I was (5) _______________, had friends and was
beginning to bе (6) ________________about life at my new school. In
those days, most schools had a uniform and I became quite (7)
__________ of wearing mine. Fairly soon I learnt that to make sure one
got a job or went on to university after (8) _________________ school,
you had to pass exams. Then you would not be in danger of being (9)
________________. To pass exams you had to know something and that
meant studying. I was (10) _______________ by biology and geography,
completely (11) by chemistry, and generally (12) ______________ to
other subjects. In the English (13) __________ tradition, sport was
considered an important character building aspect of school life. So I (14)
_______________ managed to play lots of different sports all of which I
enjoyed, except for cricket with which I was always terribly (15)
_______________.
DELIGHT
EXCITE
CONFUSE
CONFIDENCE
DOMINEER
CHEER
ENTHUSIASM
PRIDE
LEAVE
EMPLOY
INSPIRE
CONFUSE
DIFFERENT
EDUCATE
EASY
BOREDOM