The team responsible for a small local museum had no intention of turning the building into a theme park. Before making changes, they invited visitors and carers to describe the points at which the building felt most difficult to use. The comments did not all point to the same solution, but they revealed several common frustrations. Yet they recognised that visitors had found the old layout unnecessarily (17) ........... The narrow staircase was especially (18) .......... for anyone using a walking aid, and even regular visitors were uncertain about where to begin.
An (19) .......... survey of local residents led to a series of modest changes. The most (20) .......... of these was a clearer entrance, but staff also replaced several labels and introduced a quieter route through the galleries. A new lift was not financially (21) .........., so the team concentrated on changes that could be made without major structural work. Staff received (22) .......... training in describing objects to visitors with limited sight. The aim was to improve (23) .......... without losing the building’s (24) .........., which many residents regarded as part of the museum’s appeal.
The team responsible for a small local museum had no intention of turning the building into a theme park. Before making changes, they invited visitors and carers to describe the points at which the building felt most difficult to use. The comments did not all point to the same solution, but they revealed several common frustrations. Yet they recognised that visitors had found the old layout unnecessarily (17) ........... The narrow staircase was especially (18) .......... for anyone using a walking aid, and even regular visitors were uncertain about where to begin.
An (19) .......... survey of local residents led to a series of modest changes. The most (20) .......... of these was a clearer entrance, but staff also replaced several labels and introduced a quieter route through the galleries. A new lift was not financially (21) .........., so the team concentrated on changes that could be made without major structural work. Staff received (22) .......... training in describing objects to visitors with limited sight. The aim was to improve (23) .......... without losing the building’s (24) .........., which many residents regarded as part of the museum’s appeal.
Question 17
CONFUSE
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Making a historic building welcoming — Part 3: Word Formation
"Making a historic building welcoming" focuses on Word Formation (Part 3), where a base word in capitals must be transformed to fit a gap in the text. Cambridge tests prefixation, suffixation, internal changes and negative forms. Before writing, identify the word class required (noun, adjective, adverb or verb) and whether the sentence needs a negative or comparative form. Spelling accuracy matters — an otherwise correct stem with a typo scores zero.
The team responsible for a small local museum had no intention of turning the building into a theme park. Before making changes, they invited visitors and carers to describe the points at which the building felt most difficult to use. The comments did not all point to the same solution, but they revealed several common frustrations. Yet they recognised that visitors had found the old layout unnecessarily (17) ........... The narrow staircase was especially (18) .......... for anyone using a walking aid, and even regular visitors were uncertain about where to begin.
An (19) .......... survey of local residents led to a series of modest changes. The most (20) .......... of these was a clearer entrance, but staff also replaced several labels and introduced a quieter route through the galleries. A new lift was not financially (21) .........., so the team concentrated on changes that could be made without major structural work. Staff received (22) .......... training in describing objects to visitors with limited sight. The aim was to improve (23) .......... without losing the building’s (24) .........., which many residents regarded as part of the museum’s appeal.