Although a sound in a recording may be just (17) .......... enough to prompt a memory, it cannot reproduce the full (18) .......... that people develop of a place. The (19) .......... of any account therefore depends on more than the quality of the equipment. Interviews reveal that individual (20) .......... of the same sound can differ sharply according to age, occupation and experience.
The team hopes to make the archive (21) .......... to people outside academia, while retaining enough detail to make it (22) .......... for researchers. They also consider the (23) .......... qualities of every recording and the risk of (24) .......... if too many sounds are presented at once.
To make the material easier to navigate, the archive records the time, location and circumstances of each contribution. Short contextual notes explain whether a sound was expected, welcome or intrusive, rather than merely labelling it as pleasant or unpleasant. This approach has made the collection useful to teachers and community groups as well as specialists. These choices can be reconsidered as new contributors join. It also makes the collection easier to revisit in future.
Although a sound in a recording may be just (17) .......... enough to prompt a memory, it cannot reproduce the full (18) .......... that people develop of a place. The (19) .......... of any account therefore depends on more than the quality of the equipment. Interviews reveal that individual (20) .......... of the same sound can differ sharply according to age, occupation and experience.
The team hopes to make the archive (21) .......... to people outside academia, while retaining enough detail to make it (22) .......... for researchers. They also consider the (23) .......... qualities of every recording and the risk of (24) .......... if too many sounds are presented at once.
To make the material easier to navigate, the archive records the time, location and circumstances of each contribution. Short contextual notes explain whether a sound was expected, welcome or intrusive, rather than merely labelling it as pleasant or unpleasant. This approach has made the collection useful to teachers and community groups as well as specialists. These choices can be reconsidered as new contributors join. It also makes the collection easier to revisit in future.
Question 17
PERCEIVE
Exam guide & reading text▾
Why recordings are never neutral — Part 3: Word Formation
"Why recordings are never neutral" 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.
Although a sound in a recording may be just (17) .......... enough to prompt a memory, it cannot reproduce the full (18) .......... that people develop of a place. The (19) .......... of any account therefore depends on more than the quality of the equipment. Interviews reveal that individual (20) .......... of the same sound can differ sharply according to age, occupation and experience.
The team hopes to make the archive (21) .......... to people outside academia, while retaining enough detail to make it (22) .......... for researchers. They also consider the (23) .......... qualities of every recording and the risk of (24) .......... if too many sounds are presented at once.
To make the material easier to navigate, the archive records the time, location and circumstances of each contribution. Short contextual notes explain whether a sound was expected, welcome or intrusive, rather than merely labelling it as pleasant or unpleasant. This approach has made the collection useful to teachers and community groups as well as specialists. These choices can be reconsidered as new contributors join. It also makes the collection easier to revisit in future.