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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 fi ts in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
The woman on the hill
A (0) mysterious (MYSTERY) woman has lived completely alone in a large house on a hill in North Yorkshire for the last fifty years. She (1) ________ OCCASION visits the nearby village to buy fruit. She walks (2) ________ (CONFIDENCE) down the main street but she only speaks briefly to one shop assistant. She doesn’t (3) ________ (SOCIAL) with anyone at all and no one has ever been to visit her. Local people say that she receives (4) ________ (DELIVER) of food and fuel but they assume she makes all her orders and (5) ________ (PAY) online, so they don’t even know her name.
She gives the (6) ________ (IMPRESS) from the way she behaves that she might once have been famous. She must have been very (7) ________ (ATTRACT) when she was young but she appears to be well over 70 now. Nobody in the village knows who she is and they are (8) ________ (LIKE) ever to find out.
Look at the words before and after each gap and decide what kind of word you need to write – for example a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.
You may only have to make one change to the word in capital letters, or you may have to make two or more changes.
If you need to write an adjective or adverb, does it need to be positive or negative? To make an adjective or adverb negative, you usually need to add a prefix.
What do you think the villagers say about the woman on the hill? Complete the sentences using must, might (not), may (not), could(n't) or can't.
I'm sure she isn't happy. = She can't be happy.
I think perhaps she's shy. = She _________ shy.
I strongly believe she's lonely. = She _________ lonely.
It's not possible that she has any family nearby. = She _________ any family nearby.
No doubt she moved there when she was very young. = She _________ here when she was very young.
She probably has an interesting background. = She _________ an interesting background.