EOI – COMPRENSIÓN ESCRITA – COMPLETAR HUECOS CON PALABRAS

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

 

  0    A inviting B attracting    C involving   D appealing

 

New words for a dictionary

 

The editors of a new online dictionary are (0) …inviting… the public to submit words that they would like to see in the dictionary. People are already sending in words, some of which they have (1) ………… themselves – these will almost certainly not (2) ………… in the dictionary!

 

When a new word is submitted, editors check newspapers, radio, television and social networks to see how (3) …………the word is used. They also (4) ………… whether the word is likely to remain in use for more than one or two years. The evidence they collect will help them decide whether or not to put in the dictionary.

 

Editors will (5) ………… feedback on any words submitted by the public. Even words not accepted will (6) ………… to be monitored over the following year. Editors need to be (7) ………… of new words which emerge from areas such as popular culture and technology, so that their dictionary is a genuine (8) ………… of the current language.