USE OF ENGLISH For items 1-10 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals in bold at the end of each line to form a new word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning

The Scottish Highlands contain some of the most (MAGNIFY)magnificent scenery in Europe, and the (LAND)_11__of northern Scotland form one of the (TRUE)_[22_ 'wild' areas of Britain. Larger than East Anglia and the South-East of England put together, it is remarkable that the (POPULATE)__[3]_ is so small and concentrated in the towns. (HOW)__[41_, many of the places in the Highlands have not always been as (DESERT)_[57__ as they are today. Many people left their small houses (called crofts) in the eighteenth and (NINE)_[6]_ centuries to find work in the large towns. But others were told to leave by cruel landlords who wanted to use their land for sheep-farming and deer-hunting. The old, the (YOUTH)_171_ and even the sick were thrown out of their homes. They had to move to the towns, go (BROAD) __[8] or live in some of the newer villages on the Western Coast. They were (PROTECT) __[91_ against these 'clearances' until a law was introduced in 1886.

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