FCE – READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (PART 1) [Test 3]

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).

 

New words for a dictionary

The editors of a new online dictionary are (O) 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 thern decide whether or not to put it 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.