Test 1
Part 3
For questions 17–24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.
Esto es una muestra. Cada test del libro tiene ocho huecos; aquí te dejamos cuatro para que veas el formato y el estilo de las claves. Los otros cuatro van ya resueltos dentro del texto.
Example (0): NEURON → NEURAL
The Hidden Costs of Working from Home
The pandemic turned remote work from a (0) PERIPHERAL perk into the default arrangement for millions of white-collar employees across the globe. For many, the benefits were obvious — no commute, greater flexibility, and an unexpected (17) ____ (INVIGORATE) — a sense that, freed from the open-plan office, they could finally think. Three years on, the picture is more (18) ____ (COMPLICATE) than the early enthusiasm allowed. Junior staff, who once absorbed the trade by sitting near someone who knew it, now receive their (19) ____ (INSTRUCT) through a screen and a shared document. Managers report an (20) ____ (PRECEDE) drop in the informal mentoring that used to happen at the coffee machine, and the loss is hardest on those with least experience. There is also the matter of behavioural drift: without the cues of a shared room, teams calcify into silos, and the quiet colleague grows quieter still. Employers have wasted no time in banking the savings on floor space while remaining conveniently vague about who now pays for heating and broadband. None of this argues for a wholesale return, and the evidence on productivity is genuinely mixed. But the costs are being borne unequally, and that is the part nobody planned for.