IELTS Vocabulary 10

Love

Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage:

 

 

 

 

Partners – platonic – flirtation – infatuation – mature – compatible

one-sided – hero-worship – mutual – idolize – complement – stable

Youngsters in their teens or even earlier sometimes ……….(a)………. film stars or other celebrities with a kind of blind, devoted ……….(b)………. The objects of such adoration are regarded as gods by their smitten worshippers. How sad that such devotion is almost always unrequited (though pop-stars have been known to marry their fans). Young people also sometimes develop an irrational obsession for another, often older, person which is not an adult, ……….(c)………. r feeling but simply a youthful ……….(d)……….. At parties a boy may playfully try to attract a girl, or vice versa, without intending any serious, lasting relationship. This is just a ……….(e)………. A relationship which gives deep and lasting happiness to both ……….(f)………. must not be ……….(g)………. (felt more strongly by one of the pair than by the other). It should be based on a ……….(h)………. love and respect, felt equally by each of the two. Of course it can take many forms. It might be very deep but entail no physical desire, in which case it is described as ……….(i)………., Certainly, for any relationship to be ……….(j)………. the two people involved must be ……….(k)………. (they must get on well together). This does not necessarily mean that they must have attitudes and interests in common, for partnerships of opposites can work very well. The different characters of the two people somehow ……….(l)………. each other.

Answers:

a) idolize b) hero-worship c) mature d) infatuation e) flirtation f) partners g) one-sided

h) mutual i) platonic j) stable k) compatible I) complement