IELTS Vocabulary 9

Censorship

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

 

 

 

moral standards

perverted banned

masquerading

unscrupulous

excessive

degrades

safeguards

counter-productive

infringes

corrupting

gratuitous

The amount of offensive material we are exposed to in films nowadays is surely ……….(a)………. Most people accept that scenes of sex and violence are sometimes necessary to tell a story, but all too often these scenes are ……….(b)………. they are unnecessary and simply inserted in the film to appeal to the baser human instincts. Censorship is necessary, especially to protect children from the ……….(c)………. influence of such scenes, often ……….(d)………. as art, in our cinemas. There should also be censorship of pornographic magazines produced by ……….(e)………. people willing to cater to the ……….(f)………. tastes of a small minority. Such material destroys the innocence of the young and ……….(g)………. all who read it. On the other hand, there are those who say that something which is ……….(h)………. becomes desirable so censorship is ……….(i)………. and that censorship ……….(j)………. on our freedom of choice. However freedom is not merely freedom to do what we want but freedom from attempts to destroy society’s ……….(k)………. Censorship provides the ……….(l)………. by which society protects itself.

Answers:

a) excessive b) gratuitous c) corrupting d) masquerading e) unscrupulous f) perverted

g) degrades h) banned i) counter-productive j) infringes k) moral standards l) safeguards