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. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: (0) TRANSITIONAL
Nowhere in Particular: The Curious Phenomenon of the Non-Place
Modern life is increasingly lived in spaces of 0 __________ passage. Airports, motorway service stations, and international hotel lobbies all share a curious 17: they are designed not as destinations, but as links in a chain of global mobility. Their architecture pursues not 18, but a smooth, predictable functionality. This is the realm of the ‘non-place’, an environment that makes no claim to identity, history, or human connection.
Upon entering a non-place, one is immediately struck by its 19. Despite being designed for clarity, lack of distinctive features creates a sense of placeless disorientation. It could be anywhere. The lighting is constant, the temperature controlled, the signage generic. Any attempt at decoration feels 20, like cosiness that fails to mask the 21 functional logic – these spaces are meant to remain anonymous.
The experience they foster is one of detachment. People pass through as solitary units, focused on schedules and screens, rarely 22. The space facilitates consumption and movement, but offers no invitation or sense of communal engagement. Some theorists argue that 23 exposure to such environments can induce a sense of 24, a feeling of being untethered from the specific and the local. In the non-place, we are always in transit, in the hazy nowhere.
0. TRANSIT 17. CHARACTER 18. UNIQUE 19. FAMILIAR 20. AUTHENTIC 21. LIE 22. ACT 23. LONG 24. ORIENT
