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Is Risk Taking Really Funny?

Risk-taking for fun is gathering 1) _____ nowadays. Whether it is bungee jumping from a high hill or white water rafting, people believe that they are risking life and limb when, in fact, it is hardly riskier than riding a rollercoaster in a theme park or jeep safari through the impenetrable forest. Sometimes the risks are unpredictable but mostly nothing goes wrong.

Why can't people 2) _____ the temptation to take risks? Is it a modern social phenomenon or is it a fashion trend? Experts say that people who turn to risk-taking are mostly city dwellers whose life is 3) _____ and over-controlled. Daily routines occupy most of the time and doing physical exercises or playing a sport is possible only after work on weekdays or Saturdays and Sundays.

So only holidays can 4) _____ the opportunity to challenge oneself in an unusual, as they think, way. Another theory states that it is a backlash to ultra-protective society values. Laws and numerous insurance companies make people think about the dangers of 5) _____ behaviour and their consequences. Doing something dangerous like jumping off bridges or swimming in a city lake is blamed and criticised. In this case, people are getting fed 6) _____ super safe environments and risk-taking is becoming the reaction against society trying to avoid dangers.

However, people are 7) _____ themselves that technological advances can protect them from nature. Until something drastic and unpredictable happens, one won't understand that his vulnerability is just an illusion.

1. 1. move, 2) pace, 3) ways, 4) path.

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2. 1. resist, 2)consist, 3) urge, 4) take.

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3. 1. fun, 2) bored, 3) fame, 4) tame.

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4. 1)supply, 2) provide, 3) improve, 4) develop.

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5. 1. reckless, 2) careful, 3) desperate, 4) common.

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6. 1. away, 2)up with, 3)up, 4) with.

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7. 1. fooling, 2) blaming, 3) arguing, 4) considering.

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