Part 2. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in capitals. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.

Fake news stories can be hard to control for several reasons. Many people (21) TRUST ______ established news sources and others just don’t read them, so the debunking of a fake story by a serious newspaper or TV channel has limited (22) AFFECT______. In addition, the internet is very hard to police. When users are caught (23) USE ______ one media platform, they simply go to another one or start up a website themselves. There are also (24) VARIETY ______ reasons why people create fake news. Some have political motives, to belittle or (25) CRIME ______ their opponents. Other websites, like The Onion, deliberately publish fake news as satire – humorous comments on society and current affairs. Another group is in it for the profit: many people clicking on (26) ENTERTAIN ______ fake news stories can bring in a lot of advertising revenue. One man running fake news sites from Los Angeles said he was making up to US$ 30,000 a month in this way. There are also those, like the small-town teenagers in Macedonia who wrote fake news stories about Donald Trump, who seem to be motivated partly by money and partly by (27) BORING ______. So, what can we do to stop fake news spreading? First, make sure that the websites you read are (28) LEGITIMIZE ______, for example by looking carefully at the domain name and the About Us section. Check the sources of any quotes or figures given in the story. Remember that (29) AMAZE ______ stories about famous people will be covered by the mainstream media if they are true. Only share stories you know are true and let your (30) FRIENDSHIP ______ know, tactfully, when they unknowingly share fake news. Together we can turn around the post-truth world!