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5. Increased levels of CO2 have been ________ ___________ as a prime cause of global warming.
6. The ___________ _________ of new motorways leads to more cars on the roads.
7. Mobile phones have had a significant _______ _____________ on the way people communicate.
9. The shop provides a 10% discount with every _________ ___________ over $100.
15. Of all the ____________________, the wage increase is the one that most obviously benefits workers.
16. This is an issue where all ____________________, including governments and NGOs, need to work together.
19. The cars are ____________________ in England and remain crafted to a level expected of the brand.
20. The recent attacks were directed at Sony, but they cut to the ____________________ of our free society.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of one of the verbs from the box.
23. Crowd funding has ___ drawn_______ an important role in helping start-up businesses.
25. Have you been ___done______ any notice of what I’ve been saying?
Grammar
Circle or underline the Since 2012, a few firms (26) correct verbs to complete the paragraph.
Since 2012, a few firms (26) pursue / are pursuing / have pursued / pursued a similar strategy to GM. Before
2010, GM (27) is / was / is being / has been a role model for outsourcing. Now its current (28) move / is
moving / has moved/ moved toward in-sourcing may once again (29) be set / has set / is setting / be setting
an example for global business practices. GM (30) believes / is believing / was believing / believe that
bringing jobs back to a more consolidated hub (31) is / will / was / will be help them to gain more value and
efficiency from their employees and (32) make / making / makes / made their products more competitive.
Although the company still (33) employ / is employing / was employing / employs more than 50,000
workers around the globe, it (34) expected / expects / expect / will expect (35) to bring / bring / will bring /
is bringing nearly 10,000 jobs back to the US over the next decade.
_______ word crowd: crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. With both there is (39) _______ strong reliance on
(40) _______ knowledge and actions of (41) _______ crowd to achieve (42) _______ particular goal.
In (43) _______ same way that (44) ______ brain hub allows (45) _______ scientists and inventors to thrive
as (46) _______ large unit, (47) _the______ collaboration is (48) _______ force behind crowdsourcing.
While crowdsourcing efforts are complex and can be difficult to manage, they can be (49) _______ effective
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