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It would be very hard to imagine life without electricity. Most of the appliances and machines that are used in homes, offices and factories are powered by electricity and this equipment _______ people’s overall quality of life. For that reason, the wider provision of electricity supplies isa critical factor in reducing global poverty _______. To meet the needs of users around the world, the global consumption of coal has risen more quickly _______ 2000 than any other fuel. For countries that do not have their own supply of natural energy resources, coal has become an essential _______ of producing power. On a global scale, coal is currently used to fire power stations and produces 40% of global electricity. This ________ very likely to increase, and predictions are that by 2030 coal will fuel 44% of the world’s electricity.

(A) helps improving           helps to improve           help improve           help improved

(B) levels               ranks              stages              degrees

(C) for                    in                    since                at

(D) means             factor             aspect              course

(E) total                  sum               volume             figure

  1. B (helps to improve): singular with uncountable equipment and followed by infinitive
  2. A (levels): collocation with global poverty
  3. C (since): time word used with Present Perfect tense in this context
  4. A (means): followed by of + -ing and collocates with producing
  5. D (figure): referring to 40 percent, which is a proportion (so not sum, total, volume)

People are living longer and this longevity is good news for sales teams. It results in a much more _______ customer base for them to work from. Why we are living longer is not the issue for anyone _______ in drawing up plans to market a product. What they focus on is the fact that there are now more age groups to target, which means that a sales pitch can be re-worked a number of times to more exactly fit each one. For example, ________ referring simply to ‘adults’, there are now ‘starting adults’, ‘young adults’ and ‘established adults’. ________ markets no longer talk about ‘children’, but tend to refer to a fuller range of categories that includes ‘kids’, ‘tweens’, ‘pre-teens’ and ‘teenagers’. We now have a very diverse population in terms of age, and that can only be a ________ for business.

(A) usual                      precise                    right                            honest

(B) linked                     mixed                      concerned                  involved

(C) rather than             by                            even when                  while

(D) While                     Similarly                   Even                           Really

(E) desire                     favour                      bonus                         promise

  1. B (precise): refers ahead to there are now more age groups to target … a sales pitch can be re-worked a number of times to more exactly fit each one.
  2. D (involved): in this context none of the others are used with in
  3. A (rather than): a contrast is being presented
  4. B (Similarly): introduces another example of the same thing
  5. C (bonus): the others don’t create meaning in context
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8 Comments

  1. Manoop January 8, 2019 at 3:42 pm - Reply

    1) helps to improve, levels, Since, factor,figure

    2) precise,linked ,while,even, favour

  2. akrutianandsuthar January 8, 2019 at 4:38 pm - Reply

    1) helps to improve, levels, since, means, figure

  3. akrutianandsuthar January 8, 2019 at 4:42 pm - Reply

    2) right, involved, rather than, even, bonus

  4. Apurva Peshavaria January 9, 2019 at 11:02 pm - Reply

    1) helps to improve, levels, since, means, figure
    2) precise, concerned, rather than, Similarly, favour

  5. shakyakrishna07 January 11, 2019 at 8:33 am - Reply

    helps to improve, levels, since, means, figure

    usual, involved, while, even, bonus

  6. tarsemkundi January 11, 2019 at 3:43 pm - Reply

    Helps to improve, levels, in, aspect, figure,
    precise, involved,rather than,even, favour

  7. Rashmi January 14, 2019 at 6:15 pm - Reply

    helps to improve,level,since,means,figure.
    precise,involved,rather than,even,bonus.

  8. Siatta Jaleiba January 18, 2019 at 2:59 am - Reply

    1) Helps to improve, levels, since, means, figure
    2) Precise, concerned, rather than, similarly, bonus

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