{"id":369,"date":"2014-12-01T07:06:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T07:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=369"},"modified":"2014-12-01T07:06:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T07:06:46","slug":"gap-fills-exercise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/gap-fills-exercise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap fills exercise 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n<p>The last decade has been \u20261\u2026 for management education and development. When the economies of most western countries were \u20262\u2026 in the early 1980\u2019s there were \u20263\u2026 cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980\u2019s there was some \u20264\u2026 in both areas. In the early 1990s industrialized countries were in the \u20265\u2026 of another severe recession and a \u20266\u2026 retrenchment was to be reasonably \u20267\u2026 throughout the training world. 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Many leading companies are \u20268\u2026 their belief in training as the key to future competitiveness and governments are \u20269\u2026 an era of massive \u202610\u2026 in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Question 1<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) dogmatic<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) paradoxical<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) praiseworthy<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) outstanding<\/p>\n<p>Question 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) galvanized<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) developing<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) faltering<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) privatized<\/p>\n<p>Question 3<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) judicious<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) marginal<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) proportionate<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) severe<\/p>\n<p>Question 4<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) reactions<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) slashing<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) pro-activity<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) advancement<\/p>\n<p>Question 5<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) area<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) grip<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) context<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) mood<\/p>\n<p>Question 6<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) critical<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) profound<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) slight<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) tough<\/p>\n<p>Question 7<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) fabricated<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) advocated<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) projected<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) expected<\/p>\n<p>Question 8<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) asserting<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) rejecting<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) managing<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) criticizing<\/p>\n<p>Question 9<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) establishing<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) encouraging<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) circulating<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) preaching<\/p>\n<p>Question 10<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) degradation<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">b) communication<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">c) exhibition<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">d) investment<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. b) paradoxical; 2. c) faltering; 3. c) proportionate; 4. d) advancement; 5. b) grip; 6. d) tough; 7. d) expected; 8. a) asserting; 9. b) encouraging; 10. investment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fill in the blanks. 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