Section I Use of English 

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word( s for each numbered blank and markA, B, c or d on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

Here's a common scenario that any number of entrepreneurs face today:you're the ceo of a small business, and though you' re making a nice I you need to find a way to take it to the next level. What you need to do is 2 growth by establishing a growth team. a growth team is made up of members from different departments within your company, and it harnesses the power of collaboration to focus 3 on finding ways to grow 

Let's look at a real-world 4 Prior to forming a growth team, the software company BitTorrent had 5o employees working in the 5 departments of engineering, marketing and product development. This brought them good results until 2012, when their growth plateaued. The 6 was that too many customers were using the basic, free version of their product. And 7 improvements to the premium, paid version, few people were making the 

upgrade 

Things changed, 8 when an innovative project-marketing manager came aboard, 9 a growth team and sparked the kind of 10 perspective they needed. By looking at engineering issues from a marketing point of view, it became clear that the 11 of upgrades wasn't due to a quality issue. Most customers were simply unaware of the premium version and what it offered 

Armed with this 12 the marketing and engineering teams joined forces to raise awareness by prominently 13 the premium version to users of the free version. 14 upgrades skyrocketed, and revenue increased by 92 percent 

But in order for your growth team to succeed, it needs to have a strong leader. It needs someone who can 15 the interdisciplinary team and keep them on course for improvement. This leader will 16 the target area, set clear goals and establish a time frame for the 17 of these goals 

The growth leader is also 18 for keeping the team focused on moving forward and steering them clear of distractions. 19 attractive new ideas can be distracting, the team leader must recognize when these ideas don't 20 the current goal and need to be put on the back burner 

1. A. purchase 

B. profit 

C. connection 

D. bet 

2.A. define 

B. predict 

C. prioritize 

D. appreciate 

3. A. exclusively 

B. temporarily 

C. potentially 

D. initially 

4. A. experiment 

B. proposal 

C. debate 

D. example 

5. A. identical 

B. marginal 

C. provisional 

D. traditional 

6. A. rumor 

C. myth 

B. secret 

D. problem 

7. A. despite 

B. unlike C. through 

D. besides 

8. A. moreover 

B. however C. therefore 

B. created C. expanded 

D. again 

9. A. inspected 

D. reformed 

10. A. cutural 

B. objective C. fresh 

D. personal 

11. A. end 

B. At any rate 

B. burden C. lack 

D. decrease 

12.A. policy B. suggestion C. purpose 

D. insight 

13. A. contributing B. allocating C. promoting 

D. transferring 

14. A. As a result 

C. By the way 

D. In a sense 

15. A. unite 

C. follow 

B. finance 

D. choose 

16. A. share 

B. identify 

C. divide 

D. broaden 

17. A. announcement B. assessment C. adjustment 

D. accomplishment 

18. A. famous 

B. responsible 

c. available 

D. respectable 

19. A. Before 

B. Once 

C. While 

D. Unless 

20. A. serve 

B. limit 

C. summarize 

D. alter