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“We run a business here—but instead of selling cars or candy
to kids, we’re selling hope and leadership,” says Nancy
Lublin, the chief executive of Do Something, a non-profit
group which promotes volunteerism by teenagers. [1] an
initial public offering (IPO) to get the $8m needed to double
Do Something’s activities by 2011, by [2] it plans to be
engaging with around 21m of America’s 32m teenagers.
The IPO prospectus, put together by Do Something’s board of
chief executives and technology [3], contains the usual market
data, a description of the [4] activities, an overview of the
competitive landscape and bold claims about its qualities, all
designed to convince investors that it can achieve its
[1]
A) At September 17th she is establishing
B) On September 17th she is establishing
C) On September 17th she is launching
D) At September 17th she is launching
[2]
A) that time
B) then
C) this time
D) which time
[3]
A) entrepreneurs
B) entreperneurs
C) enterpreneurs
D) enterperneurs
[4]
A) 15-year-old’s organisation
B) 15-year-old organisation’s
C) 15-years’ old organisation
D) 15-years-old organisation’s
[5]
A) being
B) it being
C) to be
D) it to be
[6]
A) do a profit
B) make a loss
C) do a loss
D) make a profit
[7]
A) have improved
B) have improved this
C) improve
D) improve that
[8]
A) fund-rising, that
B) fund-raising, that
ambitious goals. The only thing that stops [5] a typical IPO
prospectus is the absence of any pledge to [6].
This imitation of the for-profit IPO process may seem
gimmicky, but in fact it is part of a new trend to [7] how nonprofits are financed, so that they can escape the obsession with
short-term [8] is pervasive in the charitable world. With
money in the bank to finance the next three years’ operations,
Ms Lublin and her team will be free to focus on [9] Do
Something’s goals. Other non-profits have done something
similar, including Teach for America and College Summit,
which aims to [10] college. [...]
C) fund-rising that
D) fund-raising that
[9]
A) gaining of
B) gaining
C) reaching of
D) reaching
[10]
A) increase the number of poor children going to
B) reduce the number of poor children going to the
C) increase a number of poor children going to the
D) reduce a number of poor children going to
Klucz: 1C, 2D, 3A, 4B, 5B, 6D, 7C, 8D, 9D, 10A
Literatura:
• podręczniki do gramatyki na poziomie intermediate – upper intermediate, np. R. Murphy English Grammar in Use
(Cambridge University Press)
• podręczniki do business English na poziomie intermediate – upper intermediate, np. T. Trappe, G. Tullis Intelligent Business
(Longman) lub D. Cotton, D. Falvey, S. Kent Market Leader (Longman)