Part 6: Level 700-900 Test 8

Questions 1 through 4 refer to this article.

Australia’s workplace productivity growth has slowed to a ______ (1) as the economy struggles to shake off the drag from the end of its mining investment boom earlier in the decade. ______ (2) in year through June 2018, compared with an average of 2.2% since the mid-1970s, the Productivity Commission said. “The current weakness in labor productivity can be partly ______ (3) to a marked slowdown in investment in capital,” the commission said. It’s not all bad — Australia is still performing well in maintaining productivity levels when compared with other _____ (4) economies.

Questions 5 through 8 refer to this press release.

Evergreen Bancshares, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Evergreen Bank acquires Old Town Bank

Fairbanks, Alaska

In light of Old Town Bank’s recent troubles, the struggling bank has (5) _____ a purchase offerfrom Evergreen Bank. Evergreen Bank is a locally owned and operated bank that has served Fairbanksand the surrounding areas for over 30 years.Evergreen happily welcomes the former Old Townbanks into its own family of strong, solid, stablebanks. While oversight has changed and somerestructuring is necessary, Evergreen plans to makeas few changes to branch operations at former OldTown banks as possible. Old Town Bank (6) _____can expect to see the same friendly, familiar facesnext week as they did last week. Evergreen is eagerto meet all of its new customers’ banking needs,and provides a full line of banking services,including home, business, and car loans, as well asonline banking. Evergreen is committed to serviceand financial security. The bank also hopes (7)_____ this transition a positive experience foreveryone involved. Evergreen is proud to introduceNorman Schmidt as the new director. Schmidt holdsan MBA from The University of Indiana and hasraised his three children in Fairbanks, where he hasresided for 25 years. “I am excited to continue to serve the people of Fairbanks, and be a part of this (8) _____ merger,” says Schmidt.

Questions 9 through 12 refer to this article.

In analyzing traditional Chinese medicine and’ its Western ____ (9), the main difference lies in identifying the active ingredients in the drugs. In Western medicine, ______ (10), making it much easier to quality control, and the mode of function can be analyzed. In Chinese medicine, _____ (11), because it is a mixture that is used, it is very difficult to investigate how it works. One of the ways that pharmaceutical companies are looking at bringing traditional Chinese medicine into ____ (12) with Western Standards is to identify the active ingredients in the herbs that are used.

Questions 13 through 16 refer to this article.

Dear Mr. Castro:

It is my pleasure to _____ (13) you that beginning next month, ChrislynSpano will be Gibson & Dunn’s Real Estate representative in your area.
Ms. Spano has been assisting clients ____ (14) purchasing land and housing in the Bromley area for the last seven years. She is very ____ (15) in her field, and we are fortunate to have her in our London office.

If you are interested in buying _____ (16) please write to her at cs@gibsondunn.com.

Very sincerely yours,

MARILYN CARR

Manager

Gibson & Dunn, London careers.