Unit 1 Corporate Culture Progress Test

Task 2


Questions 26-40


Read the text below about social entrepreneurs.
Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B or C below.

In Bangladesh in the 1970s banks (26) ______ such high interest rates on loans that the poorest members of society were unable to escape their situation in life. Local economist Professor Muhammad Yunus was doing (27) ______ research into poverty at the time. He (28) ______ this problem and was determined to find a solution. He decided to give small loans with reasonable interest rates to poor entrepreneurs to help them start their own businesses. His first loan was to 42 Bangladeshi village woman. The (29) ______ was a great success, with the women making a small profit from their businesses.

(30) ______, he went on to found and manage Grameen Bank, an institution which
(31) _______ on the same principle of micro-financing. (32) _______ 2006 he was awarded a Nobel Peace prize for his work in reducing poverty.

The title ‘social entrepreneur’ (33)_______ to people like Yunus. While a traditional entrepreneur sees a gap in the market to use his or her business skills to make a profit, a social entrepreneur sees a social problem and (34) ______ the same skills to make a change to benefit society. Social entrepreneurs create new ways to deal (35) ________ old problems. They are able to influence a circle of people around them in order to bring significant change. (36) ________ social entrepreneurs (37) ______ today in the fields of economics, healthcare and the environment. They have many of the same characteristics as successful business entrepreneurs. Their (38) ______ gives them the determination to tackle big problems which others might ignore. Their creativity means they are able to think of solutions that others wouldn’t. Their (39) ______ drives them to work incredibly (40) ______ to achieve their goals. While turning a profit may be part of the process of their work, they are ultimately motivated to benefit other people, not themselves.

26 A have charged B charge C were charging
27 A some B a C any
28 A saw B seen C was seeing
29 A process B product C project
30 A However B Unfortunately C After that
31 A organizes B operates C orders
32 A At B In C On
33 A is given B gives C used to give
34 A using B use C uses
35 A with B about C in
36 A Any B Many C Much
37 A are working B used to work C worked
38 A ambition B ambitious C adventure
39 A dedication B dedicated C dishonesty
40 A hardly B hard C harder