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Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
1. Consumers have been demanding / had been demanding greener products for years before they 
finally arrived. 
2. By the time the product’s popularity peaks, it would have been / will have been on the market for 
about a year. 
3. The ‘green giants’ have traded / had traded in this country for about six or seven years now.
4. If the trend continues, by 2020 the company’s profits will have been continuously growing / have 
been continuously growing for more than ten years.
5. Traditional industry has often considered / has often been considering changing its organisational 
structure. 
6. The stock market has been rising / had been rising for many years before the economic crash 
happened.
7. Scientists had invented / might have invented more efficient batteries if there has been / had been 
more funding.
8. If more money has been invested / had been invested in their development, low-energy lights would 
have been developed / have been developed much sooner.
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In this part, there is one long-gapped text which has six paragraphs removed and placed in a 
different order after the text, with an additional seventh paragraph to distract the reader. 
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You have to decide which are the six correct paragraphs and where they go in the main text.
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