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13-27, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
The suburb of McLean (0) ..on.. the outskirts of Washington DC may look very ordinary (13) ... but... is, actually home to the headquarters of the Mars chocolate empire, one of the largest private companies in the US. And yet, not (14)…much…..is known about the man who set (15) …up…….. one of the most famous chocolate factories in the world. Forrest Mars was a very solitary man, (16)……whose……..policy it was never to give interviews. His son, Forrest Junior, who took over the running of the company when his father died, seems to share his father’s obsession (17) …with………..secrecy. He refuses to address the workforce and has not been photographed since (18) ……his…..days at college. He (19) is even said to wear disguises (20) when conducting business with outsiders.
The Mars company is run on rules which seem to come from an earlier era. All employees, from the top of the company to the bottom, receive an annual 10% bonus (21) ...for …arriving at work on time throughout the year. Everyone is treated equally. All Mars managers - Forrest Junior included - must do their (22) ….own…. photocopying and are not allowed to travel first class.
(23) By modern standards, the company operates with an amazing lack of bureaucracy. In fact, it is completely (24)…. against ….company policy to write memo's, and meetings can (25) ….only…. take place when there is something (26)…. of ….importance to discuss. Elaborate presentations are considered a waste of time. Yet (27) ….it…. is perhaps these tight systems that have in part helped to make Mars a successful international company.
13 BUT
14 MUCH
15 UP
16 WHOSE
17 WITH
18 HIS
19 IS /WAS
20 WHEN/WHILE
21 FOR
22 OWN
23 BY
24 AGAINST
25 ONLY/EXCLUSIVELY
26 OF
27 IT
Explanation
The missing words are prepositions, verbs, adverbs, pronouns ... required by sentences in the text, either grammatically, as part of an idiom - logically, or both.
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