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KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu FOCUS ON LEARNING UNIT 7: FINANCE READING 2 Activity 4 1f 2h 3g 4i 5d 6e 7c 8a 9b Activity 5 a) true
b) false (They are interesting, create controversy, etc.) c) true d) true e) true
f) false (It’s a violent disagreement.) g) true h) true
i) false (It’s the natural change in economic growth and recession over a period.) Activity 6 1 invest 2 refurbishment 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu 3 spend 4 make over 5 expand 6 / 7 offer / offering 8 extension Activity 7 a) offer b) refurbishment / makeover c) expansion d) extension e) investment f) expenditure Activity 8 1b 2a 3c 4c 5c 6b 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu UNIT 8: CONSULTANTS READING 2 Activity 4 1d 2f 3e 4b 5a 6c Activity 5 a and c Activity 6 a) appeal b) relationships c) walks of life d) objectives e) appointments f) securing g) accolades h) embrace Activity 7 a) true b) true c) not given
d) false (He / She ended up running the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) area.)
e) false (It has to an extent become widely available commercially.) f) true 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu
g) false (He believes in dialogue and exchange.) Activity 8 a) assessment b) view c) expert d) thorough e) respond f) coerce g) play h) mature Activity 9 a) be on the radar b) the search industry c) geographies d) sector e) tricks f) courtship g) integrity h) openness 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu UNIT 9: STRATEGY READING 2 Activity 4
a) false (You think about it deeply and for a long time.)
b) false (They have only just come out of school.) c) true d) true
e) false (It is of no importance because it is not related to what is being considered or discussed.) f) true Activity 5 Verb Noun confuse confusion pervade pervasiveness Activity 6 a) legislate legislation To promote markets,
lobby lobbyist (person lobbying) rather than reward
hire hire (person hired, esp. AmE) leaders of existing associate association businesses b) No, because leaders
of new businesses will take 20 years to emerge, by which time the minister will probably no longer be in the job.
c) They shouldn’t subsidise existing research and development, but encourage new entrants to
develop new processes and products. Activity 7 a) toxic combination b) acquisitions c) mergers d) corporate reporting 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu e) obsession f) executive remuneration Activity 8 b 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu UNIT 10: ONLINE BUSINESS READING 2 Activity 4
a) Best Buy, Kohl’s, JC Penney, Wal-Mart, Moosejaw b) Gary Wohlfeill c) Websphere Commerce d) IBM e) Retail Systems Research f) Nikki Baird Activity 5 a) Kohl’s b) Best Buy c) Wal-Mart d) JC Penney Activity 6 a) false (It is low.) b) true c) true
d) false (It is used by customers.)
e) false (They are attracted away from competitors.)
f) false (It’s a big change.)
g) false (They access products in stores, online, on mobile devices, etc.) Activity 7 a) single customer experience b) radical responses
c) a small outdoor-equipment retail chain
d) point-of-sale devices, in-store machines 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu e) call-centre sales staff f) loyalty reward scheme
g) customer’s purchase history h) multichannel transformation Activity 8 a 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu UNIT 11: NEW BUSINESS READING 2 Activity 3 a) Seedcamp
b) University College London, Bloomsbury
c) Hussein Kanji, Geoff Watts, Julia Fowler d) EDITD, Garmz e) Vienna Fashion Week f) Skype, TomTom Activity 4 1. D 2. F 3. G 4. B 5. E 6. C 7. A Activity 5 a) entrepreneurial talent b) venture capitalists c) early-stage ventures d) angel investors e) leading players f) incubator event g) technology industry Activity 6 a) considerable 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu b) maturing c) nurturing d) attain e) network f) approaches g) hub h) ecosystem i) mentor Activity 7
a) False (It relates to the fashion industry.) b) True
c) False (It provides information about the fashion industry.)
d) False (They are going to Austria soon.)
e) False (They have been invited by another start-up.) f) False (Geoff said this.) Activity 8
b, c, e and f can be used without changing the meaning of the article.
a) An emergency is a dangerous situation that must be dealt with immediately.
d) A segment is a particular group of customers in a market.
g) Comprising would mean that Skype and TomTom were the only companies to go public in this period. 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu UNIT 12: PROJECT MANAGEMENT READING 2 Activity 4 1b 2a 3c 4b 5b 6c 7a 8c Activity 5 a) get up to speed quickly
b) the price of operating at high speed c) prioritise
d) experience of multiple environments e) make decisions quickly
f) focus on the important things (that need to be delivered) Activity 6
a) false (Role is used as a noun here, but you cannot also use it as a verb.) b) true c) true
d) false (Assignment is a fairly formal word meaning ‘task’. The meaning of assignation is not
the same: it’s a slightly humorous expression for a meeting, perhaps secret, between two people in a romantic relationship.) e) true
f) false (Unlikely is an adjective and could not be replaced here by improbably.) g) true 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu Activity 7 f, b, g, h, c, e, d, a Activity 8
Blancmange is a cold, sweet dessert made from corn flour that is quite slippery and messy to
eat. Here, it’s used to talk about the ‘messy’ conversations that happen around the water-cooler
in different organisations - the place where people often meet to gossip. 21:59, 09/01/2026
KEY-READ 6- Finance and Strategy Reading Activities - Studocu