1.The secretary _______ the report all day and she’s only half way through. a. types b. is typing c. has typed d. has been typing 2.Companies ___________ billions on training every year. a. spend b. are spending c. have spent d. have been spending 3.Today more and more companies _________ to enter the market with an innovative project. a. try b. are trying c. have tried d. have been trying 4.I ______ they ________ outside training yet because in-house on-the-job training _______ cheaper. a. am thinking, do not arrange, seems b. think, have not arranged, is seeming c. think, has not arrange, seems d. think, have not arranged, seems 5.Nowadays business leaders and government authorities ___________ equal opportunities for entrepreneurs to perform well and to enter healthy competition. a. encourage b. are encouraging c. have encouraged d. have been encouraging 6.As they ____________ to venture capitalists they got to know a lot about fundraising. a. talked b. were talking c. had talked d. had been talking 7.Investors were not comfortable until the entrepreneur ___________ the innovative character of his idea. a. didn’t explain b. was explaining c. had explained d. had been explaining 8.He explained that he ___________ the company for 10 years and they _________ so many trivial complaints. a. had run ….had never been having b. ran ……….were not having c. had been running …..had never had d. was running ….had never been having 9.Two years ……. (= It’s two years) since I …….the effectiveness of the approach. a. have passed …….have realized b. passed …….realized c. have passed …….realized d. passed ……….have realized