11. Last December, many forecasters ( predicted) a volatile year for this sector.
12. Over the past year, investors` experiences with large-cap stocks (have ranged) from dissappointment, as with IBM, to outright disaster, as with Yahoo.
13. The industry (has made) great progress in sustainable forest management.
14. She has never ( been) outside her town, but has always (dreamt of) travelling.
15. The intergovernmental conference on European Political Union ( began) without a clear agenda or plan.
16. The end of cold war dramatically ( altered) the European security enviroment and (generated) new pressures for foreign and defense policy cooperation.
17. Since 1979, Soros, a native Hungarian, (has ploughed) more than $100 m of his speculation profits into funding an 18-strong network of foundation spanning central and eastern Europe and Russia.
18. Soros (has made) his name as the billionaire benefactor of the eastern bloc.
19. Professor Tim Hopkins (has been) the Managing Director of Lombard Street Research since he (founded) the Company in July 1989.
20. China`s exports to the United States (hve grown) by 1600 percent over the past 15 years, and US exports to China (have grown) by 415 percent.
2. What did the UFO actually turn out to be?
3. Why did the baloon float away?