Question

1. choose the correct answer (a, b or c) to complete the article (1–10). michel soussaline in a paris hospital as a cancer specialist. but at present, he is only working part-time. in his free time, he his wife to develop a biotech company called imstar. mr soussaline describes the difficulties of setting up a new company in france: ‘we the necessary investment, but it was impossible. there is much less help for developing companies than in the us.’ mr soussaline believes that imstar a bigger company by now if it was based in california. mr de bézieux, who heads a lobby group for small businesses in france, says: ‘between 1965 and 1980, the french economy twice as fast as the us. since then, it the opposite. one of the main explanations is that our small businesses .’ but now there is a new approach to small business in france. in the past year, the government a series of initiatives to support innovative start-ups. in future, fast-growing companies extra benefits and lower rates of tax. 1 a) works b) worked c) working 2 a) helped b) was helping c) is helping 3 a) look for b) looked for c) will look for 4 a) was b) would be c) have been 5 a) grows b) is growing c) was growing 6 a) was b) will be c) has been 7 a) is not growing b) was not growing c) are not growing 8 a) launches b) has launched c) will launch 9 a) will receive b) have received c) receive 10 a) will be paid b) will pay c) are paying

Answer 1

1 a) works 2 c) is helping 3 b) looked for 4 b) would be 5 c) was growing
6 c) has been 7 c) are not growing 8 b) has launched 9 a) will receive 10 b) will pay