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3 c. This course helped me improve my technical abilities and problem-solving skills, which later led to a job as a software developer in the capital city. d. What makes this even more exciting is that I now work on widely-used software with millions of downloads worldwide, turning my dream into reality. e. Over time, I began to take more interest in creating simple apps and programmes, and after finishing high school, I pursued a university course in software development. (Adapted from Bright) A. d – b – a – e – c B. e – c – b – a – d C. a – e – c – b – d D. b – a – e – c – d Question 17. a. As a result, blue lighting appears to act as a deterrent to criminal activity. b. Overall, the use of blue lighting has proven effective in curbing crime rates. c. The decline in recorded crime has been attributed to the calming effect of the blue light, which some psychologists believe lowers stress and aggression. d. Following the installation of blue-light street lamps in Glasgow’s Buchanan Street, local authorities observed a noticeable reduction in crime, particularly petty offences like pickpocketing and bag snatching. e. This initiative has garnered international attention, with several neighbourhoods in Japan adopting the strategy and experiencing similar results. (Adapted from Friends Global) A. c – e – a – d – b B. d – c – a – e – b C. d – e – a – c – b D. c – d – a – e – b Read the following passage about an innovative business idea and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22. In 2007, design graduates, Joe Gebbie and Brian Chesky, were struggling to pay the rent for their San Francisco apartment. Hearing that there was a conference coming to town and there were no hotel rooms available, (18) _______ . Only six days later, they had three guests sleeping on their floor. They knew immediately that this was the start of something big. (19) _______ , the pair decided to take their idea further. They enlisted Gebbie's former flatmate, Nathan Blecharczyk, a computer science graduate, to develop their website. Their idea was to target conferences and festivals across the USA, getting local people to list their rooms and travellers to book them. The new website was completed just in time for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, (20) _______ . Within a week, they had 800 listings, an achievement which dealt in part with the shortage of hotel rooms, but did not solve their financial problems, as the site was not making any money. (21) _______ . They began to charge three per cent to the host and between six and twelve per cent to the traveller, depending on the price of the booking. Meanwhile, investors had started showing interest in the company. By April 2009, when larger investments began to arrive, they moved the company out of their flat into a new state-of-the-art office and hired more staff. Since then Airbnb has gone from strength to strength. The company now has over 1.5 million listings in 34,000 cities in 190 countries, and (22) _______ . (Adapted from Friends Global) Question 18. A. they advertised three airbeds in their home regardless of using the website airbedandbreakfast.com B. they created the website airbedandbreakfast.com where they advertised three airbeds in their home C. the website airbedandbreakfast.com was developed so that they could advertise three airbeds in their home D. three airbeds in their home were advertised through the website airbedandbreakfast.com created by themselves