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1.  The world’s capacity to generate electricity from solar panels accelerated over the last two years even though it stayed ________ for a decade.

• sharp

• constant

• enormous

• gradual

2. The percentage of access to home computer rose gradually by about 30 percent from 25 percent to 55 percent. In 2008, people in the UK were able to access the internet at about 15 percent and then the figure went up ________ to over 40 percent in 2012.

• minimally

• substantially

• moderately

• slowly

3. By 2024, there will be over 34 million VR headsets installations worldwide so eventually the number of people who use VR headsets will reach a/an ______ as expected.

• steep

• bottom

• reduction

• peak

4. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average annual salary for graphic designers in the US ________ from $54,680 in 2014 to $50,370 or $24.21 per hour in 2018.

• dropped

• stabilized

• soared

• extended

After years of price fluctuations ranging between $100 and $900, bitcoin finally broke $1,000 again in January 2017. Afterwards, prices doubled to $2,000 in mid-May and then ________ to over $19,000 by December.

•   leveled out

• skyrocketed

• went bust

• plunged

6. Over the past decade, the global sales volume of industrial robots tripled, peaking at around 422,000 units in 2018, before ________ to around 384,000 units in 2020.

•      growing

•       fluctuating

•       booming

•   declining

7. According to the trends, global spending on blockchain solutions is estimated to increase ________ from 6.6 billion in 2021 to 19 billion in 2024.

•      dramatically

•    moderately

•    slightly

•   minimally

8. Approximately 145,000 homes, one in ten of Turkish citizens, are experiencing fuel poverty. Given that the price of gas and electricity is set to rise by up to 20% this autumn, the numbers of people experiencing fuel poverty is likely to ________.

• fall

• soar

• plummet

• collapse

9.Sales numbers began to ________ in 2009, so Activision announced that it would release fewer SKUs in 2010.

• level out

• slump

• boom

• flatten out

10. In China, the total amount spent on the raw materials remained steady from 2017 to 2021. However, there has been a ______ rise in the price of raw materials, for example copper and steel, is a huge challenge for buyers in 2022 and it caused to chaos in economy.

• small

• slow

• steady

• steep