CEPT Practice C1 level Open GAP FILL about CROWDFUNDING

 

For questions 1–9, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

We’re all in this together

Have you, or has someone you know, come up (1)_____ an original idea for a brilliant product or an original invention? But do you find (2)______ without sufficient cash to develop or promote it? Fear not. Help is close (3)_____ hand. You can crowdfund it! Crowdfunding is the practice of financing a project by raising money through contributions (4)______ individuals or groups of people with money to invest or the desire to (5)______ good. It has emerged as an accessible option forentrepreneurs

and creatives around the world. Usually collected via online platforms, the sum generated allows them to both (6)_____ their ideas to the test and gain exposure and funds for their product or invention. You might well wonder (7)_____ crowdfunding really is a modern-day practice. It would seem (8)____ .

Although the term and its definition were only recently added to dictionaries, throughout history, landmark expeditions, epic voyages and even national monuments have been completed (9)_____ to the donations of ordinary people.

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2 YOURSELF/YOURSELVES 

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