In the following passage, some words are missing, each indicated by a number. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given for each number to complete the paragraph meaningfully.

Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom is a true believer, and like many true believers, he lets his message __(25)__ his evidence. Based on a single study of a Chinese travel agency, he __(26)__ declares working from home a “future-looking technology” with “enormous potential.”

Not so fast.

Bloom’s study comes with serious limitations and is contradicted by a later Gallup report. However, while it is far too soon to draw broad __(27)__ from his findings, savvy business leaders can read between the lines and extract some valuable lessons for working ___(28)___ with all employees.

Bloom __(29)__ on China’s biggest travel agency, Ctrip, which wanted to expand while controlling office space costs. They __(30)__ a remote work trial, expecting that productivity would slip a little, but not enough to cancel out the savings. Instead, productivity shot up 13%, and attrition dropped 50%. When the work from home option was rolled out to the entire company and employees were given a choice, the productivity gains were 22%.

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In the following passage, some words are missing, each indicated by a number. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given for each number to complete the paragraph meaningfully.

Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom is a true believer, and like many true believers, he lets his message __(25)__ his evidence. Based on a single study of a Chinese travel agency, he __(26)__ declares working from home a “future-looking technology” with “enormous potential.”

Not so fast.

Bloom’s study comes with serious limitations and is contradicted by a later Gallup report. However, while it is far too soon to draw broad __(27)__ from his findings, savvy business leaders can read between the lines and extract some valuable lessons for working ___(28)___ with all employees.

Bloom __(29)__ on China’s biggest travel agency, Ctrip, which wanted to expand while controlling office space costs. They __(30)__ a remote work trial, expecting that productivity would slip a little, but not enough to cancel out the savings. Instead, productivity shot up 13%, and attrition dropped 50%. When the work from home option was rolled out to the entire company and employees were given a choice, the productivity gains were 22%.

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**Solution:**

1. The sentence is: "Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom is a true believer, and like many true believers, he lets his message __(25)__ his evidence."

2. The blank requires a verb that means to go beyond or surpass his evidence.

3. Among the options:
   - "cut" does not fit the meaning here.
   - "outrun" means to go beyond or exceed, which fits perfectly.
   - "exceeded" is past tense and does not fit grammatically.
   - "begin" and "choose" do not make sense in this context.

4. Therefore, "outrun" is the most appropriate choice.

**Answer:** (b) outrun

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