In the following passage, some words have been omitted, each indicated by a number. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given against ea...
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In the following passage, some words have been omitted, each indicated by a number. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given against 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%.