Question

Use the present perfect continuous if possible; if not, use the present perfect or past simple. Indicate where more than one of these tenses is possible.

b. Kenneth Sparks, the Opposition spokesperson for science, talks to a television interviewer:
The previous government (1)
(invest) huge amounts of money into the Centre and I think
it's terrible that the present government (2)
(announce) this cut when the number of cases of
influenza (3)
(increase). The Centre (4).
(run) successfully for
many years But this decision is just typical of this government. It (5)
(neglect) health
research ever since it was elected, and (6)
(cut) back on spending on science generally.
Although the government says that the cut is necessary because of the recent world economic problems, I (7)
(find) evidence that they (8) was
(plan) this for some time. I (9)
(speak) to the Minister about this yesterday and (10)
(also
write) to the Prime Minister demanding that the decision should be reversed

Answer 1

Ответ:

The previous government invested (1) huge amounts of money into the Centre and I think it's terrible that the present government has announced (2) this cut when the number of cases of influenza has been increasing (3). The Centre has been run (4) successfully for many years. But this decision is just typical of this government. It has been neglecting (5) health research ever since it was elected, and has been cutting back (6) on spending on science generally.

Although the government says that the cut is necessary because of the recent world economic problems, I have found (7) evidence that they have been planning (8) this for some time. I spoke (9) to the Minister about this yesterday and also wrote (10) to the Prime Minister demanding that the decision should be reversed.