Question

Example (0) tempted No single element has __(0)___(tempt) the human imagination more than gold, the __(1)__ (shimmer) metal. For thousands of years the desire__(2)__(possess) gold__(3)__(drive) people to extremes,__(4__) (fuel) wars and conquests, underpinning empires and currencies, levelling mountains and forests. Gold is not vital to human existence; it has, in fact, relatively few practical uses. Yet its chief virtues-- its unusual destiny and its imperishable s--have made it one of the world's most__(5)__ (covet) commodities, a transcendent symbol of beauty, wealth and immortality. From Pharaohs { Who __(6)__ (insist) on being buried wrapped in gold, what they called the ‘flesh of the gods’} to the financiers {who__(7)__ (make) it the bedrock of the global economy}: nearly every society through the ages __(8)__ (invest) in gold with an almost mythological​

Answer 1

Answer:

0) tempted

1) shimmering

2) possessed

3) drived

4) fueled

5) covetios

6) insisted

7) made

8) invest

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. shimmering 2. to possess 3. has driven 4. fueled 5. coveted 6. insisted 7. make 8. has invested

Explanation:

1. a participle used as adjective 2. desire will take only the infinitive 3. present perfect is best here than simple past 4. fueled is better than fueling since the wars are over 5. coveted (participle as adjective 6. simple past because Pharaohs are dead now 7. simple present (financiers still do it) 8. present perfect is better here than simple past as it shows the result without specifying past time.