Part 5+7 · Original Practice: An Innovation Grant Announcement and Five Formal-Collocation Questions

01 Questions & answer area

Part 5 + 7 · 2 sections

Part 5 · Vocabulary & Grammar Fill-in

This section is standalone sentences with no shared passage — each question is listed directly in the answer area below.

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1. The aging ventilation system may ______ a health risk if the necessary repairs are postponed.

2. Final approval of the construction project is ______ upon receipt of the environmental assessment.

3. Before authorizing payment, the finance director had all supporting documents ______ by an independent auditor.

4. Purchases ______ ¥100,000 require written authorization from both the department manager and Finance.

5. The conference venue has been ______ reserved, but the booking will not be confirmed until the deposit is received.

Part 7 · Innovation Grant Announcement

Linton Business CouncilInnovation Grant Applications

Questions 6-8 refer to the following announcement.

Innovation Grant Applications

The Linton Business Council is accepting applications for grants of up to ¥500,000 from small companies developing environmentally sustainable products. Applicants must have operated within Linton Prefecture for at least two years and must contribute a minimum of twenty percent of the proposed project's total cost.

Applications should include a project outline, an itemized budget, and evidence of the company's financial contribution. Preliminary drafts may be submitted by October 12 for optional feedback. Council staff will comment on whether the required information is present but will not evaluate a project's likelihood of receiving funding.

Final applications are due October 30. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to give a ten-minute presentation in November. Funding decisions will be announced on December 4, and approved projects may begin no earlier than January 1.

Part 7 Answer area

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6. Which company is eligible to apply?

7. What assistance is available before the final deadline?

8. What is indicated about shortlisted applicants?

03 Answers & explanations

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No.	Correct answer	Point tested	Explanation
1	A · pose	Verb-meaning discrimination	"pose a health risk" is a fixed collocation. "undergo" (to experience, with the subject usually the affected party), "retain" (to keep), and "comply" (to obey; intransitive, needs "with") cannot take "risk" as an object to mean "to cause a risk."
2	B · contingent	Fixed adjective collocation	"contingent upon" (dependent on) conveys "final approval depends on receiving the environmental assessment." "consecutive," "substantial," and "reluctant" cannot combine with "upon" to form this meaning.
3	C · verified	Causative "have + object + past participle"	"have + object + past participle" means "to get something done (by a third party)"; the documents are what is verified, so the past participle "verified" is used. "verify" (base form), "verifying" (present participle, active), and "verification" (noun) do not fit this structure.
4	A · in excess of	Fixed prepositional-phrase collocation	"in excess of" (over) is equivalent to "more than" and fits the context "purchases over ¥100,000 require written authorization." "in accordance with," "on account of," and "by way of" do not convey a comparison of amounts.
5	C · provisionally	Part-of-speech discrimination	Modifying the passive verb phrase "has been reserved" requires the adverb "provisionally." "provision" (noun), "provisional" (adjective), and "provisioning" (gerund/present participle) cannot modify a verb phrase.
6	B · A local company established three years ago developing sustainable packaging	Eligibility-condition question	A company must satisfy three conditions at once: operating "for at least two years," "developing environmentally sustainable products," and contributing "a minimum of twenty percent." (B), established three years ago and developing sustainable packaging, meets them. (A) is a new company with a non-environmental product, (C) does not operate within Linton, and (D) cannot contribute twenty percent.
7	A · Advice about whether the required information is included	Detail question	Corresponds to "Council staff will comment on whether the required information is present but will not evaluate a project's likelihood of receiving funding." The council only comments on whether the materials are complete; (B) is explicitly ruled out by "will not evaluate."
8	C · They will be asked to make a presentation.	Inference question	Corresponds to "Shortlisted applicants will be invited to give a ten-minute presentation in November." (A) funding decisions are not announced until December 4, (B) projects may begin no earlier than January 1, and (D) no second budget is required in the text.

04 High-frequency vocabulary

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English	IPA	Part of speech	Chinese	Japanese	Example
pose	/poʊz/	vt.	构成，造成（威胁/风险）	（リスクなどを）もたらす	pose a health risk
contingent upon	/kənˈtɪndʒənt əˈpɑːn/	adj. phr.	取决于……的，以……为条件的	〜次第である、〜を条件とする	approval is contingent upon receipt of the assessment
have sth done	/hæv ˈsʌmθɪŋ dʌn/	v. phr.	使某事被（第三方）完成（使役结构）	〜してもらう、〜させる（使役構文）	had all documents verified by an auditor
in excess of	/ɪn ɪkˈsɛs əv/	prep. phr.	超过	〜を超える	purchases in excess of ¥100,000
provisionally	/prəˈvɪʒənəli/	adv.	暂时地，临时地	暫定的に、仮に	the venue has been provisionally reserved
environmental assessment	/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəl əˈsɛsmənt/	n.	环境评估	環境アセスメント	receipt of the environmental assessment
innovation grant	/ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən ɡrænt/	n.	创新资助金	イノベーション助成金	accepting applications for innovation grants
itemized budget	/ˈaɪtəˌmaɪzd ˈbʌdʒɪt/	n.	明细预算	費目別予算	include an itemized budget
shortlisted	/ˈʃɔːrtˌlɪstɪd/	adj.	入围的，进入候选名单的	最終候補に残った	shortlisted applicants will be invited
sustainable product	/səˈsteɪnəbəl ˈprɑːdəkt/	n.	可持续产品	持続可能な製品	developing environmentally sustainable products
financial contribution	/fəˈnænʃəl ˌkɑːntrɪˈbjuːʃən/	n.	资金投入，出资	資金拠出	evidence of the company's financial contribution
preliminary draft	/prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri dræft/	n.	初稿	たたき台、下書き	preliminary drafts may be submitted for feedback

05 Common phrases

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pose a risk/threat to sth对……构成风险/威胁〜にリスク・脅威をもたらす

contingent upon/on + n.取决于……〜次第である

have sth + 过去分词使某事被（第三方）完成〜してもらう、〜させる

in excess of + 数额超过（某数额）（金額が）〜を超える

contribute a minimum of X percent至少出资 X%最低でも X％を拠出する

be invited to give a presentation受邀做演讲/展示プレゼンテーションを行うよう招かれる

06 Answer techniques

Part 5 + 7 · 6 tips

01
"pose" meaning discrimination
"pose a risk/threat/problem" is a fixed collocation meaning "to cause or bring about (a risk, etc.)." "undergo" (to experience; subject is usually the affected party), "retain" (to keep), and "comply" (to obey; intransitive, needs "with") do not fit.
02
The fixed phrase "contingent upon"
Means "dependent on" and is common in formal documents stating approval conditions. "consecutive," "substantial," and "reluctant" don't fit in meaning or usage. It is always followed by "upon" or "on."
03
"have + object + past participle" (causative)
Means "to get something done (by a third party)"; when the object is passive to the action, use a past participle: "had all documents verified." "verify" (base form), "verifying" (present participle, active), and "verification" (noun) do not fit this structure.
04
The fixed phrase "in excess of"
Equivalent to "more than," meaning "over (an amount)," common in financial and approval documents. "in accordance with," "on account of," and "by way of" do not fit the meaning.
05
The part of speech of "provisionally"
Modifying the passive verb phrase "has been reserved" requires the adverb "provisionally." "provision" (noun), "provisional" (adjective), and "provisioning" (gerund/present participle) are the wrong part of speech. Decide the part of speech by whether the blank modifies a verb or a noun.
06
Reading: checking each eligibility condition, negative-sentence traps, and sorting the timeline
Q6 requires applying each of the three conditions — operating "for at least two years," "environmentally sustainable products," and contributing "at least twenty percent" — to every option to eliminate. The trap in Q7 is a negative sentence like "will not evaluate a project's likelihood of receiving funding": the council only confirms the materials are complete and does not predict success. Q8 requires checking against the timeline — preliminary draft (Oct 12), final application (Oct 30), presentation (November), funding decision (Dec 4), earliest project start (Jan 1) — to avoid mixing up the stages.

07 Business English

Standard formal business-letter phrasing

The proposal is contingent upon approval from the finance committee.该提案的通过取决于财务委员会的批准。その提案は財務委員会の承認次第です。

All documents were verified by an independent auditor before payment was authorized.在授权付款之前，所有文件均已由独立审计师核实。支払いが承認される前に、すべての書類は独立監査人によって確認されました。

Purchases in excess of the approved budget require additional sign-off.超出批准预算的采购需要额外审批。承認された予算を超える購入には追加の承認が必要です。

The booking has been provisionally confirmed pending receipt of the deposit.该预订已临时确认，待收到押金后正式生效。予約は保証金の受領待ちで暫定的に確定されています。

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