Business, academic and civic leaders in Cambridge have warned that one of Britain’s major economic growth cities is under threat unless the government acts quickly to restore trust post-Brexit.
Company executives and educationalists report some highly skilled foreign nationals quitting or refusing to commit to new jobs in Britain because of uncertainty over their future legal status here. It has in the past boasted of creating employment faster than China amid a boom in the technology and bioscience sectors, which led to the city being labelled “Silicon fen”, but now there are fears of a big slowdown.
“This is a unique economic asset for Europe,” said Lord Lansley, the former Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire after a specially convened meeting to discuss the problems with local politicians and others. “There is a [political] vacuum out there and there does not seem to be a [post Brexit] plan. There are things we need and if we get them we can continue to prosper and be more successful”, Lansley added.
He has drawn up a Cambridge declaration with his colleagues meant to reassure existing academic and business staff from abroad that their presence will be protected. “We are committed to international collaboration in research, science and the exploitation of innovative, knowledge-intensive enterprises,” says the document.
Lansley says he will be pushing the British government to give acquired rights to the 9,000 European citizens living in the East Anglian city out of a total population of 124,000. He also wants to see a continuation of free labour movement to allow Europeans to come to work and study in Cambridge and says “we need free movement for them to come to work and to study here”.
According to the article, what is the threat that Britain’s major economic growth cities are facing

Business, academic and civic leaders in Cambridge have warned that one of Britain’s major economic growth cities is under threat unless the government acts quickly to restore trust post-Brexit.
Company executives and educationalists report some highly skilled foreign nationals quitting or refusing to commit to new jobs in Britain because of uncertainty over their future legal status here. It has in the past boasted of creating employment faster than China amid a boom in the technology and bioscience sectors, which led to the city being labelled “Silicon fen”, but now there are fears of a big slowdown.
“This is a unique economic asset for Europe,” said Lord Lansley, the former Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire after a specially convened meeting to discuss the problems with local politicians and others. “There is a [political] vacuum out there and there does not seem to be a [post Brexit] plan. There are things we need and if we get them we can continue to prosper and be more successful”, Lansley added.
He has drawn up a Cambridge declaration with his colleagues meant to reassure existing academic and business staff from abroad that their presence will be protected. “We are committed to international collaboration in research, science and the exploitation of innovative, knowledge-intensive enterprises,” says the document.
Lansley says he will be pushing the British government to give acquired rights to the 9,000 European citizens living in the East Anglian city out of a total population of 124,000. He also wants to see a continuation of free labour movement to allow Europeans to come to work and study in Cambridge and says “we need free movement for them to come to work and to study here”.
Why do these skilled foreign nationals choose not to work in Britain

Business, academic and civic leaders in Cambridge have warned that one of Britain’s major economic growth cities is under threat unless the government acts quickly to restore trust post-Brexit.
Company executives and educationalists report some highly skilled foreign nationals quitting or refusing to commit to new jobs in Britain because of uncertainty over their future legal status here. It has in the past boasted of creating employment faster than China amid a boom in the technology and bioscience sectors, which led to the city being labelled “Silicon fen”, but now there are fears of a big slowdown.
“This is a unique economic asset for Europe,” said Lord Lansley, the former Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire after a specially convened meeting to discuss the problems with local politicians and others. “There is a [political] vacuum out there and there does not seem to be a [post Brexit] plan. There are things we need and if we get them we can continue to prosper and be more successful”, Lansley added.
He has drawn up a Cambridge declaration with his colleagues meant to reassure existing academic and business staff from abroad that their presence will be protected. “We are committed to international collaboration in research, science and the exploitation of innovative, knowledge-intensive enterprises,” says the document.
Lansley says he will be pushing the British government to give acquired rights to the 9,000 European citizens living in the East Anglian city out of a total population of 124,000. He also wants to see a continuation of free labour movement to allow Europeans to come to work and study in Cambridge and says “we need free movement for them to come to work and to study here”.
The word “boom” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

Business, academic and civic leaders in Cambridge have warned that one of Britain’s major economic growth cities is under threat unless the government acts quickly to restore trust post-Brexit.
Company executives and educationalists report some highly skilled foreign nationals quitting or refusing to commit to new jobs in Britain because of uncertainty over their future legal status here. It has in the past boasted of creating employment faster than China amid a boom in the technology and bioscience sectors, which led to the city being labelled “Silicon fen”, but now there are fears of a big slowdown.
“This is a unique economic asset for Europe,” said Lord Lansley, the former Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire after a specially convened meeting to discuss the problems with local politicians and others. “There is a [political] vacuum out there and there does not seem to be a [post Brexit] plan. There are things we need and if we get them we can continue to prosper and be more successful”, Lansley added.
He has drawn up a Cambridge declaration with his colleagues meant to reassure existing academic and business staff from abroad that their presence will be protected. “We are committed to international collaboration in research, science and the exploitation of innovative, knowledge-intensive enterprises,” says the document.
Lansley says he will be pushing the British government to give acquired rights to the 9,000 European citizens living in the East Anglian city out of a total population of 124,000. He also wants to see a continuation of free labour movement to allow Europeans to come to work and study in Cambridge and says “we need free movement for them to come to work and to study here”.
What is the purpose of the Cambridge declaration in Paragraph 4

Business, academic and civic leaders in Cambridge have warned that one of Britain’s major economic growth cities is under threat unless the government acts quickly to restore trust post-Brexit.
Company executives and educationalists report some highly skilled foreign nationals quitting or refusing to commit to new jobs in Britain because of uncertainty over their future legal status here. It has in the past boasted of creating employment faster than China amid a boom in the technology and bioscience sectors, which led to the city being labelled “Silicon fen”, but now there are fears of a big slowdown.
“This is a unique economic asset for Europe,” said Lord Lansley, the former Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire after a specially convened meeting to discuss the problems with local politicians and others. “There is a [political] vacuum out there and there does not seem to be a [post Brexit] plan. There are things we need and if we get them we can continue to prosper and be more successful”, Lansley added.
He has drawn up a Cambridge declaration with his colleagues meant to reassure existing academic and business staff from abroad that their presence will be protected. “We are committed to international collaboration in research, science and the exploitation of innovative, knowledge-intensive enterprises,” says the document.
Lansley says he will be pushing the British government to give acquired rights to the 9,000 European citizens living in the East Anglian city out of a total population of 124,000. He also wants to see a continuation of free labour movement to allow Europeans to come to work and study in Cambridge and says “we need free movement for them to come to work and to study here”.
Which of the following is NOT a situation Lord Lansley expects to see

Passage 3
There’s a good chance that spicy crunchy tuna roll you ordered for lunch doesn’t actually contain any tuna at all.
That’s because 74% of fish sold at sushi venues in the US is mislabeled and often completely different than what’s on the menu, according to a 2013 survey from the ocean conservation group Oceana.
But new technology could help make the seafood business a bit more transparent. Google is teaming up with Oceana and the aerial and satellite imaging nonprofit SkyTruth to launch Global Fishing Watch this fall, the New York Times reports. The initiative will track and analyze fishing boat practices using satellite technology and, ideally, help ensure that fewer fake or mislabeled fish are swapped in along the way.
Seafood providers are also investing in technology to reduce fraud. Boston seafood distributor Red’s Best, for example, has increased transparency by selling fish with labels that buyers can scan with their smartphones to access a web page that provides details about the individual fish, including where the fish came from, the New York Times reports.
Even if a restaurant serves some real, correctly labeled fish, 95% of the 118 sushi restaurants surveyed by Oceana in cities including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles had at least one faked sushi item on the menu.
Currently, the biggest culprits for fake sushi are snapper 92% misleadingly labeled and tuna 71% . White tuna is often swapped for escolar, which is sometimes called the “Ex-Lax Fish”, according to Inside Edition, because it can cause intestinal problems.
Roughly 75% of fish labeled snapper isn’t even from the snapper family. Because of the predominance of fraud in the supply chain, New York sushi restaurant Sushi Nakazawa refuses to serve red snapper because the risk of fake fish is too high.
What can we infer from this passage

Passage 3
There’s a good chance that spicy crunchy tuna roll you ordered for lunch doesn’t actually contain any tuna at all.
That’s because 74% of fish sold at sushi venues in the US is mislabeled and often completely different than what’s on the menu, according to a 2013 survey from the ocean conservation group Oceana.
But new technology could help make the seafood business a bit more transparent. Google is teaming up with Oceana and the aerial and satellite imaging nonprofit SkyTruth to launch Global Fishing Watch this fall, the New York Times reports. The initiative will track and analyze fishing boat practices using satellite technology and, ideally, help ensure that fewer fake or mislabeled fish are swapped in along the way.
Seafood providers are also investing in technology to reduce fraud. Boston seafood distributor Red’s Best, for example, has increased transparency by selling fish with labels that buyers can scan with their smartphones to access a web page that provides details about the individual fish, including where the fish came from, the New York Times reports.
Even if a restaurant serves some real, correctly labeled fish, 95% of the 118 sushi restaurants surveyed by Oceana in cities including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles had at least one faked sushi item on the menu.
Currently, the biggest culprits for fake sushi are snapper 92% misleadingly labeled and tuna 71% . White tuna is often swapped for escolar, which is sometimes called the “Ex-Lax Fish”, according to Inside Edition, because it can cause intestinal problems.
Roughly 75% of fish labeled snapper isn’t even from the snapper family. Because of the predominance of fraud in the supply chain, New York sushi restaurant Sushi Nakazawa refuses to serve red snapper because the risk of fake fish is too high.
What’s the meaning of the word “predominance” in Paragraph 7

Passage 3
There’s a good chance that spicy crunchy tuna roll you ordered for lunch doesn’t actually contain any tuna at all.
That’s because 74% of fish sold at sushi venues in the US is mislabeled and often completely different than what’s on the menu, according to a 2013 survey from the ocean conservation group Oceana.
But new technology could help make the seafood business a bit more transparent. Google is teaming up with Oceana and the aerial and satellite imaging nonprofit SkyTruth to launch Global Fishing Watch this fall, the New York Times reports. The initiative will track and analyze fishing boat practices using satellite technology and, ideally, help ensure that fewer fake or mislabeled fish are swapped in along the way.
Seafood providers are also investing in technology to reduce fraud. Boston seafood distributor Red’s Best, for example, has increased transparency by selling fish with labels that buyers can scan with their smartphones to access a web page that provides details about the individual fish, including where the fish came from, the New York Times reports.
Even if a restaurant serves some real, correctly labeled fish, 95% of the 118 sushi restaurants surveyed by Oceana in cities including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles had at least one faked sushi item on the menu.
Currently, the biggest culprits for fake sushi are snapper 92% misleadingly labeled and tuna 71% . White tuna is often swapped for escolar, which is sometimes called the “Ex-Lax Fish”, according to Inside Edition, because it can cause intestinal problems.
Roughly 75% of fish labeled snapper isn’t even from the snapper family. Because of the predominance of fraud in the supply chain, New York sushi restaurant Sushi Nakazawa refuses to serve red snapper because the risk of fake fish is too high.
Why does the author mention Boston seafood distributor Red’s Best

Passage 3
There’s a good chance that spicy crunchy tuna roll you ordered for lunch doesn’t actually contain any tuna at all.
That’s because 74% of fish sold at sushi venues in the US is mislabeled and often completely different than what’s on the menu, according to a 2013 survey from the ocean conservation group Oceana.
But new technology could help make the seafood business a bit more transparent. Google is teaming up with Oceana and the aerial and satellite imaging nonprofit SkyTruth to launch Global Fishing Watch this fall, the New York Times reports. The initiative will track and analyze fishing boat practices using satellite technology and, ideally, help ensure that fewer fake or mislabeled fish are swapped in along the way.
Seafood providers are also investing in technology to reduce fraud. Boston seafood distributor Red’s Best, for example, has increased transparency by selling fish with labels that buyers can scan with their smartphones to access a web page that provides details about the individual fish, including where the fish came from, the New York Times reports.
Even if a restaurant serves some real, correctly labeled fish, 95% of the 118 sushi restaurants surveyed by Oceana in cities including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles had at least one faked sushi item on the menu.
Currently, the biggest culprits for fake sushi are snapper 92% misleadingly labeled and tuna 71% . White tuna is often swapped for escolar, which is sometimes called the “Ex-Lax Fish”, according to Inside Edition, because it can cause intestinal problems.
Roughly 75% of fish labeled snapper isn’t even from the snapper family. Because of the predominance of fraud in the supply chain, New York sushi restaurant Sushi Nakazawa refuses to serve red snapper because the risk of fake fish is too high.
Why don’t some sushi restaurants serve snapper

Passage 3
There’s a good chance that spicy crunchy tuna roll you ordered for lunch doesn’t actually contain any tuna at all.
That’s because 74% of fish sold at sushi venues in the US is mislabeled and often completely different than what’s on the menu, according to a 2013 survey from the ocean conservation group Oceana.
But new technology could help make the seafood business a bit more transparent. Google is teaming up with Oceana and the aerial and satellite imaging nonprofit SkyTruth to launch Global Fishing Watch this fall, the New York Times reports. The initiative will track and analyze fishing boat practices using satellite technology and, ideally, help ensure that fewer fake or mislabeled fish are swapped in along the way.
Seafood providers are also investing in technology to reduce fraud. Boston seafood distributor Red’s Best, for example, has increased transparency by selling fish with labels that buyers can scan with their smartphones to access a web page that provides details about the individual fish, including where the fish came from, the New York Times reports.
Even if a restaurant serves some real, correctly labeled fish, 95% of the 118 sushi restaurants surveyed by Oceana in cities including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles had at least one faked sushi item on the menu.
Currently, the biggest culprits for fake sushi are snapper 92% misleadingly labeled and tuna 71% . White tuna is often swapped for escolar, which is sometimes called the “Ex-Lax Fish”, according to Inside Edition, because it can cause intestinal problems.
Roughly 75% of fish labeled snapper isn’t even from the snapper family. Because of the predominance of fraud in the supply chain, New York sushi restaurant Sushi Nakazawa refuses to serve red snapper because the risk of fake fish is too high.
According to the passage, we can infer that _____.