Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks.

Learning is all about change, and change drives learning. The two are inevitable and go hand in glove. Change imposes gaps between what is and what is going to be, or between what was and what is now. Change (1) ______ opportunities and imposes demands. In the workforce and other areas of life, change raises questions about readiness to take advantage of opportunities or to face demands for different (2) ______ of behaving and interacting and more demanding goals to achieve. Learning can bring about change by creating new capabilities and opening the door to new and unexpected opportunities. As such, learning is risky. It upsets the status quo, raising ambiguities and (3) ______. It also has the potential to empower a person to influence the future, providing choices that would not be available otherwise.

Change and learning (4) ______ throughout our lives. Indeed, we spend our early lives in educational settings that give us life skills, but ultimately prepare us for a career. The question is whether we also learn how to learn so that we are prepared to face change and create positive change for ourselves and others. Adaptive learners are prepared to make incremental changes. Generative learners are ready for transformational change. They (5) ______ new ideas and skills, experiment with new behaviours, and set challenging goals for themselves that bring them to new ideal states. Transformative learners have the skills to confront and create frame-breaking change. For them, change is the process of recognizing gaps, setting goals, establishing a learning plan, and (6) ______ motivation for carrying out the plan to achieve the goals.

Change (1) ______ opportunities and imposes demands.