I believe your answers would be A, C, E.
Hope this helps. I didn't do much to research it. Tell me if I'm correct.
1) had been working, left
2) clears, will walk
3)had been reading
4)May
5)was to
6)have you been getting
7)are always complaining
8)was crossing, struck
9)graduated, began
10)are, will stop
11)must
12)should
13)didn’t have
14)can’t be solved
15)five
I would say that the paying attention to the trend that might impact your future is called: Futurecasting.
Answer:
Personification has to with giving human attributes to non-human objects. In this case, there is no such thing as a "physical heartbeat of the group