Vocabulary exercises

I.

1. a

2. h

3. i

4. e

5. f

6. c

7. b

8. g

9. d

II.

1. g

2. f

3. d

4. c

5. e

6. a

7. b

III.

1. 2i 3c

2. 2d 3b

3. 2j 3f

4. 2g 3e

5. 2e 3l

6. 2l 3h

7. 2c 3g

8. 2h 3a

9. 2f 3j

10. 2k 3k

11. 2a 3i

12. 2b 3d

V.

1. industrialized; 2. industry; 3. industrial; 4. industrious; 5. industrialists; 6. industrialization; 7. industrialism.

VI.

1. car/motor/truck industry; 2. heavy industry; 3. pretax profit; 4. gain income; 5. net/pure profit; 6. decline in productivity; 7. make a profit; 8. expand industry; 9. net income; 10. royal profit; 11. railway network 12. trading network; 13. time deposit; 14. travel industry; 15. trading profit.

VII.

1. at; 2. in; 3. in; 4. off; 5. in; 6. of; 7. from; 8. at; 9. at; 10. at; 11. out; 12. in; 13. against.

VIII.

1. d

2. e

3. d

4. b

5. i

6. g

7. b

8. d

9. g

10. b

11. h

12. b

13. i

14. h

15. f

16. e

17. a

18. f

19. g

20. c

21. h

IX.

1. insurance; 2. retailers; 3. employment; 4. deposit; 5. income; 6. supply; 7. wholesalers; 8. distribution; 9. decline; 10. innovation.

III.

1. d

2. a

3. c

4. l

5. g

6. j

7. m

8. k

9. b

10. i

11. e

12. h

13. f

14. n

IV.

1. d

2. a

3. c

4. h

5. b

6. e

7. g

8. f

9. i

10. j

V.

1. of, out, of; 2. among, of, in; 3. by, from, in; 4. in, of, for, of; 5. of, to, on, of; 6. of, in; 7. in, over, of; 8. for, about, of; 9. of, about, of; 10. of, on.

VI.

1. the, the; 2. the, a; 3. the, _; 4. a, _, _; 5. the, the; 6. the, the; 7. the, _; 8. the, _, the; 9. the, an; 10. the, _.

VII.

1. decline, industry; 2. resources, producer; 3. produc­tivity; 4. raw materials; 5. Gross Do­mestic Product, employment; 6. services, insurance; 7. retailers, wholesalers; 8. production; 9. internal deposits; 10. economy, innovation.

IX.

1. More than half of the farms devoted to cattle and sheep are found on the hills and moorland of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ire­land and western England. 2. British agriculture is known for its high efficiency and produc­tivity. 3. Britain has the largest energy resources in Europe and is a ma­jor world producer of oil, natural gas and coal. 4. The coal-mining industry has been transformed by internal deposits of natural gas and oil. 5. To make the British economy more efficient the government tries to stimulate innovation in industry, encourage competition, reduce taxes, promote exports and work for worldwide free trade. 6. Among the main trends of Britain's industry are the decline in the heavy industry, the growth of the offshore oil and gas industry, the rapid development of the electronic industry, the continual rise in the service industries. 7. By successfully exploiting oil and gas from the North Sea Britain has become self-sufficient in energy. 8. The fishing industry provides about sixty-five percent of British fish supplies. 9. Farms devoted to arable farming are found mainly in eastern, central and southern England. 10. The chemical industry, the third largest in Western Europe, ex­ports nearly fifty percent of its production.