V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. Almost one tenth … the British workforce has been … … work.

2. … the main trends … Britain's industry is the decline … the heavy industry.

3. … successfully exploiting oil and gas … the North Sea Britain has become self-sufficient … energy.

4. … agriculture they try to support a high level … self-sufficiency, except … manufacture … sugar and cheese which are imported.

5. More than half … the farms devoted … cattle and sheep are found … the hills and moorland … Scotland, Wales, Northern Ire­land and western England.

6. Nuclear fuel has insignificantly raised a level … developed energy … the country.

7. The aerospace industry, the third largest … the world, exports … seventy percent … its production.

8. The banking services are responsible … … twenty percent … interna­tional bank lending and insurance.

9. The business services promoting extensive distribution networks … retailers and wholesalers contribute … one sixth … the national income.

10. The overwhelming majority … energy is made … usual power stations.

VI. Fill in articles where necessary

1. At … same time almost one tenth of … British workforce has been out of work.

2. Britain has … largest energy resources in Europe and is … ma­jor world producer of oil, natural gas and coal.

3. By successfully exploiting oil and gas from … North Sea Britain has become self-sufficient in … energy.

4. In agriculture they try to support … high level of … self-sufficiency, except for … manufacture of sugar and cheese which are imported.

5. In animal industries … most important is … horned livestock.

6. Nuclear fuel has insignificantly raised … level of developed energy in … country while hydroelectric power stations have kept their positions.

7. … banking services are responsible for about twenty percent of … interna­tional bank lending and insurance.

8. … business services promoting extensive distribution … networks of retailers and wholesalers contribute about one sixth of … national income.

9. … electronic industry produces … extensive range of compu­ter hardware systems, associated equipment and software.

10. … fishing industry provides about sixty-five percent of … British fish supplies.

VII. Complete the following sentences filling in appropriate words from the box

decline; economy; employment; Gross Do­mestic Product; industry; innovation; insurance; internal deposits; producer; production; produc­tivity; raw materials; resources; retailers; services; wholesalers.

1. Among the main trends of Britain's industry is the … in the heavy … .

2. Britain has the largest energy … in Europe and is a ma­jor world … of oil, natural gas and coal.

3. British agriculture is known for its high efficiency and … .

4. Primary industries provide … and food from the land and the sea.

5. Service industries account for sixty-six percent of Britain's … and seventy-one percent of … .

6. The banking … are responsible for about twenty percent of interna­tional bank lending and … .

7. The business services promote extensive distribution networks of … and … .

8. The chemical industry, the third largest in Western Europe, ex­ports nearly fifty percent of its … .

9. The coal-mining industry has been transformed by … of natural gas and oil.

10. To make the British … more efficient the government tries to stimulate … in industry.