IV. Match the sentence halves

1. Faulty goods should be returned	a) from two years of heavy losses.
2. He failed to meet	b) hotels and transportation.
3. The airline is reeling	c) of benefit to everyone concerned.
4. The best inventions are	d) our most valuable commodity.
5. The company is working	e) payments on his rent.
6. The identification of a problem is	f) the first step towards solving it.
7. The new regulations will be	g) the simplest and most obvious.
8. The price includes	h) to an arrangement over the price.
9. Time is	i) to the manufacturers.
10. We can come	j) with suppliers to cut costs by thirty percent.

V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. … the factories and the final consumers will be a battery … professional carriers.

2. Even … the arrival … the twentieth century, the newfangled motor cars and aeroplanes had appeared and were heralding the age … the legless man.

3. No longer was it necessary to wait … favourable winds to carry cargoes … their destinations.

4. No longer were there those long dry waits … the doldrums … sailors whistling … the wind.

5. … the one hand, raw materials have to be brought … the factories … processing.

6. The invention … the internal combustion engine was the end … the beginning … the new age … scientific transport.

7. The resources … all the countries … the world can be made available … all so long as there are the necessary means … transport.

8. The total miles travelled … all the various materials … they become a car which can be used is astronomical.

9. The wholesaler buys … goods … a variety … manufacturers and then distributes them … the retailers, or shopkeepers, as they are more generally called.

10. There are so many different materials called … that few countries are able to cater … the needs … their industries.

VI. Fill in articles where necessary

1. Between … factories and … final consumers will be … battery of professional carriers.

2. Even before … arrival of … twentieth century, … newfangled motor cars and aeroplanes had appeared and were heralding … age of … legless man.

3. On … one hand, raw materials have to be brought to … factories for processing.

4. … affluent part of … world was becoming … giant factory – … single economic unit.

5. … containers are usually enclosed and tend to be of … standard height and width, though some are open-topped with … fixed tarpaulin cover.

6. … invention of … internal combustion engine was … end of … beginning for … new age of scientific transport.

7. … resources of all … countries in … world can be made available to all so long as there are … necessary means of transport.

8. … total miles travelled by all … various materials before they become … car which can be used is astronomical.

9. … transport revolution dates from about 1840 to … end of … nineteenth century.

10. … world of business needs … transport system if it is to function effectively.