2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text:

1. At the end of the 18th century, there were the most ______changes in British history.

2. These changes included ______ in 1776 after a seven-year war and the revolutions in ______.

3. The industry was transformed from ______ at home to ______ in factories.

4. The driving force behind this development was the ______ in population.

5. Britain's products were ______ all over the world.

6. Unemployment was high, wages low and there were numerous ______.

7. The Great Depression of the 1930s actually began with the ______ of the American financial markets (the Wall Street crash) in 1929.

8. And it was not until the ______ began a rescue operation at the end of 1976 that a dramatic recovery got underway.

9. Margaret Thatcher was elected _____ in 1979, and the Thatcher «revolution» started and dominated the decade.

10. Mrs. Thatcher once said she wanted Britain to make a return to ______.

3. Fill in the table with the data from the text:

The end of the 18th century	The period after World War I	The period after World War II

4. Find in the text English equivalents for the following:

Глубокий
сельское хозяйство
паровой двигатель
правление
Опасный
грязные трущобы
огромные пропорции
кораблестроение
срочно необходимый
оздоровление

5. Translate into Russian:

consequent increase
driving force
terrible hardship
to come to terms with
to grant the franchise
to talk of an affluent society
in an unsuccessful attempt
to reduce income tax
a dramatic recovery
to get underway

6. Fill in the gaps with the proper words and phrases:

Hand-work, demand for products, unhealthy conditions, planning experience, social services, legal recognition, trade union, to afford, wage freeze, income tax.

1. Work done with the hands and not by machines is called ______.

2. ______ is a government levy (tax) imposed on individuals or entities.

3. ______ is an attempt by a government to restrain wage-push inflation by holding wages at their existing level by force of law.

4. We can only ______ to buy a small car at the moment.

5. ______ is an organization of workers who have united together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, achieving higher pay and benefits such as health care and retirement, increasing the number of employees an employer assigns to complete the work, safety standards, and better working conditions. 

6. _____ of some status or fact in a jurisdiction is formal acknowledgement of it as being true, valid, legal, or worthy of consideration and may involve approval or the granting of rights.

7.  ______ are a range of public services provided by any national or regional government organization for its residents, including such things as health care, public housing, social care and social security.

8. Professional ______ — whether acquired through practice, teaching, or research — must appropriately address all of the following criteria.

9. You will need to report ______ living ______ at your local Health Department. 

10. The _____ is the quantity that buyers will be willing to purchase at a given price.