2. Match synonyms:

1. agreement ( )	a) to state
2. outbreak ( )	b) to encourage
3. viable ( )	c) deal
4. substantial ( )	d) mainly
5. to boost ( )	e) start
6. primarily ( )	f) to protect
7. mandate ( )	g) possible
8. to insulate ( )	h) authority
9. to seek ( )	i) considerable
10. to define ( )	j) to attempt

III. Decipher the words in brackets and fill in the blanks:

1. The World Bank is an international financial (ntuisitinot) __________ that provides leveraged (nolas) __________ to developing countries for capital programmes.

2. The World Bank has been assigned temporary (nenamgamet)__________ responsibility of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), focused on making (lenerwbae)__________ energy cost- competitive with coal- fired power as quickly as possible.

3. Clean Air Initiative (CAI) is a World Bank (ainitivtie) __________ to advance innovative ways to improve air quality in cities through (sprtanesprhi) _______ in selected regions of the world by sharing knowledge and experiences.

4. Environmentalists are urging the Bank to stop worldwide support for the development of coal plants and other large (itertmes) _________ of greenhouse gas and operations that are proven to pollute or damage the (rievomnentn) ______.

5. Despite claiming goals of “good (vgenoracne) _________ and anti- corruption”, the World Bank requires sovereign (ynumimit) _________, which waives a holder from all legal liability for their actions, from the countries it deals with.

IV. Match elements from the two columns to form new words:

1. agree-	-or
2. author-	-ion
3. infra-	-date
4. pre-	-ment
5. rav-	-ial
6. man-	-come
7. substant-	-age
8. out-	-ty
9. cumula-	-al
10. pover-	-vent
11. protect-	-tive
12. in-	-ative
13. represent-	-structure
14. intern-	-break
15. direct-	-ized

V. Match elements from the two columns to form correct noun phrases, translate them into Ukrainian and make up sentences:

1. economic ( )	a) base
2. global ( )	b) programmes
3. debt ( )	c) loans
4. interest- free ( )	d) decision
5. protection ( )	e) infrastructure
6. grace ( )	f) period
7. executive ( )	g) will
8. political ( )	h) credit
9. policy ( )	i) board
10. capital ( )	j) crisis

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VI. Fill in the blanks with the following words: move, launched, ban, destruction, poverty, challenges, allegations, bonds, accounts, life.

1. The World Bank began ___________ in order to reconstruct a devastated post – war Europe.

2. The idea was that one could create a bank that would be self - financing, it would raise money in capital markets by selling __________ and it would lend that money to poor countries.

3. There are ___________ to transform the Bank’s role and purpose in a fast- changing, globalised environment.

4. The World Bank __________ a global partnership aimed at helping countries include the costs of destroying nature into their national accounts.

5. The Bank’s President said environmental ___________ happens partly because governments do not account for the value of nature.

6. The goal has been to fight _________ and aid development around the world.

7. The World Bank was accused of publishing false _________ and wasting money on ineffective medicines in its malaria treatment programme.

8. The Bank denied the ___________ and said it was investing $ 500m to $ 1bn over the next years.

9. A British publisher Macmillan faced a six- year _____ from taking up any contracts financed by the World Bank.

10. The ________ came after Macmillan had admitted making “bribery payments” to secure a deal to print textbooks in South Sudan, the World Bank said.