5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair.

a. intermediary, fluctuation, interest, dismiss, alter, to be located

b. change, fire, variation, be situated, go-between, additional money

6. Choose the word that best completes the sentence and insert it in the correct form:

run, facility, Treasury, site, dismiss, serve, gilt-edged, alter, comparison, intermediary, liquidity, to be located, expertise, fluctuation, supervisor

1. Bills are three month assets issued by the ____________ and some companies. 2. But they must always have sufficient ___________ to cover the possibility of any withdrawals. 3. The third general feature is increased ______________ in production between years. 4. The Senator's illness means he may not _________ out his term. 5. Many people don't care who ___________ the country. 6. Switzerland's foreign minister served as an ___________ between the two countries. 7. The company, which _____________ most of its staff, said it had debt of $ 274 million. 8. While the industrial sector remained small in real terms, much industrial production continued ______________ in rural areas. 9. The market soared, especially in government _____________ stock, and the pound emerged ever stronger. 10. The rooms were used in local cottages, and warehouses occupied much of this________ . 11. The college has excellent research______________ . 12. Nothing can _________ the fact that the refugees are our responsibility. 13. She has worked her way up the company and is now ___________ of 50 staff members. 14. What he's bringing to the company is financial____________. 15. The ten-knot speed of a liner is quite trivial by______________ .

7. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1. And banks now provide almost _______ much liquidity for private securities ____ for public ones. 2. Normally this activity is not noticed _____ the investing public, only ____ those market professionals intimately concerned _____ the gilt-edged market. 3. Bryant was unfairly dismissed _____ his post. 4. The return ____ gold was Churchill's decision, even though, within the Treasury, he _____ first was hard to convince. 5. _____ a while, she ran a restaurant ____ Boston. 6. Any number of circumstances may give rise ____ a fluctuation ____ workload thus upsetting staffing predictions. 7. Haworth, formerly a supervisor ____ 120 people ____ a printing company, left ____ start his own business. 8. The King responded ___ the questions ______ an intermediary. 9. A home ____ the elderly will be built ____ the site ____ the old hospital. 10. Yet ____ comparison ____ the fate _____ most people ____ Caxias, this is a haven of relative calm and well-being. 11. The very presence ___ the media also tends ____ alter the relationships _____ the political and social institutions which they link up. 12. The phone is equipped ____ a call-back facility. 13. The bulk ____ the world's rainforests, 97 percent, are located ____ 27 developing countries.