Exercise 4:
Choose the best choice in each bracket
My name is Jenny Logan and I’m in charge of e-banking at Scot West Bank. We have local
(1
....shop/branches/outlet) like all the other (2…..
high-street/top-end/mid- range) banks, but
more and more of our customers are using the internet. Our “Internet only” savings account
allows customers to (3
....arrange/manage/audit) their money 24 hours a day. You can check
your account (4
....profit/total/balance) day
or night and, if you want, (5
...dispose/distribute/transfer) money from one account to another. You don’t get a (6
...cheque/credit/cash) book but you can pay bills electronically. Also we don’t send a bank (7
...report/statement/invoice) through the post every month because you can print one off at any
time. Internet banking is very efficient so our (8
...charges/debits/credits) are lower and we
pay more (9
overdraft/dividend/interest) on e-accounts. At the moment the (10
level/rate/share) is 4%..
1 ………………..
3 ………………..
5 ………………..
7 ………………..
9….……………..
2 ………………..
4 ………………..
6 ………………..
8 ………………..
10………………..
Exercise 5:
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form to complete the following
passage.
The economy is stable following the problems of the past two years. By following a tight
monetary
policy the government (1) ……………………. (reduce) the interest rate to 2%.
After
(2) ……………………. (go up) dramatically, the inflation rate
(3) …………………….
(be) now down to 8%. The last six months
(4) ……………………. (see) a light improvement
in the exchange rate against the dollar. The GDP (gross domestic product)
(5)
……………………. (grow) by 0.15%.
Exports (6) ……………………. (increase) and the
balance of trade
(7) ……………………. (start) to look much healthier. The unemployment
rate
(8) ……………………. (continue) to be a problem as it is still 16%. In order to stimulate
the economy and attract foreign investment the government
(9) ……………………. (offer)
new tax incentives as well as making a renewed effort to reduce government bureaucracy.
Finally, a large skilled labor force
(10) ……………………. (mean) there could be attractive
investment opportunities over the next five years.
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