Тема: Контрольная по анлийскому

Контрольная по анлийскому

Financial disasters
A. In your opinion, which of the following give the best return on your money? Which are very risky? Which are less risky?
B. Choose the best answer.
C. Work in three groups. Each group reads a different text: either The South Sea Bubble or Tulipomania or The Wall Street Crash. Make notes on the key points.
The South Sea Bubble
Tulipomania
The Wall Street Crash
D. Form new groups of three people, each of whom has read a different text.
E. Discuss these questions.
1. What are the similarities and differences in the three speculations?
2. What do you think people will speculate in during the next 20 years?
F. Work in groups. Find words or phrases in the texts which are similar in meaning to the definitions below. The first group to finish is the winner.
South Sea Bubble
Tulipomania
Wall Street Crash
Exercises
73.1 What single word or phrase is being, defined in each of these sentences?
73.2 Complete the missing preposition in these sentences.
73.3 Replace the underlined word(s) with another word or phrase that has the same meaning.
73.4 Look at the graph and complete the sentences on the left. Each gap is one word.
73.5 Complete the compound words or common phrases. There may be more than one answer.
73.6 Can you answer these questions about your own country?
1 What is the inflation rate at the moment?
2 If you borrow money from the bank, what is the interest rate approximately?
3 What is the state of the economy at the moment? Is it strong? Is it in recession?