V. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box

III. Choose the correct word.

II. Complete the sentences as in the text.

1. Some of the goods are weighed more heavily than others because…

2. Inflation can happen for a number of reasons, but economists say…

3. Customers may be able to pay the higher prices, and … 4. As the economy grows, demand for labour… 5. Workers who are able to relocate…

1. When something is in the headlines/articles it is an important story in the news.

2. When parents are unemployed it is difficult for a family to make ends touch/meеt.

3. The cost/price of living in cities like London and Tokyo is very high.

4. People prefer to shop in supermarkets because they find a wide range/amount of goods there.

5. The retail/shopping industry includes shops, supermarkets and department stores.

6. In statistics, when a number is valued/weighted it is multiplied by another number to show its importance.

7. The victim/culprit is the person who is responsible for doing something bad.

8. It is difficult for old people to manage/rope with living on a small pension.

9. In maths, a/an equation/formula is a sum which is equal on both sides.

10. The speed that something travels at is called velocity/capacity.

IV. Now read the text again and match each paragraph with the
correct heading.

Paragraph 1 ……………………… Paragraph 4 ……………………… Paragraph 5 ………………………

A. Measuring inflation

B. Structural unemployment

C. Cyclical unemployment

can’t be bothered, contracts, freelance, mobility, obsolete, region, relocates, retrain, shipyard, tastes.

1. People’s................. in clothes change with fashion and with

their age.

2. If you.................. to do something, you just don’t feel like

doing it.

3. When something.................., it gets smaller.

4. A.................. is an area of a country.

5. When a company.................. to another part of the country or

abroad, many workers lose their jobs.

6................... workers are not employees for a company, but are

self-employed.

7. If something is.................., it no longer exists because it isn’t

needed anymore.

8. If you lose your job due to mechanization, you may have to go to college and for something else.

9. A.................. is where ships are built.

10. Your................. is your ability to move from one place to

another.

VI. Now read the text again and choose the best answer or answers for each question.

1. Which kind of unemployment happens regularly every year?

A. cyclical unemployment

B. structural unemployment

C. frictional unemployment (фрикционная безработица)

D. seasonal unemployment

2. Which kind of unemployment happens because of advances in
technology?

A. cyclical unemployment

B. structural unemployment

C. frictional unemployment

D. seasonal unemployment

3. Which kind of unemployment may happen because someone
wants it?

A. cyclical unemployment

B. structural unemployment

C. frictional unemployment

D. seasonal unemployment

4. Which kind of unemployment happens because of changes in
economic growth?

A. cyclical unemployment

B. structural unemployment

C. frictional unemployment

D. seasonal unemployment

5. Which kind of unemployment happens in particular parts of the
country? (2 answers)

A. cyclical unemployment

B. structural unemployment

C. frictional unemployment

D. seasonal unemployment

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