Linking: match the first half of each sentence with the most appropriate second half.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 531.
Complete: use an appropriate preposition where necessary.
| from, into, of(2), on, in(4), by, for, to |
1. Russia invests more money… the Belarusian economy than any other country. In 2007 it contributed … 33.5% … all foreign investments … the country.
2. Belarusian Minister … Foreign Affairs said that apart … Russians, there are some other nations keen … investing … Belarus.
3. There is the Foreign Investments Consultation Council in Belarus chaired … the Prime Minister, which aim is to improve the business climate.
4. Belarus is said to be the leading CIS country … economy growth rates.
5. The tariff system is binding …the budget sector.
6. Belarus specializes …a number of industries which contribute … the development of the national economy.
| 1. Belarus exports … | a) the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. |
| 2. Raw materials … | b) large quantities of machinery, transport vehicles, chemical and petrochemical products, fibers, fertilizers and transport services. |
| 3. The country continues to be affected by … | c) the main import, coming mostly from the Russian Federation. |
| 4. Belarus is not rich in mineral recourses, but it has … | d) processing of Russian oil products going through the pipelines to the west (primarily Germany). |
| 5. Belarus has the most modernized and powerful chemical industry … | e) among FSU states besides Russia. |
| 6. Belarusian chemical industry specializes first of all in the … | f) highly regulated by the government. |
| 7. The Belarusian labour market is … | g) deposits of clay, sand, chalk, dolomite, phosphorite, and rock and potassium salt. |
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