Complete the following sentences joining the suitable part.

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Exercise 2

Find the wrong statements.

Exercise 1

COMPREHENSION CHECK

1 The United States of America turned into the centre for international

trade three centuries after Columbus's voyage of 1492.

2 Japan's economic prosperity was created before World War II.

3 South Korea and Taiwan are big exporters of consumer goods.

4 England always wanted to maintain close relations with its European

neighbours.

5 Removing economic barriers is the major objective of the member

countries of the European Community.

6 Most Communist governments of Eastern Europe failed to achieve

any economic growth after World War II.

7 The transition from communism to capitalism is delayed only by

hyperinflation.

8 The decline in export earnings of the Third World countries was

caused by the recession of the 1980s in the developed countries.

1 The Pacific Rim countries succeeded in ...

... a) preserving their independence.

... b) combining rapid technological advances with a

very great volume of imports.

... c) producing large amounts of consumer goods.

2 The rapid economic growth of most countries is based ...

... a) on neutrality at all costs.

... b) on encouraging foreign trade.

... c) on borrowing as much as possible.

3 The Third World countries comprise ...

... a) 90% of the world's population.

... a) 75% of the world's population.

... c) 60% of the world's population.