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Industry and Agriculture

Industry
1 Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
produce shipyards products export natural resources
markets economy boom plants import
slump
The health of a big, developed country's (a) depends largely on its industry.
Factories have to keep busy. They must (b) and sell their (c) in large
quantities. (d) must make and sell ships; car (e) must make and sell
cars. A period of industrial success, when everything goes well and large prafits are
made, is called a (f) o On the other hand a period when there is not much
industrial activity is called a (g) o To maintain a high level of praduction is not
simple. For example Japan, a very successful industrialised country, has very few
(h) such as oil or coal, and has to (i) them fram other countries in
order to keep its industries going, and thus to supply needs at home and also to
G) its goods to its overseas (k) _

Agriculture
2 Instructions as above.
dams fertilizers
Iivestock crops
agricultural
self-sufficient fertile tarmers
harvest irrigate
A country which wishes to be (a) in food will encourage its (b) to
praduce as much as possible 50 that it will not be dependent on food imports. If
there is not much rain, (c) must be built on rivers to pravide water to
(d) the land. If the land is not naturally rich, chemical (e) must be
used to make it (f) o Then (g) (of wheat, rice etc.) will grow, the
(h) will be good, and in addition the (i) (cattle, sheep etc.) will have
grass to eat. If this does not happen, the (j) sector of the country's economy
will suffer and the country will have to import food fram abroad.
3 Explain the difference between ...
(a) an oilfield and an oil refinery
(b) a mine and a quarry
(c) the praducer and the consumer
(d) to plough and to sow
4 Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
in to on trom ot
(a) Prafits depend largely production and sales.
(b) There is a boom shipbuilding.
(c) The main export Iran is oi!.
(d) This land suffers Iack of water.
(e) Thailand is self-sufficient rice.
(f) Sweden exports wood the UK.

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