ENGLISH – LEVEL VI

ENGLISH – LEVEL VI

Week 6 – Lesson 121

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1. choose, would hire 2. would she have left, had offered 3. is, will miss 4. didn’t have, would leave 5. were/was, would print 6. had reduced, wouldn’t have made

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7. would make, had 8. were/was, would promote 9. would buy, was/were 10. hadn’t repaired, would have lost 11. hadn’t made, wouldn’t have made 12. don’t pay, won’t do 13. will pass, don’t mind

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CHOOSE THE BEST ITEM: There was record-__________________________ trading volume on

the New York Stock Exchange this week.   taking  destroying  breaking

The recovery raised __________________________ that the worst might be over.   ideas  thoughts  hopes

The earnings were higher than __________________________, which sent the stock through the roof ( = increased its value dramatically).  accepted  expected  escaped

It was a good day for us. Our stock __________________________ to $45 a share!  hopped  jumped  skipped

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oTheir shares _______________________ by 100% after news of the big contract came out.   rocketed  went up slightly  finishedoTheir shares __________________________after they reported a 30 percent decline in third-quarter earnings.   sank  rocketed  went through the roofoThe shares __________________________ Friday. ( = The price remained the same)  finished  remained unchanged  ralliedoThe stock market has been __________________________ for three days straight.   fall  lower  downoI'm hoping for a 10% __________________________ over the next year.  increasing  increase  increased

When a stock market __________________________( = goes down considerably), many investors lose a lot of money.   clashes  smashes  crashes

My _______________________ advised me to buy this company's stock.   broker  breaker  brokerage

The news had no __________________________ on the price of the stock.  interest  impasse  impact

Online brokers are usually less expensive than their offline _________________________.  counterparts  version  counteract

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Two occasions of ___ declining activity were registered in the years of 1929 and 1987.

disastrous

disastrously The Dow Jones is an index ___ the economists Edward

Jones and Charles Henry Dow.

name after

named after

is naming after Only the initials of the companies and the price of

their shares ___ on the billboard.

are flashed

is flashing I made my _____ buying and selling stocks.

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The store won't change any merchandise without the original _____.receiptcredit-cardrecipe

People who like to buy and sell stocks are called _____.swindlerinvestorsheir

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COLLOCATIONS:

bank account bank balance bank branch bank deposit bank lending rates bank loan exchange rate foreign currency interest rate to cash a cheque cheque book

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COLLOCATIONS:

merchant bank money laundering to open an account preference share (GB) - preferred stock (US) current account (GB) - checking account (US) to take out a loan

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