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CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – FIND THE NAME
Read the paragraphs 1-7 and put each one’s name from A-H. Use one letter once
only, you have one extra answer which is not used.
TASK 5
A. Agriculture
B. Currency
C. Energy
D. Foreign trade
E. Forestry
F. Land
G. Welfare growth
H. Mining
1.
Scientific farming, including intensive fertilization and mechanization, makes possible good crop yields despite
poor soil, rugged topography, and a short growing season. Swedish farms vary in size from large estates to small
farms. In recent years, many small farms have been combined into larger units. The leading farm commodities
remain livestock and livestock products, especially dairy items. The major crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes,
rapeseed, rye, and sugar beets. The livestock population includes 1.8 million cattle, 2.3 million hogs, 420,000 sheep,
and 7.8 million poultry. Sweden is also a leading producer of fur pelts, particularly mink.
2.
Sweden has the largest timber reserves in western Europe and is its largest producer of timber products. Timber
production in 2003 was 46.9 million cubic meters; about one-half of the logs are made into lumber, and the other
half are used in making paper. The most productive lumbering areas are in the lower slopes of the northern
highlands and in the Smeland region. Timber-processing plants are concentrated along the coast of the Gulf of
Bothnia; some of the many rivers that flow into the gulf are used to supply the mills with power.
3.
Extensive high-grade iron-ore deposits are located in central and northern Sweden, notably around Kiruna and
Malmberget. The country also contains an estimated 15 percent of the world’s uranium reserves. Zinc, gold, crude
petroleum, and iron pyrites also were produced.
4.
Sweden is rich in waterpower resources, and 46 percent of its elec tricity is produced in hydroelectric
facilities. Some 45 percent is generated in nuclear power plants. After the 1986 Chernobyl’ nuclear
disaster in the USSR, a decision was made to phase out nuclear power plants in Sweden by the early 21st
century, but the country’s economic recession has so far forced post ponement of this program.
5.
The basic monetary unit of Sweden is the
krona,
or crown, which is divided into 100
цге.
The main
stock exchange is in Stockholm.
6.
Principal exports of Sweden include transportation equipment, primarily automobiles; paper and paper
manufactures; chemicals; raw and processed forest products; electronic sound equipment; iron and steel;
power-generating equipment; and ships. Leading purchasers are Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway,
United States, Denmark, and Finland. Chief imports are chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products,
transportation equipment, food products, computers and office machines, and clothing and accessories.
Leading suppliers are Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, the United States, Finland, a nd
France.
7.
All citizens receive old-age pensions, health insurance, and workers’ compensation disability benefits.
An unemployment-insurance plan is subsidized largely by the government but administered by the trade
unions. There are subsidies to families who are raising children, maternity benefits, and government -
subsidized low-rent housing.
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