English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

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Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Use expressions from the table in A opposite to rewrite the underlined parts of these 
sentences with more appropriate vocabulary.
1 The economy cannot depend only on businesses like restaurants and hotels. We need to 
encourage industries that make things we can sell.
2 In this area, there are a lot of industries that use computers and things, while in the north, they 
depend more on industries that don’t use such up-to-date technology.
3 The latest, innovative technology is very expensive, so the company has to rely on existing, 
standard technology.
4 The idea that industries should be owned by the government is less popular than it was, but the 
trend towards selling off these industries has slowed down.
5 Industry with big factories producing things like steel and so on has declined, and now we’re more 
dependent on industry that makes things like radios and furniture.
Give words or expressions which mean:
1 a combination of state ownership and private ownership
2 payment or grant from the government which enables a loss-making industry to continue
3 investment in a country by foreign companies
4 system of paying employees only for the amount they produce
5 an economy that depends on factories producing large quantities of cheap goods based on long 
hours and low wages
6 to change the location where goods are produced (
Give two answers
.)
7 to train people for new jobs and teach them new skills (
Give two answers
.)
8 a big company with operations in many different countries
9 an effort to reduce costs
10 using children to do adult jobs
11 an employment contract which does not guarantee you work or pay every week