I’m filling … for Joe for a few days.

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Too many young people are still … the public dole in the US.

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Millions of people have been laid … in the steel industry.

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She applied … a job with the local manufacturing company.

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He works … a law firm.

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She works … a consultant for a design company.

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The studies were undertaken by people working … oil industry.

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Learning a language isn’t easy. You have to work … improving.

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Would you mind standing in … me for a while?

* Match the definition with the term:

A product that is brought from one country into another so that it can be sold there, or the business of doing this.

а) barter

б) import

в) export

г) exchange

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A market where one kind of money is traded for a different kind of money.

а) international market

б) domestic market

в) foreign exchange market

г) currency market

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One’s income before paying taxes.

а) net income

б) gross income

в) aggregate income

г) median income

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The process when individuals leaving the job postpone finding a new one.

а) frictional unemployment

б) structural unemployment

в) cycle unemployment

г) true unemployment

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Money one receives as payment from the organization you work for, usually paid every month.

а) salary

б) pay

в) wage

г) fee

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In-kind transfer occurs when it is in …

а) goods

б) goods and services

в) cash

г) services

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If the world price of the commodity is below the domestic price, there will be an incentive … the commodity.

а) to exchange

б) to export

в) to import

г) barter

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Individuals or firms who want to import a commodity mostly make the exchange …

а) using money

б) using barter

в) using other possibilities

г) using possibilities

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One of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided is …

а) a stock

б) a share

в) a percent

г) a fraction

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Lack of mobility may occur because individuals choose not to make changes in order to …

а) save their earnings

б) increase their earnings

в) compensate for loss of earnings

г) to quadruple their earnings

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A tax is … if persons with higher incomes pay the same fraction of their income in taxes as do persons with lower incomes.

а) direct

б) progressive

в) proportional

г) regressive

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