D Practice. 1. Decide whether the following statements represent no movement at all, a slow movement or rapid one

1. Decide whether the following statements represent no movement at all, a slow movement or rapid one. Write N, S or R.

1 The plummeting dollar has boosted American exports.

2 Sales have been stagnant.

3 There has been a surge in the number of complaints.

4 Imports have risen somewhat.

5 There has been a slight increase in production costs.

6 The glut in the market has caused prices to slump.

7 Home sales have slipped back.

8 Prices are likely to remain steady overall.

9 The price of gold eased back by the end of the day to $423 an ounce.

10 Coffee futures edged up yesterday.

11 Euro-Disney shares went up sharply to 113p.

2. Complete the passage using an appropriate expression to replace the graphs.

Last year was a bad year for commodity prices.

The commodity price index 1) throughout January and February reaching an 2)_record in mid-March. Prices then started to 3) and

4) until the end of April, when they 5) again with disastrous results for commodity producers. Despite a 6) in May the situation worsened again in June and prices 7) once more to another

8) _record at the end of July. Prices remained stable for the rest of the summer and even 9) during the period September-November, before 10) yet again at the end of the year.

3. Draw a graph which shows developing trends. Choose any of the following subjects:

- company performance

- product sales

- economic trends

- development of tourism, industry or leisure interests

Then write a short paragraph describing your graph, accounting for its profile.

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