unit 7

1. The government is offering attractive .............. to encourage foreign investment.

• value added tax

• tax incentives

• labour force

• Income tax

When .............. is attractive enough, a lot of money will be put into the bank.

• income tax

• inflation rate

• interest rate

• currency

A nation’s ..............is favorable when its exports exceed its imports.

• trade balance

• trade surplus

• trate deficit

• foreign trade

He .............. $2 billion offer from Yahoo, because the deal was too risky.

• took up

• took in

• depended on

• turned down

That country was able to repay its loans from abroad, thus, could reduce its ..............

• Foreign investment

• trade deficit

• Trade surplus

• Foreign debt

The percentage increase in prices calculated on a monthly or annual basis is ..............

• Exchange rate

• interest rate

• Unemployment rate

• Inflation rate

What is today’s .............. between Euros and Yens?

• Interest rate

• Exchange rate

• Tax

• Inflation rate

For this weekend only, Channel store is celebrating its first year in business with an up to 30% .............. on all items.

• Discount

• Reduction

• Decrease

• Decline

We chose this country to build a factory because they have ..............

• Unhealthy economy

• High inflation rate

• Unstable politics

• Skilled workforce

To stimulate the economy and attract .............from abroad, the government is offering new tax incentives.

• Foreign affair

• Forwign debt

• Foreign investment

• Foreign ralation