Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "Money and banking" №4

MONEY. Choose the correct answer.

1. The going ....... for the job is $ 7 an hour.

pay
price
rate
wage

2. When you buy a house you can claim tax ....... on the mortgage.

aid
assistance
benefit
relief

3. Inflation is the first problem that the new government will have to ....... .

clasp
grasp
seize
tackle

4. Mr Teenager's ....... will be held in trust for him until he is 21. Then he will be free to spend it.

dowry
heirloom
heritage
inheritance

5. When the company was declared bankrupt, all its fixed ....... were claimed by its creditors.

assets
benefits
funds
sums

6. Our country has never had a large ....... in its balance of payments.

abundance
addition
overflow
surplus

7. Miss Cheating is in trouble because she has not paid her National Insurance ....... for ten years.

contributions
subscriptions
subsidies
tributes

8. People in financial difficulties sometimes fall ....... to unscrupulous money lenders.

fool
prey
sacrifice
scapegoat

9. Because Mr Sacked has just lost his job, his aunt's legacy came as a useful ....... .

advantage
benefit
profit
windfall

10. The government has introduced ....... currency controls which will make it more difficult to holiday abroad.

extreme
striking
stringent
strong

11. If you don't complete your income tax ....... , you may have to pay more than is necessary.

account
document
report
return

12. As a result of increased productivity, the workers received a ....... pay increase.

fundamental
palpable
substantial
tangible

13. $ 150? $250? Let's ....... the difference and say $200.

agree
avoid
decrease
split

14. Newly ....... coins always look clean and shining.

minted
moulded
pressed
printed

15. For some jobless people, joining the ....... queue is a humiliating experience.

benefit
dole
grant
ration

16. If a man is legally separated from his wife, is he still ....... for her debts?

answerable
bound
chargeable
liable

17. The two men ....... a coin to see who should take care of the business on the weekend.

hurled
lobbed
threw
tossed

18. No-one knows precisely how much she earns a month, but $4,000 can't be very ....... of the mark.

broad
distant
far
wide

19. The ....... between the rich and the poor is very evident in the Western World.

deviation
differentiation
difference
distance

20. The salary is $35,000 per annum, with annual ....... of $2,000 for five years.

annexes
bonuses
increments
prizes

21. The government's policy is to ....... firms in trouble to prevent unemployment.

contribute
endow
grant
subsidise

22. Being a teacher, I shop at stores which offer a ....... to teachers.

deduction
discount
rebate
subsidy

23. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ....... slightly in the afternoon.

recovered
regained
restored
retrieved

24. The firm will go bankrupt if it cannot meet its ....... .

charges
duties
liabilities
promises

25. Mr Businessman needed $ 10,000, but as his capital was ....... up in shares, he borrowed it from his bank.

bound
knotted
locked
tied