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Answer the following money quiz.1 What currencies are used in Japan, Australia, India and Russia? 2 What does the expression, 'hard currency', mean? 3 Name two credit cards which are usable world-wide. 4 Give two examples of imports that most countries impose customs duties on. 5 Give three examples of kinds of income that would be classed as unearned. 6 What is the Dow Jones index and what are its equivalents in London and Japan? 7 Give an example of something that is priceless and something that is valueless. 8 Name the coins and banknotes used in your country and one other country. 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 ) 1. Something that makes your product or company special, different or attractive. 2. The place where a business operates from. 3. Any kind of sign in a shop or place of business that displays visual information. 4. A document that explains what a business will do and how it will do. 5. The amount of money that a business receives – its revenue. 6. Anything that a business must pay for. 7. To make a company pubic so people can buy or sell its shares. 8. A period of general price decreases. 9. To employ someone and pay them to work for a company. 10. Someone who puts money into a business. 11. An obligation to pay money back or to settle a debt. 12. Things that a company owns but that cannot be seen or touched: the brand value of a product, the franchise value of a service, a trademark. 13. An estimate of future financial outcomes for a company. 14. The point at which the amount of money coming into a business can cover all the costs. 15. A period of general price increases. 16. Costs that change in proportion to the activity of a business: some labour costs, material. 17. A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts. Date: 2015-12-24; view: 3193
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