Vocabulary test
Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
- recover
- dip
- gradual
- steady
- slight
- dramatic
- levelled off
- collapse
- jump
- freeze
- A drop in oil prices from 40 to 25 dollars a barrel sent investors into a minor panic this morning.
- We have seen a improvement in the overall economic situation recently, but not enough to increase consumer confidence very much.
- The decline in interest rates from 5.2 to 5.0% was just a normal , and nothing that should concern investors greatly.
- After a slow first quarter, the economy began to in the second quarter of the year, approaching the strong numbers achieved last year.
- The of the stock market yesterday saw a loss of almost 75% of its total value in just a few hours of trading.
- The Federal Reserve has decided to interest rates at 5% until further notice in an attempt to stabilize the economy.
- A rush of trading activity caused a 300 point up in the NYSE in just half an hour today.
- Microsoft's stock fell continually for three months before it at 17 dollars a share last week.
- The rise in prices – about 10% over the last year, is part of the normal economic cycle.
- Economic growth of approximately 4% a year is considered normal and .