… conditions… growing oil scarcity, investors hope to meet… future demand… oil buying new reserves. Paying now, they expect to provide themselves… sources… revenue… future.

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14. а) Расположите вопросы к тексту на с. 78 в таком порядке, чтобы они могли служить планом текста, и ответьте на них.

Why is land transferred from one industry to another?

Why is land an essential agricultural resource?

When do farmers buy land and when do they lease it?

What natural resources are named in the text?

Can the supply of land be increased?

When do prices for non-renewable resources rise?

How can a farmer raise the price of land?

Why do fanners have to choose between alternative uses of land on their fanns?

Why is land durable?

For what purposes is land used?

б) Подумайте и скажите:

What other renewable and non-renewable resources besides the ones mentioned in the text can you name?

What advantages and disadvantages of land lease for a farmer can you think of?

15. Вставьте в предложения пропущенные слова except или besides.

It is impossible to fully value the US national income as the increase in accumulated durables is not fully counted… in housing.

As oil prices continue to grow, airlines look for more fuel-efficient aircraft…, coal generators become more widely used.

… energy, there is another factor raising farm productivity: chemicals, whose prices are growing with every year.

The prices of all goods in the market…. the price of this one, have risen lately.

The economists expect wages in all branches of mining…. coal mining, to grow.

Most farmers in the United States prefer to make their business on their own land… those ones who cannot purchase large enough plots (участок) and have to lease the land.

… land resources and climate, sufficient water resources are essential for successful farming.

16. Назовите номера предложений, в которых слово which относится ко всему предыдущему предложению.

The relative cost of using capital and labour in rich and poor countries affects the manner in which goods and services are produced.

In the 1980s, the Finnish government offered a subsidy to landowners for afforestation, which was a disincentive for them to go on using land for farming.

The land used formerly (ранее) for mining is being transferred to farming and afforestation, which is to improve the environment.

Profits are maximized at the output level at which marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue.

Unemployment benefits provide disincentives to looking for a new job, which increases unemployment.

Trade unions let workers participate in many types of political activities, which is essential for protecting their interests.

About 60 percent of the world's population live in poor countries, the two largest of which are India and Indonesia

Investors try to buy the resources now before their supplies have been used up, which will send up prices.

17. Составьте предложения из двух подходящих по смыслу частей.

1. The purpose of the natural resource research in the USA was

2. The contract of lease is made between

3. Rent is

4. The economists believe the quantity of fresh water consumed to double (удвоиться) in about 30 years

5. A subsidy for housing may become a strong enough incentive

6. The lease contract may include some incentives

7. Experts consider the presence of chemicals to be

8. Mining is the industry

9. Oil importing countries feel themselves at a disadvantage due to

10. When the price rises above marginal costs, each producer has an incentive to produce more than the output agreed upon by cartel members,