Concentration

Exercise 1

1.c

2.f

3.l

4.i

5.a

6.d

7.b

8.e

9.j

10.g

11.k

12.h

Exercise 2

1.soar, escalate, rocket, take off

2.rise, climb

3.hold steady, stabilise, flatten out

4.fall, drop, slide, dip, decline

5.slump, crash, plunge, plummet

6.recover, pick up, bounce back, rally

7.fluctuate

Exercise 3

UK SALES - graph no: 3

OUTPUT - graph no: 5

STOCK LEVELS - graph no: 1

PROFITS - graph no: 4

PROFIT MARGIN - graph no: 2

Exercise 4

In 1965, the price of New Zealand's wool stood at $1.98 per kilo. It then rosed slightly by
20 cents in 1966 before falling sharply to $1.37 in 1971. There was a dramatic increase
over the next two years, with the price of wool reaching a peak of $5.13 in 1973. From
1974 to 1978 the price fluctuated between a high of $3.20 and a low of $2.75, before
climbing to $4.60 in 1980. After falling again to $3.60 in 1983, the price levelled off at
$3.55 in 1985.