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II. Reading

A. Using a dictionary study the words below and read carefully their dictionary entries. Look up for the collocations with these words and complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase:

1. home ownership

2. prop­erty

3. inflation

4. capital gains

5. taxes

6. investment

7. financial (sense)

8. house prices

9. interest

10. deposit

1. Two decades of falling ______________ and falling interest rates provided an exceptional, probably unique, boost to equities.

2. The spiralling cost of housing has pushed _______ ________ beyond the reach of many people.

3. A business tries to get the best return on its _________________.

4. Using the cash machine I can make _________ at any time of the day.

5. You can expect to pay ________ of 4–6% on the loan.

6. ______________ prices are very high in that area.

7. In the US, short-term _______ _____ are generally taxable as ordinary income.

8. Offshore trading companies are liable to pay _______ at a rate of 5%.

9. Our interest in the company is ________ rather than strategic.

10. Large increases in house ____ have given a strong boost to consumer spending.

B. Read the text and match the highlighted words and word combinations with the definitions:

1. rent (to rent); 2. to bor­row; 3. cost (to cost); 4. insurance (to insure); 5. mort­gage; 6. equity; 7. loan; 8. wealth; 9. to save; 10. shares; 11. return; 12. interest rate; 13. own (ownership); 14. value; 15. to outpace.

___ A. property lent, money lent at interest for a period of time

___ B. the act, system or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health

___ C. to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc.)

___ D. the cost of borrowing money, usually expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed

___ E. an amount of money that you pay regularly so that you can use a property

___ F. to give or produce a particular amount of money as a profit or loss

___ G. any of the units of equal value into which a company is divided and sold to raise money

___ H. to take money from a person, a bank, etc. and agree to pay it back within a particular period of time, usually with an amount of interest added

___ I. a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, flat/apartment, etc. or land, and you pay the money back over a number of years

___ J. the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy, do, or produce smth

___ K. the value of a property after all debts have been paid

___ L. a large amount of money, property, etc. that a person or country owns.

___ M. belonging to or done by a particular person or thing

___ N. to move or develop faster than someone or something else

___ O. to give a judgment about how much money something might be sold for

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