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Earned Point(s): 0 of 0, (0) Preparation task Task 1 shareholders – demographics – more and more – increasing – trend 1. There will be a number of new (a) opened in time for next year’s (b) . The government is trying to increase (c) . They specifically want to focus on increasing the number of people from certain (d) , such as the 18–24 age group, or those from ethnic minorities.
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1. Question
Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
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2. Question
Complete the sentences with words from the box.
voter turnout – growing interest – profit warning – revenue – election
cashless payment – gross margin – polling stations – dividends
2. A company’s financial report
The company (a) is down seven per cent on this time last year as a result of not enough of our leading products being sold and rising costs. It is for these reasons that the (b) has also fallen and the company has no choice but to issue a (c) . This means that there will be freeze on (d) to (e) until further notice.
3. There is an (a) number of people who don’t like using cash to make payments. We have also seen that (b) people prefer to use (c) options. Furthermore, there is (d) in completely removing cash from society. However, many small shop owners say that this (e) will be bad for business.