THANKS, I WILL WRITE TO YOU WHEN I COME TO LONDON

24. - Kate: __________!

- Jackie: Thanks, I will write to you when I come to London.

A. Have a nice trip B. Better luck next time C. Let’s go ahead

D. Have a go

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.

Most people work to earn a living, and produce goods and services. Goods are (25)

____agricultural (like wheat and milk) or manufactured (like cars and paper). Services are such

things (26) ____ education, medicine and commerce. Some people provide products. An

example can be a man who produces goods such as rice. Some provide services. In a hotel,

services can range from cleaning, washing to arranging tours within and outside the city where

(27) ____. Other people provide both goods and services. For example, in the same garage, a

man may buy a car or some service which helps him to maintain his car.

The work people do is called economic activity. All economic activities together make up

the economic system of a town, a city, a country or the world. Such an economic system is the

sum (28)___ and what they want. The work people undertake either provide what they need or

provides the money with (29)____ they can buy essential commodities. Of course, most people

hope to earn enough money to buy commodities which are non-essential but which provide

particular personal satisfaction, like toys for children, visits to cinema, computer games and

books.