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Business English Exercise | Topic: FINANCE - Stock-market related vocabulary 1
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. The stock market has been __________________________ for three days straight.
a) fall b) lower c) down
2. My stocks are __________________________ 20% this month.
a) high b) up c) higher
3. I'm hoping for a 10% __________________________ over the next year.
a) increasing b) increase c) increased
4. Trading stock is not an __________________________ science.
a) exact b) faultless c) free from flaws
5. When a stock market __________________________( = goes down considerably) , many
investors lose a lot of money.
a) clashes b) smashes c) crashes
6. My _______________________ advised me to buy this company's stock.
a) broker b) breaker c) brokerage
7. The stock decreased in value because many investors were selling it
__________________________ after the negative financial news came out.
a) off b) out c) on
8. The news had no __________________________ on the price of the stock.
a) interest b) impasse c) impact
9. These days many investors are __________________________ ( = worried) about the health of
the U.S. economy.
a) scathed b) uneasy c) unscathed
10. Online brokers are usually less expensive than their offline _________________________.
a) counterparts b) version c) counteract
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Business English Exercise | Topic: FINANCE - Stock-market related vocabulary 1
ANSWERS:
1) c 2) b 3) b 4) a 5) c 6) a 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) a