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14. Arrange the sentences according to the text.

1. More than 86.7 % of America’s 208.8 million farms is owned by the people who operate them.

2. The government plays an important role in the country.

3. American industries are service-oriented.

4. The US Government checks the purity of food and drugs, insures bank deposits and guarantees loans.

5. The American economy is free enterprise system.

6. About 27 million Americans are employed in selling.

7. America has traditionally supported free trade.

8. The nation’s income and productivity have risen enormously over the past 70 years.

9. Only about 55% of all workers has full-year jobs.

10. Economists estimate that the public sector accounts for only one-fifth of American economic activity.

11. More than hundred million Americans are in the labor force.

12. The US Government has strongly supported the development of transportation.

15. Complete the following sentences according to the text.

1. The US economy is …

2. Over the past 70 years the GNP …

3. All sectors of the US economy produce …

4. The median annual income …

5. As in the case in all countries, the US Government …

6. The US Government has extended …

7. In agriculture farmers benefit …

8. With increasingly improved farm machinery …

9. The labor force …

10. The entry of the “baby boom” generation …

11. Unemployment in the US was calculated …

16. Match the state or the city with its description.

1.Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, Pennsylvania, New Jersy are

A. fruit raising area

2. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska

B. the first biggest city of the States. Its population is more than eight million peo¬ple. It is a financial and advertising business centre. It is also a biggest seaport of the Hudson River. Industry of consumer goods is also developed here.

3. New York City

C. the second largest city in the USA with a population of more than three and a half million. It deals in wheat and other grains, cattle meat processing and manufacturing.

4. Chicago

D.biggest industrial regions of the country

5. Huston,

E. a cotton industry centre

6. New Orleans

F. a world's leading motor car producer

7. Detroit

G. an oil refining and NASA space research centre

8. California

H. the richest farming region of America. It is known as the Corn Belt. The land is fertile and well watered. They grow mostly corn and wheat there. Much livestock is also raised here.

  1. Read the information and fill in the chart.

Economic region

Its centre (capital)

Industries