Task B

Fill in with a word beginning with the letters C – E

1      The way a company presents itself to the public is its c_______________ image.

2      This project has to be finished by the 30th November; that’s the d______________ .

3      The new assistant is really very (willing) e____________ to learn. In the present economic

climate he doesn’t want to risk being (entlassen) d____________________ .

4      Many companies are now (gründen) e______________________ a subsidiary in China.

5      Due to the risk of flu the conference had to be (cancelled) c_________ o___________ .

6      At the moment the US dollar is one of the weakest western (Währungen) c________________

7      Getting the world economy back on its feet is going to be a major (Herausforderung)

c_________________________ . The US (Konsument) c_____________________ has got to buy

more in order to stimulate the US (binnen- inländisch) d________________ economy.

8      Unfortunately the above is a dilemma; the (aktuell) c_______________ (wirtschaftlich)

e____________________________ situation in the US is that consumers are being (sparsam)

e________________________ and learning to live within their means; this is good for savings,

but not good for consumption, which would lead to job (Erschaffen) c___________________.

9      (the study of the economy) e_________________ tells us that it depends a lot on

supply and d___________________ .

10    Writing that project was a very (difficult = anspruchsvoll) d______________ task.

11    There have been many (beitragend) c________________ factors leading to the present crisis;

one problem is that is that (zeitgenössisch) c__________________ Anglo-Saxon society has

been encouraged to spend at all costs by cheap credit. Now governments have to (sicher

stellen) e_________________ that it doesn’t happen again.

12    For the future of humankind it is (crucial/vital) e__________________ to (produce)

c____________ u_________w______ new ideas for energy, etc, which will spare the (Umwelt)

e__________________________ .

13    The new president will be under constant pressure for the (Dauer)

d______________________ of her term (Leistung bringen) to d___________________ in

terms of results and performance.

14    The CEO was accused of fraud (Betrug), but he (abstreiten) d________________ it.