BUSINESS ENGLISH: ESL Practice Quiz
Exercise 6 (CNN news report on the imbalance between employers' profits and employees' salaries)




Here's what you do:

1. Click on the video below.
2. Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
3. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
4. Check your answers.

QUESTIONS: (Watch the first 1.5 minutes)

1. According to the newscast, _______________________ are not sharing in the benefits and rewards of prosperity.
  poor Americans
  middle-class Americans
  wealthy Americans

2. According to some analysts, higher profits for companies come as a result of:
  Lower benefits/wages for employees
  Higher benefits/wages for employees
  Lower benefits/wages for employers

3. How long has the savings rate been negative?
  7 years
  7 quarters
  7 months

4. What's happened to tuition rates?
  They've gone up by 35% over the past 5 months
  They've gone up by 35% over the past 5 years
  They've gone down by 35% over the past 5 years

5. Two reasons for the earnings "explosion" for big multinational companies are:
  increased production and a weaker dollar
  outsourcing and overseas investment
  overseas investment and a weaker dollar

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