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BUSINESS ENGLISH: ESL Practice Quiz
The USA is in a recession
Here's what you do:
Click on the video below.
Watch the
first 1:15
of the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
Check your answers.
QUESTIONS:
1. According to the man, some economists think that the recession started in January or ______________.
February
December
March
2. Who gets to "officially" proclaim that there is a recession?
The National Bureau of Economic Research
The U.S. Senate
The NASDAQ
3. According to a December 2007 poll, how many respondents thought that the U.S. was in a recession?
over 40%
over 50%
over 60%
4. How many jobs does the man think will be lost
in total
in the United States in 2008?
2 million
1.2 million
500,000
5. According to the man, the US economy is very much dependent on ____________________________.
consumer confidence
government bailout packages
consumer spending
Check answers
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