HEADINGS TASK 5 Choose the best heading for this text. Circle the correct, letter, A, B or C. A. Joining a library B_ Useful websites © Electronic books ‘Academic libraries are increasingly using their budgets to buy online materials rather than physical books. ‘There is also increasing take-up of online materials by public libraries, particularly of dictionaries and other reference material ‘Agents known as electronic aggregators specialise in supplying these e-books. The agents first make a deal with the publishers (and through them the writers) for ‘material. They then use a suitable format to produce the files, which they market and sell. SHORT ANSWERS TASK 6 Read the text below and answer the questions with one or two words. Costa Rica is one of the most prosperous countries in Central America, There are high educational standards and a high life expectancy (about 74 years for men and. 79 years for women). Agriculture employs 19% of the people. Costa Rica's natural resources include its forests, but it lacks minerals apart from some bauxite and manganese. Manufacturing is increasing. The United States is Costa Rica’s main trading partner. 1 How long, on average, does a Costa Rican woman. re 2 What proportion of Costa Ricans are farmers? 3. Which natural resources does Costa Rica have few of 4 Which economic activity is growing in Costa Rica? 5 Which country does Costa Rica do most business witht ‘TRUE/FALSE TASK a Read the text and decide if the statements below are true (T) oF false (F). Since the 1950s Spain has changed from a poor country, dependent on agriculture, to a fairly prosperous industrial nation. By 2001 agriculture employed 6% of the people, as compared with industry at 18% and services, including tourism, at 76%. Arable and grazing land make up about two thirds of Spain, ‘while forest covers most of the rest of the land, Major crops include barley citrus fruits, grapes, olives and wheat. Apart from some high-grade iron ore in the north, Spain lacks mineral resources, but it has many ‘manufacturing industries. Products include cars, chemicals, clothing, electronics, processed food, metal goods, steel and textiles. 1. In 2001 the majority of people in Spain ‘were employed in manufacturing. 2 Agricultural land covers a bigger area than forest in Spain. 3 Spain is rict Spain manufactures both clothing and cloth. mineral resources. ACADEMIC VOCABULARY. 8 Choose a word from the box to complete the ‘sentences. NB There are two extra words, include focus income range ‘access workforce ture in Sri Lanka employs about one third of the. 2 In some areas of the world people have no. to clean water. 3. Singapore's manufacturing industries scientific instruments and ships. 4 Estimates of the number of languages inthe world from 3,000 to 6,000 39