Put in prepositions

1. Most textbooks... Economics begin... posing the question, 'What is Economics...?'

2. Economics is essentially a study... the ways... which people apply their knowledge... the gifts... nature... order to satisfy their needs.

3.... the more advanced countries few people are con­scious... a life or death struggle... existence.

4. Even... the economically advanced countries there is an aspect... survival.

5. Such people have the abilities to sustain life... outside assistance.

6. If we now turn... the inhabitants of New York we must observe the opposite situation — a high stan­dard... living together... an extreme economic dependence.

7. The inhabitants... cities are totally incapable/... pro­viding... themselves the means... their survival.

8. Such people depend... the efforts... many thousands... specialist workers.

9.... industrialized societies a high standard... living is possible only if the organized cooperation... large numbers... people can be guaranteed.

10.... the economically developed countries we are rich, not as individuals, but only as members... a complex economic organization.

7. Make up five sentences using one of the following word combinations:

financial symposium; to run the investment house; to disagree with; to do a good deal of business; to repay the staggering sums of money.

8. Dialogue: