Question

III. Answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about Great Britain's economy?
2. Is Britain's land arable?
3. Is its agriculture highly mechanized and extremely productive?
4. Is dairy industry wide spread in Great Britain?
5. Is Great Britain one of the world's leading industrialized nations?
6. What do the largest industries include?
7. Were 3.5 million manufacturing jobs lost during the 1970s and 80s?
8. What is the administrative and financial center of Great Britain?

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market and market-orientated economy.

2. About 25% of Britain's land is arable, and almost half is suitable for meadows and pastures.

3. Its agriculture is highly mechanized and extremely productive.

4. The widespread dairy industry produces milk, eggs, and cheese.

5. Great Britain is one of the world's leading industrialized nations.

6. Within the manufacturing sector, the largest industries include machine tools.

7. During the 1970s and 80s, nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs were lost, but in the 1990s over 3.5 million jobs were created in service-related industries.

8. The administrative and financial center and most important port is Greater London , which also has various manufacturing industries.