Listen the newspaper article and do the tasks

.Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

1 _ Some people do not support the plan

2 _ The plan calls for planting all available wheat fields.

3 _ The government intends to lower taxes on exported wheat.

Match the words (1-6) with the definitions (A-F).

1 _ decline

2 _ quota

3 _ price floor

4 _ market demand

5 _ adjusting production

6 _ foreign trade enhancement

A the desirability of a product

B the process of becoming less or worse

C a limit on the amount of something

D a legal limit on how Iowa price can be

E the act of improving international trade

F changing the amount of a product that is made

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

1 Most agriculture focuses on the production of food and other products.

f _ _ __ n _ _ ib _ _ in ___ __ _

2 Taxes on imports and exports can help trade.

t _ r __ _ _

3 Leave that field unplanted this season.

_ _ I I _ _

4 The extra supply of wheat lowered prices.

_ u _ p _ _ _

5 Methods of maintaining high prices ensures that crop prices don't collapse.

__ _ c e __ p p _ _ _