The Industrial Revolution in Britain was built on the use of machines in factories. Since the 1950’s Britain (1) industries have replaced the machine operators with computers and this automation had led to a decline in the number of (2) . The manufactured goods are brought and used more than ever before but a lot of these goods are imported. By the beginning of the 20th century, other (3) countries, like the USA, were competing with Britain’s exports and countries in the Far East have been able to provide cheaper (4) since the 1970s. Areas where heavy manufacturing industries are located suffered high (5) .
During the last 30 years, there has been a rise in smaller industries, known as ‘light industries’. These industries use electricity and are not (6) on raw materials such as coal, so they are ‘footloose’, i.e. they can be located anywhere. Many light industries are located on the edge of towns or non-industrial states. They produce such things as washing or composing (7) . Some of these industries do not make anything at all, but (8) services such as distribution. The consumer boom of the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons had led to rapid (9) in service industries like banking, tourism, retailing and information-processing and in industries which distribute, maintain and repair household consumer (10) .
| 1 A. manufacture | B. manufactured | C. manufacturer | D. manufacturing |
| 2 A. employees | B. employers | C. employment | D. unemployment |
| 3 A. cultural | B. commercial | C. industrial | C. agricultural |
| 4 A. works | B. serving | C. production | D. products |
| 5 A. jobless | B. occupation | C. working | D. unemployment |
| 6 A. reply | B. free | C. dependent | D. independent |
| 7 A. engines | B. doers | C. machines | D. makers |
| 8 A. do | B. provide | C. make | D. create |
| 9 A. develop | B. grow | C. growth | D. increase |
| 10 A. goods | B. thing | C. good | D. product |
