Money

Exercise 37.2

Complete these sentences using collocations from B. Use each collocation once only.

1. In January, the price of gold was 35,000 dollars a kilo. In July it was 44,000 dollars. In just six months the price had .
2. An airline is offering a return flight from London to New York for just 50 dollars. At first sight this seems like a ., as many people on the same flight will be paying 1,000 dollars or more.
3. Given that most first-class hotels were charging 350 dollars a night because of the festival, at 275 dollars our four-star hotel seemed .
4. Tablet computers are now selling at prices because there’s so much competition. One that cost 150 dollars a year ago now costs only 70.
5. Car prices down last year, but they will probably again before the end of the year as steel becomes more expensive.