Skólaskýrsla 2002 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

44 Raël has been on a mission to replace outmoded religious bunkum with modern, scientificbunkum. beliefs equipment facts nonsense truths45 Ryan’s threat of wholesale commutations, negating the difficult work of judges and juries,strikes me as bizarre … cancelling completely emphasising eagerly leaning heavily on misunderstanding completely supporting stronglyUnseen ArticleRead the following article carefully and answer the questions or choose the correct alternative.Globalisation’s New BoomGlobalisation has been going through a rough patch. It has been attacked in street protests,shaken by terrorism and unsettled by the loss of economic momentum of the globaliser-in-chief,the United States. But how serious are globalisation’s troubles?The good news for globalisers is that in most countries the business environment will improvesignificantly in the years ahead. Almost everywhere, business environments will be gettingbetter.So all’s well with globalisation? Hardly. The imminent foreign investment boom is not onlyvulnerable to a serious setback in the recovery of the world economy. It is also far lessimpressive than it should be, for two reasons. First, too much of the investment is concentratedin the rich world; less than one-third goes to developing countries. This is related to the secondproblem; although business environments are improving worldwide, foreign investors still faceformidable barriers that governments are unwilling or unable to remove quickly.The coming vigour of foreign investment shows that globalisation is impressively resilient inthe face of recent shocks. But this is certainly no cause for complacency. Global investment isstill barely beginning to live up to its potential.True/false. Write T or F in the box. Half a point will be subtracted for each wrong answer.50–53 One of the reasons for the problems of globalisation is that economic developmenthas not been increasing in the USA. There is certainly an investment boom in all countries. Most of the investment goes to the rich countries. Globalisation has already lived up to its potential.54 What problems do foreign investors come across?55 What does the future of globalisation look like?Short StoriesAnswer the following questions.A Really Splendid Evening46–47 The Black Cat48–49 In what ways was the second cat like and unlike the first one?134