2. Complete the text using the words in the box.

owns cash held at bank assets liabilities
cash depreciation valuation owes
lists balance sheet draw up statement
scrap debtors

Every year a business will(l) … a (2) … to see how it stands financially. This document consists of two (3) … and is called a (4) … . One list will contain all the things the business (5) … . These are its (6) … . The other list consists of the things the business (7) … and these are its (8) … . Every item has to be valued. One item will be the amount of (9) … the business has on its premises and another will be the amount standing on the bank account. This is called (10) … . Some items can be valued exactly but others can only be given an approximate (11) … . Machinery or equipment, for example, suffers from 'wear and tear' and gradually loses its value. This process of losing value is assumed over a period of time and is called (12) … . When these items are sold, the price is referred to as its (13) … value. Other assets include (14) … . This item is the total amount owed by customers

I 1) had (lived) in Japan for two years and I 2) had (never experienced) an earthquake before. But all that 3) (changed) one Tuesday morning at work. While I 4) was (sitting) at my desk I suddenly 5) (felt) a small tremor. Before I knew it, my entire desk 6) was (shaking) and my colleagues 7) were (screaming) . At that moment I 8) (remembered) that I 9) had (seen) a safety film about earthquakes the week before. As the film advised, I immediately 10)  (ran) to the doorway and 11) (stood) underneath it. After the shaking stopped, I 12) (noticed) that the office windows 13) was (broken) and glass was everywhere. Luckily, no one was seriously injured and we 14) (were) all very relieved it was over!

The history of the Eiffel tower in Paris is. In the late nineteenth century in France was about to celebrate a hundred years of the revolution of 1789. It was decided to organize the world exhibition and its opening to come up with some unique, extraordinary "something" than you can shake the world. And stopped at daring for those times the project of the French engineer Gustave Eiffel. After two years on the left Bank of the Seine rose, skyward, openwork arrow of the tower. The height of the Eiffel tower was reached in 300 metres, while the weight of the tower was 10,000 tons. In continuation of the history of the Eiffel tower in Paris, I note that as is often the case with unusual grandiose projects, at birth metal collosa there a lot of difficulties not only of the technical plan. Influential and respected persons of the French capital openly opposed the implementation of the project of the new construction. Even outstanding masters of culture have not attracted the Eiffel tower. Alexandre Dumas, Charles Gounod, Leconte de Lisle, guy de Maupassant, Sully Prudhomme signed "boiling noble indignation" protest against "useless and monstrous buildings" in the heart of Paris. If you are interested in more detailed history of the Eiffel tower, on the pages of the Internet you can find everything your heart desires. As guy de Maupassant, the master of French literature and a fierce opponent of the Eiffel tower came up with a novel way to see "the ugly skeleton": he simply had dinner in the restaurant of the tower itself! "This is the only place in Paris where I cannot see it". These are the words of the writer. But the story of the Eiffel tower does not end there. The years have passed. And now the Eiffel tower is no longer the object of irritation and an object of admiration. Or slightly less famous than the Palace of Versailles. It began to compose songs and to put her poems. She became a favorite model for artists and photographers. Not only in Europe and America praise famous beauty. In Vietnam, for example, even created a small copy of the Eiffel tower. Today the Eiffel tower is perhaps the most striking symbol of all France, not just Paris. Especially popular Eiffel tower is the representatives of world tourism. Reviews full of enthusiasm. And this is natural. Who wouldn't enjoy the view of the French capital from the height of bird flight. The view from the Eiffel tower is amazing in its splendor. But for this pleasure you have to wait in a decent place. The Creator of the Eiffel tower Gustave Eiffel often with humor responded about their child with these words: "I should feel a sense of jealousy to the tower. Because it is much more famous than me." The Northern "leg" of the tower now there is a gilded bust of the founder of the great creation. "Eiffel: 1832 — 1923". Such is the simple inscription on the bust of the