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were started to aid in economic recovery.
In addition, in 1985 the federal government enacted a new farm
law designed to improve the international competitiveness of U.S.
agricultural products. In simplest terms, the law calls for price
supports for basic farm commodities to change in response to shifts in
average market prices.
Currently, the United States is proposing that, by the year 2003,
agricultural exporting nations agree to phase out all government pro-
grams - including import barriers, price supports and export subsidies
- that distort international trade in agriculture.

5. Tell whether each of the following statements is true or
false according to the text. Correct the false statements to make
them true:

1. The nation's income and productivity have risen enormously
over the past 70 years. In this period, the money for personal
consumption doubled in real purchasing power.
2. Americans live in a variety of housing that includes single
detached homes, apartments, townhouses and mobile homes.
Seventy-one percent live in apartments.
3. American industries have become increasingly more service-
oriented.
4. Large areas of land - especially in the midwestern Great Plains
- provide poor conditions for large-scale agriculture.
5. One-third of the farmland in the United States produces crops
for export to Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.