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4. GW. Read the "Do you know?" passage and answer the following questions.
What do you think about Azerbaijan’s prosperity in the economy and its success in many spheres of life?
How could Azerbaijan develop from a poor country into a developed one in such a short period of time?
DO YOU KNOW...?

After the restoration of independence in 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan began to realize its sovereign rights in economic field and to implement independent policy. One of the main tasks of the country’s leadership in that period was efficient use and reallocation of the benefits from rich oil and gas endowment. In order to solve this task, in 1999 the national leader Heydar Aliyev adopted the Decree promoting cooperation with international companies in this field. Additionally, in order to channel the revenues from oil exports to the priority sectors of the economy and important social and economic projects, the State Oil Fund was established. At the current moment, international organizations evaluate positively Oil Fund’s activity and its provision of transparency. All these were realized thanks to far-sighted policy and intensive activities of the national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev. The main directions and specifications of socio-economic policy strategy, which is continued successfully and improved by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, is to transit to market economy and to form social, diversified national economy, which possesses ability of sustainable self-development and integration to the world economy.

5. | GW. Complete the expressions looking through the information above a and build up your own sentences using them.

social and economic ... , national ... , priority... , sustainable ... , international ..., intensive ... , sovereign ... , state ...