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Almost everyone has heard of the London Stock Exchange, but (1) __________ few know anything about the London Metal and Commodity Exchanges – yet these markets have a greater (2) _________ on world economies because they set global prices for some of the essential raw materials for industry and food (3) __________.

The LME provides three basic services lo the world’s non-ferrous metal trade. First, it is a market where large or small (4) __________ of metal of a guaranteed minimum standard can be bought and sold on specific trading days. Second, it acts as a barometer of world metal prices. And third, it is a “hedging” medium: that is, it can help traders get some protection from price fluctuations that occur for economic, political or (5) _________ reasons .

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It isn’t necessary to have a (1) _________ knowledge of, say, the intricacies of counterpoint, or even to be able to read music to understand it. Usually, getting the point of a piece of music, its emotional and dramatic (2) _________ , is immediate or simply requires you to become more (3) _________ with it. Of course, prolonged study of music and its (4) ___________ , as in any other field, will increase your understanding, but not necessarily your enjoyment. Now, I realize that it can require a good deal of willingness on our part to risk new sensations, and there is a lot of music that will seem unfamiliar and alien to you on a first (5) _________ .