VII. Выберите правильную видовременную форму глагола.

22. The government ________ an important role in avoiding strong fluctuations in business activity.

a) is playing

b) played

c) plays

23. Currently the government __________ efforts to keep aggregate demand low enough to avoid inflation.

a) has made

b) is making

с) is made

24. For many years governments _________ to keep stabilization policy by charging taxes to eliminate depressions and booms.

a) have tried

b) was trying

c) tried

25. Prices and aggregate demand _____ always ­­­­_______by economists.

a) had monitored

b) are monitored

c) are monitoring

26. The problem of proper demand regulation_______ yet.

a) has not solved

b) is not solved

c) has not been solved

VIII. Заполните пропуски модальными глаголами или их эквивалентами.

27. Next year the government ________ to reduce the fluctuation level of economic activity.

a) could

b) will be able

c) may

28. To avoid high rate of inflation, aggregate demand ________to be kept low enough.

a) has

b) should

c) must

29. The government _________ make injections into growing economy.

a) has

b) can

c) ought

30. Business owners _________ support stabilization policy.

a) are allowed

b) are able

c) should

31. The government __________ to take proper measures to avoid high inflation last year.

a) need

b) had

c)were

IX. Заполните пропуски прилагательными в нужной форме.

32. Inflation is a rise in the level of prices as demand is ________ than supply.

a) the highest

b) more high

c) higher

33. The regulation of aggregate demand suggests that it should rise as _________ as the GNP.

a) many

b) much

c) more

34. Last year the government took the _______ actions to eliminate the effects of recession.

a) more successful

b) most successful

c)successfullest

X. Переведите текст (письменно)

Opportunity cost is a fundamental concept of economics. Opportunity cost is the economic cost of using scarce resources in terms of the alternatives elsewhere. This concept is of value for all economic choices. In every choice the person has to take one action rather than others. For each choice, the person compares the benefits and costs of each alternative and tries to get the maximum benefit.

Benefits are usually clearly seen. The person can feel satisfaction because he buys a car, a meal, a concert, or even a year at college. But costs are more difficult to see. The true economic cost – the opportunity cost may be not the same as the simple expression in money terms because there are other real costs.

The other real costs are often hidden or indirect. They include things, material and immaterial, the person cannot get because he gets something else.

For example, with just two days before exams, you can only study eco­nomics and raise your course grade from В to A, or only chemistry and raise that grade from С to A. The opportunity cost of an A in chemistry is getting a В in economics rather than an A.

Контрольная работа №2 по английскому языку для студентов экономических специальностей заочного отделения II семестр