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МОСКОВСКИЙ ГУМАНИТАРНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ

НОВОРОССИЙСКИЙ ФИЛИАЛ

Вопросы и задания для подготовки к зачету

ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ЗО ПО СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТИ 080100 «Экономика»

ПО ДИСЦИПЛИНЕ «ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК»

1 семестр

Тема 1. The US economy

1.What is the American economy based on?

2.Does the United States rank first in the world in the total value of its economic production?

5.What is a key component of the US economy?

4.What important minerals are vital to the country’s industrial strength?

3.What do secondary economic activities involve?

3.What are the leading manufactured goods?

6.Which are the manufacturing regions in the USA?

7.What are the leading categories of US manufactured goods?

8.What does the electronic equipment industry include?

10.Is the United States a world leader in agriculture production?

11.What ranks as the most valuable product of American farms?

12.What are other leading farm products in order of value (important crops and chief livestock)?

13.What do tertiary economic activities involve?

14.Is the United States the world’s leading trading nation?

Тема 2.The economy of the United Kingdom

1.What is the UK economy based on?

2.Does the United Kingdom rank first in the world in the total value of its economic production?

3.What is a key component of the UK economy?

4.What important minerals are vital to the country’s industrial strength?

5.What do secondary economic activities involve?

6.What manufactured goods does Britain produce?

7.Which are the manufacturing regions in the UK?

9. What is Rolls-Royce Company famous for?

10.What items does the electronic equipment industry include?

11.What does chemical industry produce?

12.Britain remains an important producer of cotton and woolen textiles, doesn’t it?

13.What can you say about the quality of British clothing?

14.Is the United States a world leader in agriculture production?

15.What ranks as the most valuable product of American farms?

16.What are other leading farm products in order of value?

16.What are Britain’s most important crops?

18.Which are the most productive agricultural regions?

19.Are sheep Britain’s chief livestock?

20.What do tertiary economic activities involve?

21.Is the UK the world’s leading trading nation

Тема 3. The Economy of the Russian Federation

  1. What are the changes in the Russian economy in recent years?

  2. Has everyone benefited from the changes? Think about who is better off and who is poorer. What groups are the winners and losers?

  3. What caused such a change of fortunes?

  4. The Russian government of the early 1990s used a shock therapy approach. What kind of policies did they introduce?

  5. Do you have any idea what was GDP in 1991, from 1999 until 2006 ? (over $350 billion, $220 billion,$740 billion).

  6. Russia is the second largest oil producer in the world. It also produces huge amounts of natural gas. How many other oil or gas producing nations can you name?

  7. How have the economic changes in Russia affected you and your family?

  8. Do you think life in Russia is better or worse than it was five years ago?

  9. Are you optimistic about the future? Make a plan for the economy. Your goal is to achieve steady growth, full employment and low inflation in five years from now! Your plan should include the following.

-»fiscal and monetary policy

-» education policy

-» social policy - health care, pensions and transfer payments

-» industrial policy - for example, what industries you will promote

-» foreign trade policy

-» environmental policy - how you will avoid negative externalities

Тема 4. Your profession

  1. 1 Whose position do you like best ( of a bookkeeper, an accountant, a controller, a manager)? What would you prefer to be?

  2. What are general functions of bookkeepers?

  3. What are accountants responsible for?

  4. What basic characteristics can be applied to bookkeepers, bankers, accountants, controllers?

  5. What different terms are used for “accountant” in the USA and Great Britain?

  6. What are the functions of a controller?

  7. What is the duty of an auditor?

  8. What does it mean to be a competent manager ?

  9. What are the four ideas the chief accountant focuses on ?

  10. Are accountants born or made ?

  11. Why is it necessary to train competent subordinates?

  12. What can you say about the place where you work?

  13. Do you often have talks with foreign businessmen?

  14. How do you make appointments with representatives of other firms?

  15. When did you last have talks? What materials do you require for the talks?

  16. Is the price for your goods always acceptable to the buyers?

Составил: к.ф.н., доцент Шашлова Г.С.

Заведующий кафедрой: к.ф.н., доцент Швец О.В.

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Cooperative culture

  1. Choose the correct words from the box to complete the text. You will not need all the words.

casual childcare face-to-face family first flexible formal informal leave

part-time shift telephone

Eraline is a modern, dynamic, middle-sized company with an ……(1) business culture. For example, staff use…. 2 names when they speak to each other, and we do not have to wear smart clothes every day, as there is a system of... 3 Fridays. Reporting procedures, too, are informal: we do not write a lot of reports or e-mails to each other, because we think it is better to speak. We have… 5 hours, which means we can start at 8.30, 9.30 or 10.30 a.m. In some companies, people have to work at night one or two weeks a month, but not at Eraline. I am happy about that, because I do not like…….6 work at all! Finally, as regards time off, most of us get 20 days' annual….7. (7)