X. Answer the following questions in writing

a) How long did restoration of British economy after the Second World War last?

b) What did the eighties become witnesses of?

c) What are the main trends of Britain's industry?

d) How many main groups can British industries be divided into? What are they?

e) What is the American economy constantly evolving out of?

f) What resources is the USA rich in?

g) What did the rapid economic development in the USA following the Civil War laid the groundwork for?

Variant 2

I. Give four forms of the following irregular verbs

be, begin, bring, build, choose, do, fall, forbid, go, grow, hear, keep, know, lead, lose, mean, pay, rise, see, send, show, spend, take, understand, write.

II. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following adjectives

average; certain; common; continual; direct; economic; efficient; extensive; frequent; genuine; gradual; harmonious; immense; important; national; normal; personal; possible; powerful; professional; profitable; profound; proper; recurrent; regular; remarkable; serious; social; suc­cessful; various.

III. Give definitions of the following words and make up sentences with them

accession, agenda, decline, expansion, function, income, inspiration, integration, intermediary, investor, output, taxation.

IV. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the translation of the italicized words

1. His wide experience of the business world proved invaluable to us.

2. Politeness is usually more productive than confrontation.

3. Rich mineral deposits have been discovered in the area.

4. The company has adopted efficient manufacturing techniques.

5. The machine is costly to produce in the United Kingdom.

6. The successful candidates will be given extensive training.

7. The university conferred an honorary doctorate on her.

8. There has been a recent explosion of interest in the sport.

9. We are increasing resources for the health service.

10. You need effective communication within the organization.

V. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. The first letter or letters of the missing words are given, and the dashes correspond to the number of missing letters

1. He was a bank manager, and he wanted a car that would reflect his sta _ _ _.

2. It laid the grou _ _ _ _ _ _ for the modern U.S. industrial economy.

3. Most of the venture funds have come from foreign in_ _ _ _ _ _s.

4. Opposition to the tax has decreased since its intro_ _ _ _ _ _ _ last year.

5. Profits and international compe_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ suffered accordingly.

6. She had already put down a de_ _ _ _ _ on a ship ticket for the two of us.

7. The company needs to reorganize its management stru _ _ _ _ _ .

8. The eme_ _ _ _ _ _ of syntactic combinations seemed to be fortuitous.

9. The fifth area relates to who_ _ _ _ _ _ _ s and distribution costs.

10. The mar_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for these products is growing.