Assignment 15

Choose the correct item.

1. The broad range of economic issues facing US political leaders _____________________every year by the contents of the Economic Report of the President.

a) has been suggested c) suggested

b) is suggested d) is being suggested

2. «The Wall Street Journal» ________________________ in 1889.

a) is founded c) was founded

b) had been founded d) was founding

3. Last year, the newspaper_____________ Monday through Friday.

a) had been published c) is being publisher

b) published d) was published

4. Nowadays, about 95 percent of US farms ________________by families.

a) are owned c) owned

b) were owned d) have bepn owned

5. What language_______________by them at the moment?

a) is speaking c) is spoken

b) is being spoken d) has been spoken:

6. My sister was very excited yesterday: she ______________________a very

interesting job the day before.

a) has been offered c) was being offered

b) was offered d) had been offered

7. Her new book _______________by next June.

a) wiil have been published c) would be published

b) will be published d) will publish

8. He __________________ by anyone lately. He has disappeared.

a) wasn't seen c) hasn't been seen

b) didn't see d) hadn't been seen .

9. Be careful about what you are telling us: this conversation ______________.

a) is being recorded c) is recording

b) records d) has been recorded

10. She asked us not to enter the classroom: the last student ________________.

a) examines c) was examining

b) examined d) was being examined

11. By The time the parents returned from their business trip, the children ____

_________________________by their grandmother for more than two weeks.

a) have been looked after c) were looked after

b) had been looked after d) were being looked after

Assignment 16

Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Write your translation in the space opposite the original sentence.

Первый номер (issue) «Уолл Стрит Джорнал был опубликован 8 июля 1889 года.
К сожалению, в 1961 году отель «Максвел Хаус» загорелся и был разрушен.

Какие вопросы обсуждали, когда мы вошли в зал?
Джоэл Чик понял, что им создан новый сорт кофе.
Избран новый президент компании.
Посмотри на того покупателя! Сейчас ему продают самую дорогую модель «Бентли».
Он сказал, что раскупили все привилегированные акции.
В то время компанией Форда, выпускались 1,000 машин марки «Модель Т».
К 1924 году цены на машины были снижены.
Международный валютный фонд (the International Monetary Fund) был основан в 1944 году.
Она заметила, что использовали (to make use of) разные подходы.
О нем никогда не заботились.
В данный момент этот товар очень рекламируют.
За служащим послали несколько минут тому назад.
Когда-либо обсуждали эту проблему?