2. Завершите предложения в соответствии с содержанием текста.

1. These complex personal wants are satisfied in ...

2. The utility of a commodity is also related to ...

3. A consumer will go on buying cigarettes as long as ...

4. The cigarettes are the same, ...

5. A consumer will decide to buy a commodity only in terms of ...

6. People usually have to choose carefully ...

7. Supplies of many commodities can be ...

8. Next on their scale come those commodities which ...

1. ... its particular utility to him.

b) ... his satisfaction continues and they render utility.

c) ... different ways by different things.

d) ... adjusted to suit market conditions.

e) ... but their utility has changes.

6. ... our sense of priorities.

g)... how they will spend their money.

h) ... provide comfort or convenience of some kind.

3. Подберите английский эквивалент слову, данному в скобках.

1. A car and a bottle of whisky satisfy very different wants and the whisky is not a close (заменитель) for the car.

a) need, c) wish,

b) substitute, d) want.

2. A submarine may or may not be useful in peacetime, but it (удовлетворяет) a want.

a) substitutes, c) satisfies,

b) relates to, d) rates.

3. The utility of a commodity is related to the quantity (доступный) to the consumer.

a) available, c) relative,

b) reliable, d) useful.

4. If a consumer continues to pay the current prices, his satisfaction is greater than his financial (жертва).

a) stock, c) service,

b) sacrifice, d) commodity.

5. (Покупатель) will stop buying the commodity when his financial sacrifice becomes greater than his satisfaction of this commodity.

a) a producer, c) an economist,

b) a vegetarian, d) a consumer.

6. A consumer will decide to buy a commodity only in terms of its particular (полезность) to him.

a) utility, c) demand,

b) supply, d) usefulness.

7. Furniture is such type of a commodity, which can easily be adjusted to suit market (условия).

a) production, c) conditions,

b) relations, d) services.

8. People (делают) the choice according to their scale of preferences.

a) exercise, c) pay,

b) decrease, d) provide.

4. Подберите правильный перевод данным ниже предложениям.

1. The special characteristic of satisfying a want is known in economics as its utility.

2. Utility varies between different people and between different nations.

3. The demand for paper will go down.

4. The consumer will stop buying the commodity if his financial sacrifice becomes greater than the satisfaction of a commodity.

5. Supply is elastic when it can be increased rapidly to suit market prices.

6. People usually have to choose how they will spend their money.

7. The demand for essentials like food and shelter is inelastic.

8. Non-essentials are also important in our life, but not comparable with food and shelter.

1. Спрос на такие товары первой необходимости, как пища и кров, является неэластичным.

2. Покупатель прекратит покупать товар, если его финансовая жертва будет выше, чем удовлетворение от товара.

3. Предложение эластично тогда, когда оно может быстро повышаться или уменьшаться в соответствии с рыночными ценами.

4. Спрос на бумагу понизится.

5. Полезность различна у разных людей и разных наций.

6. Особая характеристика удовлетворения потребностей известна в экономике как полезность.

7. Несущественные товары также являются важной частью нашей жизни, но они не сравнимы по значимости с пищей и жильем.

8. Людям обычно приходится выбирать, как потратить свои деньги.