Вариант № 3

1. Заполните пропуски нужной формой глагола to be и переведите:

1. What …………… the weather like today?

2. ………….. London the capital of Great Britain?

3. How old …………… you?

2. Поставьте существительные в следующих предложениях во множественное число (обратите внимание на изменения в местоимениях и формах глагола to be):

1. He keeps his papers in a box.

2. I’ll give you the instruction.

3. This story is good.

3. Поставьте глаголы, стоящие в скобках в зависимости от смысла, в Present Simple или в Present Continuous:

1. We (sit) ………………. at our PCs in the office every day.

2. The company currently (change) ………………. to a new accounting system.

3. When we’re at home, we usually (spent) ……………… the evenings cooking and cleaning for our families.

4. Переведите предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на форму глагола- сказуемого:

1. Могу ли я что- нибудь для Вас сделать?

2. Наши клиенты обычно задают много вопросов.

3. Мы делаем заказы каждый месяц.

5. Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык:

1. Do you have many customers in the US?

2. We have an excellent sales team.

3. The company employs 2,000 people worldwide.

6. Прочтите и письменно переведите текст, а также письменно ответьте на вопрос после текста:

FORMS OF BUSINESSES IN THE U.S.A.

Businesses in the U.S.A. may be organized as one of the following forms:

• individual business

• general partnership

• limited partnership

• corporation

• alien corporation

An individual business is owned by one person.

A general partnership has got several owners. They all are liable for debts and they share in the profits.

A limited partnership has got at least one general owner and one or more other owners. They have only a limited investment and a limited liability.

A corporation is owned by persons, called stockholders. The stockholders elect a director or directors to operate the corporation. Most corporations are closed corporations, with only a few stockholders. Other corporations are owned by many stockholders who buy and sell their shares at will. Usually they have little interest in management of the corporations.

Alien corporations are corporations of foreign countries.

All the corporations are to receive their charters from the state authorities. The charters state all the powers of the corporation. Many corporations try to receive their charters from the authorities of the State of Delaware, though they operate in other states. They prefer the State of Delaware because the laws are liberal there and the taxation is rather low. Such corporations, which receive their charters from an outside state, are called foreign corporations.

All the corporations require a certificate to do business in the state where they prefer to operate.

- What is a corporation?

Words

1. corporation – корпорация;

2. alien – иностранец;

3. liable – ответственный;

liable for – ответственный за;

4. debt – долг;

5. to share – делить, участвовать;

6. profit – прибыль, доход;

to profit – получать прибыль;

7. investment – инвестиция, вложение капитала;

8. stockholder – акционер; (syn.) shareholder;

9. to elect – выбирать;

10. to buy (bought, bought) – покупать;

11. to sell (sold, sold) – продавать;

12. at will – пожеланию;

13. authorities- власти;

state authorities (Am.) – власти штата;

state authorities (E) – государственные власти;

14. to state – указывать;

15. power – способность, возможность;

powers – полномочия;

16. to prefer – предпочитать;

17. taxation – налогообложение;

18. to require – требовать;

requirement – требование.