IV. Complete the sentences (1-10) with the most suitable preposition (a-j):a) at b) near c) in d) with e) in f) into g) about h) by I) throughout j) after.

1. I took over this job ______ the middle of last year.

2. We care not just _______the quantity of goods and services but also their quality.

3. Get to know the people who work _______you: introduce yourself to them.

4. Many consumers want to buy food produced _______ a traditional way.

5. She`s never worked _______a difficult person before. 6. When she travels all day, she can`t sleep _______night.

7. Economic analysis is applied________ society in business, finance and

government.

8. The capital of a limited company is divided_______ shares.

9. Commercial invoices are issued_______ the goods are shipped.

10. Productivity can be increased________ producing more capital goods.

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V. КОПРы (Simple, Continuous (Progressive), Perfect. Complete the sentences (1-6) with the appropriate forms of the verbs (a-f): a) rose b) have received c) are working d) supplies e) reviewed f) agreed.

1. At the moment we _________ for a telecommunications company.

2. Our company _________technical products.

3. I have _________your proposal, and I'm quite impressed.

4. The union ___________on Tuesday to resume contract talks.

5. I ______just _______ your mail.

6. The price of energy __________ by 15 per cent last year.

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VI. Make the adjectives or adverbs in the box comparative. Then complete the sentences.

a) young b) efficient c) competitive

1. Big supermarkets are ………..

2. Companies want to attract and keep a ……… workforce because of its technical skills.

3. Governments can change business laws to make the market ………..

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1	2	3

VII. Read and translate the text. Write down your translation of the first paragraph. Origins of a rational systematic management of natural resources

1. The emergence of a rational systematic management of natural resources can be traced back to the phase of accelerated industrialization of the late 19th century. In a period of unprecedented industrial growth, the pressures brought to bear on the supply of raw materials and natural resources by an unrelenting demand intensified the need to rationalize their utilization, so as to eliminate increasingly costly waste and to allocate them more efficiently.

2. Of course, there are huge variations in both the rates and degrees to which the different states became involved with questions of natural resource management. The French state, for example, took a heavy hand in forestry management as early as the 17th century, when wood became a strategic resource at a time of accelerated, mercantilist (export-oriented) growth that relied primarily on maritime transportation (boats). Such local variations aside, overall it took a certain kind of state, the modern bureaucratic state, to steer the exploitation of natural resources toward principles of scientific management.

3. In the United States, natural resource management was made a federal matter for the first time under the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. At that time, principles of scientific management, which combined notions of rational management with in-depth scientific knowledge of the resource itself, were promoted by key figures such as Gifford Pinchot.

4. In Europe a similar concern with rational resource exploitation transpired at about the same time; the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (established 1902), for example, provided a forum in which northern European countries could share concerns about maritime research and resources. It was effectively one of the first international conferences on a natural resource management question, and there too science was entrenched as a basis for exploitation of the seas, laying the grounds for future arrangement for the management of collective resources.