Учебно-методический комплекс по учебной дисциплине Иностранный язык (английский) для специальности 1-96 01 01 Таможенное дело специализации 1-96 01 01 02 Экономическое обеспечение таможенной деятельности

Exercise 2. Chose the correct word to complete the sentence.

1.If you're thinking of exporting to the UK you can get a lot of –––––– from the Embassy.

2.She's got an interesting –––––– in a publishing company.

3.The tribunal awarded $200,000 ––––––for unfair dismissal.

4.The creation of a single market was a significant –––––– in free

trade.

5.She's recently been on a –––––– to learn more about human relations.

6.The board made a –––––– to increase the share capital.

7.The explosion at the plant caused a great deal of ––––––.

8.Go away! I've got –––––– to do.

9.It's becoming more and more difficult to find suitable –––––– in capital cities.

10.If we want a more flexible workforce, we must invest in –––––.

11.He's bought an –––––– on Fifth Avenue.

12.Did you have a good –––––– to Geneva?

13.–––––– abroad is a necessary part of an export salesman's job.

14.We've made –––––– in the negations but still haven't reached agreement on several points.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct item in italics.

1.We've made a progress / progress this year.

2.She is an executive / executive in a telecommunications firm.

3.We do a very little advertising / very little advertising.

4.They have made an arrangement / arrangement to meet.

5.She gave me an advice / advice on how to invest.

6.We need a review / review of our existing product range.

7.We've done a research / research into consumer attitudes.

8.She's found a work / work in an investment firm.

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Exercise 4. The table below gives the currency used in a number of countries.

Hidden in this puzzle are the names of 20 currencies. See how many you can find. In which countries are these currencies used?

Articles

Exercise 1.

A Choose between a/an or one to complete these sentences.

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1.If there's –––––– thing I don't understand it's why ––––––

intelligent person like you is working in –––––– boring job like this.

2.We had only –––––– prototype made – it was too expensive to make any more.

3.We should be able to arrange –––––– meeting soon.

4.I can't remember when we met but I know it was on ––––––

Monday.

5.If there is –––––– thing I dislike, it's working at the weekend.

6.The XP 300 computer has –––––– disk drive so it is not easy to make backup copies of software.

7.We had many difficulties at the beginning but –––––– problem in particular caused us great concern.

8.I can't do more than –––––– thing at a time or I get confused.

B Choose between a/an/one.

Our client, 1 –––––– subsidiary of 2 ––––––US private corporation and 3 –––––– leading manufacturer of textile machinery is looking for 4

–––––– experienced Works Director to assume responsibility for production at 5 –––––– of its British plants. Applicants should have 6 ––

–––– command of at least 7 –––––– foreign language, preferably more.

Salary according to experience but not less than £60,000 8 –––––– year.

Exercise 2. Insert the wherever necessary.

1.He has no experience of –––––– word processing.

2.She's a government tax inspector and works in –––––– Treasury.

3.–––––– exporters can receive help from –––––– Export Credit Guarantee Department.

4.–––––– business we set up last year is doing well.

5.–––––– peseta went down against –––––– dollar yesterday.

6.–––––– EEC is made up of 12 member nations.

7.–––––– credit enables –––––– people to buy –––––– goods now and pay later.

8.–––––– personnel department organizes –––––– training.

9.–––––– cash dispensers are machines which enable ––––––

customers to draw out –––––– money quickly from their bank.

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10. –––––– advertising gives –––––– information on –––––– events and services, –––––– products and –––––– prices. –––––– aim is to persuade –––––– consumers to buy.

Exercise 3. Tick the correct sentences. Add the where necessary in the other sentences. You may need to add the more than once.

1.Knowledge of advertising code of practice is vital to those wishing to work in advertising industry.

2.We want to film a TV commercial in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

3.Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland make up UK.

4.The "Think small" Volkswagen Beetle advert was one of most successful advertising campaigns of the 20-th century.

5.We are going to Czech Republic this summer.

6.Four major brands, AOL, Yahoo, Freeserve and BT, all achieve awareness of over 40% amongst the UK adult population.

7.This year the sales conference is in Netherlands.

8.Next year I am going to work for an advertising agency in US.

Exercise 4. The or no article?

A

Expertly handling over 8.7 million tones of 1 –––––– cargo a year, 2

–––––– Port Rashid is 3 –––––– Gulf's No.1 port boasting 4 ––––––

superb facilities and 5 –––––– easy communications by 6 –––––– road, 7–––––– rail and 8–––––– air. 9 –––––– red tape is cut to a minimum and there's no fuss when shipping 10 –––––– goods both in and out.

Close to 11 –––––– city centre and with 12 –––––– Dubai's world – famous five stars hotels near at hand, 13 –––––– Port Rashid is probably 14 –––––– most relaxing place in 15 –––––– world for 16–––––– busy exporter to do 17 –––––– business.

B

Dear Dr Smith,

We are thinking of setting up a factory in 1 –––––– India for 2 –––––

– manufacture of 3–––––– products made of 4 –––––– plastic and would like to start this venture with 5–––––– technical co-operation. 6 ––––––

plastics industry is still relatively underdeveloped and we would welcome 7 –––––– outside help.

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8 –––––– market for items such as 9–––––– tableware, 10 ––––––

picnic sets, 11 –––––– kitchen utensils and so on is a promising one, given 12 –––––– continuing consumer boom on 13 –––––– Indian subcontinent.

We have learnt from 14 ––––––Commercial Attaché at 15 ––––––

French embassy in 16 –––––– New Delhi that you are 17 –––––– biggest manufacturer in this line. We are therefore making approach to find out if you are able to provide 18 –––––– assistance technically or financially. We look forward to hearing from you soon, as we wish to benefit from 19 –––––– World Bank's recent announcement of 20 –––––– substantial loans for 21 –––––– joint ventures of this nature.

Exercise 5. The text below is about the filming of a television advertisement using a famous Brazilian football star. There are no articles in the text. Write in the articles a, an, or the where appropriate.

Ronaldinho smashed window in centuries-old cathedral of Santiago de Compostela while filming advert for television today. Lickily for Barcelona star, window was only small, modern addition to Spain's famous cathedral in Galicia. Brazilian blundered after being asked to try scissor-kick beneath cathedral's 12th century Portico de la Gloria (Portal of glory). "I asked Ronaldinho to hit ball as hard as he could and he had bad luck to hit window", said advert's director Emil Samper. "It was my fault".

From the Evening Standard

Exercise 6. A The passage below is the first part of a text about 'subvertising'. Complete it with a / an / the. Put θ if no article is necessary.

'Subvertising' is 1 … combination of 2 … words "subvert" and "advertising". Indeed, subvertising consists in subverting or sabotaging commercial as well as political advertisements that are displayed in 3 … public places.

Here is 4 … simple example: 5 … advert for 6 … famous brand of 7 … cigarettes depicted 8 … handsome middle-aged man gazing thoughtfully into 9 … distance.

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10 … caption was four words long: The more you know... This ad was easily subverted by someone who just added 11 … following words:

...the less you smoke.

B

In the second part of the text, all eight instances of the definite article, the, have been removed. Insert them back where they belong.

Purpose of subvertisers is usually to encourage people to think, not only about products they buy, but also about nature of society they live in.

There are a number of similarities between advertising and subvertising: both are very often creative, witty, direct and thoughtprovoking.

However, differences between two are enormous. While goal of advertising is ultimately to increase consumption and corporate profits, subvertising aims to make people aware of constant pressure they are under to buy things, to spend money, to " shop-till-you-drop", so that they may be able to resist that pressure.

C

In the third and last part of the text, there are no articles. Write in a / an / the where appropriate.

In addition, subvertising is reaction against invasion of public places by hoardings, posters, slogans, logos, etc, which some people say "pollute our mental environment". It is attempt to "reclaim streets", to free our personal space of those consumerist messages which can be seen or heard left, right and centre in our cities.

While one cannot ignore that in eyes of law, altering hoardings is considered minor form of vandalism, one has to recognize that subvertising is form of creativity and way of exercising one's freedom of speech.

Adjectives / Adverbs

Exercise 1. Put the word in brackets in its correct form.

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1.Cheques should be crossed and made ––––– to Red Arrow plc.

(pay)

2.With the smart card and electronic funds transfer at the point of sale we are becoming a ––––– society. (cash)

3.Expenditure on training is tax- –––––. (deduct)

4.We would wish to be your ––––– distributor for the Northern region. (exclude)

5.All ––––– jobs require a knowledge of word processing. (secretary)

6.Rents, dividends, capital gains and other forms of ––––– income are liable to tax. (earn)

7.We operate a ––––– pension scheme (*AmE: pension plan) for executive staff. (supplement)

8.We see the Japanese market as one of great ––––– importance; if we can do well there, we can do well in the Far East in general. (strategy)

9.The figures we've been given are extremely ––––– , there are mistakes everywhere. (accuracy)

Exercise 2. Which is correct? Choose the right phrase in italics.

1.The issues raised / The raised issues at the last meeting are no longer so important.

2.The main advantage / The advantage which is main of her idea is that it is so cheap.

3.The shares issued / The issued shares by IMTEX plc were selling at 157p.

4.The consumers questioned / The questioned consumers during the survey found that the product with code number CD-40 had the most flavour.

5.The ordered articles / The articles ordered have been sent by air parcel post.

6.A major feature / A feature which is major of the new line is its appeal to the youth market.

7.Getting the correct export documentation together can be a timeconsuming and involved process / process involved.

Exercise 3. Put the following adjectives with the correct noun in each sentence. You may refer to the dictionary for this exercise.

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1.We're going round in circles. Let's just see if we can find some –––

ground.

2.She gave a ––––– commitment to re-open pay talks.

3.Profit-sharing gives everyone a –– interest in the success of the

firm.

4.The telecommunications revolution will have a ––––– effect on all our lives.

5.The only ––––– solution would be to design a new engine.

6.After a ––––– discussion she stormed out of the meeting.

7.At a ––– guess I'd say we'll need to take on another 20–30 people.

8.The defence of the environment has never been a ––––– priority for certain industrialists.

9.We're facing ––––– competition from cut-price imports.

10.The biggest ––– block to economic recovery is high interest rates.

11.We look forward to a ––––– collaboration between our two firms.

12.We would only sell at cost price as a ––––– resort.

Exercise 4. Below is an advertisement for a burglar alarm. Combine these adjectives and adverbs and insert them in the blanks.

For years the prototype design of the new 1 ––––– -2 ––––– Triple Star burglar alarm was a 3 ––––– -4 ––––– secret. It still is but now you, the public, can enjoy the benefits of one of the most 5 ––––– -6 –––––

confident of its performance that it's 7 ––––– - 8 ––––– for five years.

FOR FUTHER DETAILS …

Word Formation

Exercise 1. Make nouns from these verbs and insert them into the letter below. Use each word once. Be careful of plurals.

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This is just to note the 1 –––––– made at our last meeting.

a)We need to make a greater effort in terms of 2 –––––– in order to combat the increasing 3 –––––– from other 4 ––––––. To this end we will be running a new 5 ––––– campaign at the International 6 –––––– in November.

b)A 7 –––––– will be kept of all 8 –––––– and these should be followed up systematically.

c)All 9–––– must be made promptly to ensure we minimize customer 10 ––––.

d)A new 11 –––––– 12 –––––– will be negotiated on 13 –––––– of the present contract. In return for a better 14 –––––– on your part we will allow a further 0.5 per cent commission on total 15 –––––––.

Exercise 2. Complete the second sentence in each pair with another form of the underlined word.

1During a negotiation, her face never shows any emotion. She seems completely _______________ .

2The previous manager had lied to his staff and was no longer credible.

He had lost all his _______________ .

3People criticised him because they found him weak. People criticised him for his _______________ .

4A good manager should always have a lot of patience. A good manager should never be _______________ .

5They liked her because she was always so calm.

What they liked about her was her _______________ .

Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with different form of the word in brackets. The new form may be a noun (singular or plural), verb or adjective.

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A

1.Global ––––– (warm) and the ––––– (destroy) of the environment are ––––– (threat) the planet.

2.Green ––––– (active) and other pressure groups are becoming increasingly ––––– (influence) in determining (environment) policies of large companies.

3.Genetic ––––– (engineer) is very ––––– (controversy), but many developing nations see it as the only way to ensure continuing –––––

(grow) in agricultural ––––– (produce).

4.Their government's ––––– (economy) strategy is one of rapid ––––

–(industrialize). This has both ––––– (strong) and ––––– (weak).

B

1.TPS had a big impact on ––––– (industry) processes in many sectors of the ––––– (economic). Generally, it has made manufacturing much more ––––– (produce).

2.It is important to make a detailed ––––– (analyze) of which items and features add value, and which don't. There is no point making –––––

(improve) if the customer isn't willing to pay for them.

3.In a badly run factory, many processes are ––––– (waste) and levels of inventory are ––––– (exceed).

4.With JT, ––––– (deliver) to the factory gate or the –––––

(assemble) line is made only when it's needed.

Exercise 4. Complete the table with the correct form of the words.