Контрольная работа №1.

I вариант

1. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием –s и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3 л. ед. ч. глагола в настоящем простом времени;

б) признаком множественного числа существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

Предложения переведите.

1. All the bank’s profits are divided among the shareholders.

2. The work of bank centres around money and financial services.

3. What is your friend’s profession?

4. He meets the delegation at the airport.

5. The parties discuss the business points, among them training personnel for

the plant.

6. Every firm wants to sell as many goods as possible.

7. America’s strong demand for automobiles explains why auto workers have historically been among the highest paid workers in the world.

2. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий:

1. Finding the capital is usually the biggest problem faced by those wishing

to set up a business.

2. The more powerful our economy is, the stronger is our country.

3. Everybody says that our work has been done much better than that of other.

4. The more the peoples of different countries know of each other and the

greater the friendship between them, the stronger will be peace.

3. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения:

1. He doesn’t know anything about it.

2. I cannot give that book to anybody at present.

3. There must be something out of order in this equipment.

4. Have you got any books about computers?

4. Определите в каждом предложении видо-временную форму и залог гла­гола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения.

1. A contract was signed at your office yesterday, wasn’t it?

2. Several new contracts have recently been signed lately and a few joint

ventures have been set up.

3. The manager was very, angry yesterday. The secretary hadn’t told him

about Mr. Green’s departure.

4. The President is not available at the moment. He’s having talks with Mr. Ali. They are negotiating a new contract.

5. Do you often go on business?

6. Will you discuss the prices with Mr. Brown?

7. The fax is being translated now.

5. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на значение модальных глаголов и их заместителей:

1. Planning has to be undertaken at all levels of management.

2. Marketing managers should always be in close touch with market

conditions so that they can advise on the best price to charge

for products.

3. I’ll be able to get money out of a current account easier than from a

deposit account.

4. He didn’t have to translate the letter, as the interpreter had already done it.

5. She was allowed to leave the office earlier.

6. If one wants to become a foreign exchange dealer he must be able to do

two things at the same time.

7. Prices are to regulate production and consumption in a market economy.

6. Переведите текст:

Market and Command Economies

Economics is a science that analyzes what, how, and for whom society produces. The central economic problem is to reconcile the conflict be­tween people's unlimited demands with society's ability to produce goods and services.

In industrial Western countries markets are to allocate resources. The market is the process by which production and consumption are coordinated through prices.

In a command economy, a central planning office makes decisions on what, how, and for whom to produce. Economy cannot rely entirely on com­mand, but there was extensive planning in many Soviet bloc countries.

A free market economy has no government intervention. Resources are allocated entirely through markets.

Modern economies in the West are mixed and rely mainly on the market but with a large dose of government intervention. The optimal level of gov­ernment intervention remains a problem which is of interest to economists. ,-

The degree of government restrictions differs greatly between coun­tries that have Command economies and countries that have free market economies. In the former, resources are allocated by central government planning. In the latter, there is not any government regulation of the con­sumption, production, and exchange of goods. Between the two main types life's the mixed economy where market and government are both of importance.

Ответьте на следующие вопросы к тексту Market and Command Economies.

1. What is the central economic problem of a society?

2. What is the market?

3. What is the function of the market in an industrial country?

4. How are decisions made in a command economy?

5. In what way does a free market economy differ from a command econ­omy?

6. To which type do most economies in the West belong?

Подумайте и скажите:

1. To which type does the economy of present-day Russia belong?

2. Is the level of government regulation growing or falling in Russian econ­omy now?