8. Find the answers to the following questions in the text.

1. Who can own a corporation?

2. Is the corporation necessarily large than a sole proprietorship?

3. What kinds of corporations usually don’t issue the stock?

Контрольная работа №2

Variant 1

1. Put that or those

1. _____ chair

2. _____ pictures

3. _____ things

4. _____ men

5. _____ place

2. Fill in the correct modal verb.

1. To prepare financial statements easily and quickly accountants ______ filing system to sort out and classify all the transactions of a business.

2. In a manual accounting system each account ______ be kept on a separate page or card.

3. I _________ come to your office today.

4. I think I ________ explain you a little about a corporate finance.

5. Why do they ________ my investment if they are doing so well?

6. I guess it ______ be right time for me to invest in that computer company.

7. You _______ read it very carefully.

8. I _______ tell that they have good management.

3. Translate the sentences. Name the type of the conditional sentences.

1. If they were here now, we’d speak to them.

2. She said that if they were here, she’d speak to them.

3. If he were here, he could help us.

4. If they were here, they might help us.

5. If I were you, I wouldn’t treat the boy like that.

6. If he had been displeased, we would have notice it.

4. Translate the sentences:

1. Если бы вы позвонили ему вчера, сейчас бы вы не волновались.

2. Жаль, что Оскара там не было. Он бы рассказал им много интересных историй.

3. Если бы я знал м-ра Робертсона, я бы поговорил с ним.

4. Если бы Ричард был здесь, он дал бы вам другой совет.

5. Если бы я знал, что Смиты были тогда в Париже, я бы зашел к ним.

5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. The population of the world ________ (rise) very fast.

2. Catherine wants to work in Italy, so she __________ (learn) Italian.

3. Some friends of mine _________ (build) their new house. They hope it will be finished before next summer.

4. The economic situation is already very bad and it _______ (get) worse.

5. The cost of living _________ (increase). Every year things are more expensive.

6. “Don’t disturb me. I’m busy.” “Why? What you _______ (do)?”

7. We saw an accident while we ________ (drive) to London.

8. Jane _______ (wait) for me when I arrived.

6. Define the tense of the verbs. Translate the sentences.

1. Ron hasn’t worked very hard this term.

2. Have you heard from George recently?

3. When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul had already gone home.

4. When we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into the flat.

5. I saw you in the park yesterday. You were sitting on the grass and reading a book.

6. Read and translate the text.

Types of proprietorship

A business may be privately owned in three different forms. These forms are the sole proprietorship, the partnership and the corporation. The sole proprietorship is the most common in many western countries. For example, more than 80 per cent of all business in the United States are sole proprietorships.

But it is evident that sole proprietorships do not do the greatest volume of business. They account for only 16 percent of all business receipts, for example, in America. What kind of business is likely to be a sole proprietorship? First of all, service industries such as Laundromats, beauty shops, different repair shops, restaurants.

6. Find the answers to the following questions in the text.

1. What are the different ways that a business can be privately owned?

2. What forms do most European countries have?

3. What are businesses that are likely to be sole proprietorship?