- •Test 1. Economic systems
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 2. Business associations
- •1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 3. Business activities
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 4. Money
- •1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 5. Banking and finance
- •1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 6. Advertising
- •1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 7. Trade
- •1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Test 8. Competition
- •1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
- •2. Match the terms with their definitions:
- •3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
- •Final test 1 – 4.
- •1. Give the terms that are similar to the following definitions:
- •2. Give the definitions to the following terms:
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following terms:
- •Final test 5 – 8.
- •1. Give the terms that are similar to the following definitions:
- •2. Give the definitions to the following terms:
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following terms:
3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
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Resources |
producer |
rate |
corporation |
sales |
leader |
Ilim Pulp is Russia’s largest forest industry _____. It combines the major facilities in the sector and is the industry ____ in Russia and Europe. Ilim Pulp: - Owns Europe’s 1st and the world’s 6th largest forest and logging _____ (8 million cu m of timber); - Is Europe’s 4th and the world’s 11th largest _____ of commercial pulp; - Manufactures 77% of Russia’s boxboard, 61% of its market pulp. In 2003, Ilim Pulp’s facilities manufactured over 2.8 million tons of products, including processed wood goods. Since 2001, its sales have grown at an average annual _____ of 6-6.5%. In 2003, the company’s _____ amounted to roughly $ 1.144 billion, a 12.9% increase on 2002. In volume, sales grew by 16% year-on-year in 2003, logging operations by 17%, and wood processing by 20%. Ilim Pulp’s products are exported to more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Test 4. Money
1. Give English terms to the following Russian definitions:
1) подпольные, скрываемые от налогообложения доходы (black money)
2) документ с указанной на нём суммой денег (money order)
3) валюта, на курс которой власти оказывают влияние с помощью рыночных операций (managed currency)
4) номинальная сумма, вносимая в счет долга (token payment)
5) первый взнос, первоначальный платеж (down payment)
6) движение денежной наличности (cash flow)
7) разменные деньги: мелкие монеты или купюры (fractional currency)
8) отчет о доходах и расходах компании за определенный период (profits)
2. Match the terms with their definitions:
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1 legal tender E |
a) activities or techniques intended to create consumer demand for a product or service |
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2 sales H |
b) the practice of dividing a share of the profits of a business among employees, in addition to paying their regular wages and salaries |
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3 sales promotion A |
c) to change or cause to change position constantly |
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4 profit sharing B |
d) to provide (money) temporarily, often at interest |
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5 borrow G
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e) money, used as an official medium of payment |
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6 fluctuate C |
f) financiallyruined |
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7 lend D
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g) to obtain or receive (something, such as money) on loan for temporary use, intending to give it, or something equivalent or identical, back to the lender |
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8 bankruptF |
h) the number of items sold |
3. Use an appropriate word from the box to complete the text.
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coins |
functions |
prices |
exchange |
commodity |
loans |
profit |
trade |
Money is a _____ accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which ____ and values are expressed; it circulates from person to person and country to country, thus facilitating___. Throughout history various commodities have been used as money, including seashells, beads, and cattle, but since the 17th century the most common forms have been metal ____, paper notes, and bookkeeping entries. In standard economic theory, money is held to have four ____: to serve as a medium of ____ universally accepted in return for goods and services; to act as a measure of value, making possible the operation of the price system and the calculation of ____ and loss; to serve as a standard of deferred payments, the unit in which ____ are made and future transactions are fixed; and to provide a means of storing wealth not immediately required for use.