Test 10

I. A) Прочитайте статью и решите, являются ли утверждения правильными или неправильными (t-true or f-false).

An ethical investment is one that avoids investments in sectors such as tobacco and arms considered by some to be ethically unsound. There are 30 ethical unit trusts in the UK, worth about £750 million. Some investors also manage their own ethical portfolios. In a study of more than 1,100 ethical investors, economists at the Centre for Economic Psychology at the University of Bath have found that ethical investing correlates with other lifestyle choices.

Speaking at the British Association meeting yesterday, Alan Lewis, who led the research, said: "Most ethical investors are healthy, educated and caring professional people, middle-aged or older. Hardly any vote for the Conservative party. The paper they read most is the Guardian."

In addition, 16 per cent of those surveyed said they were members of the Labour party. Many were members of charitable organ­isations such as Amnesty International and Oxfam, a third-world aid charity. There is no obvious gender bias. "It appears that this is part of a lifestyle package," said Dr Lewis.

As ethical investments frequently underperform other portfolios, most ethical investors seem to be prepared to take a loss to support their moral beliefs. Some 80 per cent would be prepared to take a 2 per cent loss in income per year compared with an ordinary portfolio if their overall return was 8 per cent.

Everything, though, has its price. Some 40 per cent of those surveyed said they would reduce their ethical investments if they were underperforming their ordinary investments by 5 per cent. The size of an investor’s portfolio seems to have no influence on this decision.

1. Typical ethical investors all vote The Labour Party.

2. Typical ethical investors are young and working class.

3. Typical ethical investors often read the Times.

4. Typical ethical investors are likely to support Amnesty International.

5. According to a study, self-image appears to motivate ethical investment decisions.

6. The first sentence of the article means that ethical investors avoid companies that produce certain types of arms.

B) в каждой цепочке слов найдите одно противоположное по смыслу слово:

7. Pretended – certified – confirmed – existent – factual – authentic – reliable – undoubted – real – positive - genuine

8. adjust – regulate – adapt – conform – classify – violate – suit – arrange – settle – accommodate

9. prestige – prominence – predominance – command – despotism – mastership – mastery – prerogative – subordination – superiority

II. Для каждого фразеологического глагола или идиомы подберите соответствующий перевод.

10. catch out	a) выяснить, узнать мнение; разглашать
11. put one’s finger on	b) изменить отношение, стать враждебным
12. bring up	c) накопившаяся, незавершённая работа
13. set about	d) поймать на ошибке, застать врасплох
14. turn against	e) начинать, приступать к чему-либо
15. step up	f) разобраться, понять
16. break the back	g) противопоставлять
17. keep to the point	h) поднять вопрос, вынести на обсуждение
18. sound out	i) придерживаться темы
19. catch sight of	j) растолковывать, разъяснять
20. have a foothold in	k) приходить, появляться
21. at one time	l) выяснить причину неудачи
22. backlog	m) утвердиться, закрепиться
23. get back on one’s feet	n) некогда (когда-то)
24. make out	o) закончить сложную часть работы
25. turn up	p) заметить
26. spell out	q) восстановиться
27. set against	r) увеличить, продвигать