II. Выберите английский эквивалент для следующих русских слов:

1. совершенно, отлично

a) perfect b) perfectly c) perfection d) perfectibility

2. произносить, выговаривать

a) pronunciation b) pronouncement c) pronounce d) pronounced

3. учащийся, ученик

a) learn b) learning c) learned d) learner

4. необходимый, весьма важный

a) essence b) essential c) essentiality d) essentially

5. содержать

а) contain b) container c) containment d) contaminate

6. целесообразный

a) advice b) advisable c) advise d) adviser

7. предпочитать

a) preferable b) preference c) prefer d) preferably

III. Подберите синонимы для следующих слов:

1. drawback	a) to select
2. to start	b) for instance
3. chance	c) disadvantage
4. to take notes	d) list
5. to choose	e) opportunity
6. for example	f) to make notes
7. to put down	g) to write down
8. sheet	h) to begin

IV. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие предлоги:

a) with b) on (2) c) in (2) d) about

1. You should write the words with their Russian equivalents … sheets of paper.

2. While learning new words try to use them … practice.

3. Some people like to stick lists of English word’s … the walls in different places in their flats.

4. English newspapers and magazines are written … modern language.

5. Don’t forget … the rules of words combination.

6. The more you communicate … native speakers the sooner you will learn to speak English well.

7. The most important thing while learning English is to think … English.

V. Найдите в правой колонке русский эквивалент для английских словосочетаний:

1. as a rule	a) в заключении
2. to run into something	b) рисовать круг
3. several times	c) как правило
4. to get rid of something	d) наклеивать листья
5. useful expressions	e) обогащать словарь (словарный запас)
6. to draw a circle	f) наткнуться на что-либо
7. interesting article	g) несколько раз
8. in conclusion	h) интересная статья
9. to stick lists	i) избавляться от чего-либо
10. to enrich the vocabulary	j) полезные выражения

Text d english as a world language

I. Прочтите текст и укажите, какие утверждения соответствуют тексту т (True), а какие нет – f (False):

1. About 400 million people speak English as their first language.

2. About 20 million people use it a second language.

3. In Shakespeare’s time a lot of million people spoke English.

4. English has become a world language because it was used as a mother tongue outside England, in all the continents of the world.

5. English is the language of business, technology, aviation, sport and pop music.

6. All world’s periodicals are in English.

English is one of the most widespread, languages on Earth. About 400 million people speak English as their first language. About the same number of people use it as a second language. It is the language of business, technology, aviation, sport and pop music. 75% of the world's mail and 60% of the world's telephone calls are in English. 60% of the world's radio stations broadcast in English and more than half of the world's periodicals are in English. It is an official language in 44 countries.

Today, when English is one of the major languages in the world, it is difficult to realise that in Shakespeare's time, for example, only a few million people spoke English. The other nations of Europe didn't think it was important, and it was unknown to the rest of the world.

English has become a world language because it was used as a mother tongue outside England, in all the continents of the world. This exporting of English began in the 17th century, with the first settlement in North America. Above all it is the massive immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries and the great growth of population in the United States that has given the English language its present position in the world.

There are three groups of people who speak English: those who speak it as their mother tongue language; those who have learned it as a second language; and those who are forced to use it for a practical purpose - administrative, professional or educational. One person in seven of the world's population belongs to one of these three groups.

II. Заполните пропуски, используя следующие предлоги:

a) to (2) b) of (2) c) in (2) d) with

1. More than half of the world’s periodicals are … English.

2. In Shakespeare’s time English was unknown … the rest of the world.

3. This exporting of English began … the 17^th century.

4. The great growth … population in the United States has given the English language its present position in the world.

5. One person in seven of the world’s population belongs … one of these groups.

6. About he same number … people use it as a second language.

7. The exporting of English began … the first settlement in North America.

III. Найдите в правой колонке русский эквивалент для английских словосочетаний:

1. widespread	a) главным образом, в основном
2. belong	b) тот же самый, одинаковый
3. growth of population	c) поселение
4. broadcast	d) родной язык
5. above all	e) широко распространённый
6. the same	f) современное положение
7. mother tongue	g) быть вынужденным что-либо делать
8. settlement	h) вести радиопередачу
9. present position	i) принадлежать
10. to be forced to do something	j) рост населения

IV. Заполните пропуски следующими словами:

a) first b) second c) foreign

1. In India, English is a … language.

2. In New Zealand, English is a … language.

3. In France, English is a … language.

4. In Russia, English is a … language.

V. Закончите предложение выбрав верный вариант:

1. English is an official language	a) widespread languages on Earth.
2. There are three groups of people	b) has given the English language its present position in the world.
3. English is one of the most	c) in 44 countries.
4. English has become a world language because	d) who speak English.
5. There are some people who are forced	e) it was used as a mother tongue in all the continents of the world.
6. The massive immigration in the 19^th and 20^th centuries and the great growth of population in the United States	f) to use it for a practical purpose – administrative, professional or educational.

UNIT II. ECONOMICS

TEXT A

GREAT ECONOMISTS

THE FATHER OF ECONOMICS

ADAM SMITH AND THE WEALTH OF NATIONS