VII. Дайте письменные ответы на следующие вопросы к тексту:

1. How does a market economy differ from a planned economy?

2. Why is the situation, when a market is monopolized by a single firm, dangerous for the whole society?

3. How can the competition between private producers benefit potential consumers?

Вариант 3

I. Перепишите следующие предложения, употребляя глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Simple или Continuous. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. In order to raise capital for expansion, the partners (to set up) a corporate structure several years ago, based on their partnership.

2. We (to adapt) our advertising strategy for the export market in the nearest future.

3. He is familiar with our existing range of software and regularly (to read) our publications.

4. Exports (to grow) more rapidly in value at the moment.

5. Now technology (to make) it easier and easier to predict changes in the weather.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения, употребляя глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present Perfect, Past Perfect или Past Simple. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. During the recent negotiations, both governments (to recognize) finally that their respective nations will benefit from lower trade barriers between them.

2. The company’s new supplier (to leave) the office before I (to have) time to ask him anything.

3. Deregulation of services like telecommunications, transport and banking (to happen) in many countries in recent years.

4. By that time the government already (to place) a high tax upon luxury commodities.

5. In the early 1990s, despite Russia’s enormous reserves of oil and gas, the economy (to go) into a long and difficult depression.

III. Перепишите следующие предложения, употребляя глаголы, данные в скобках, в Present, Past или Future Simple действительного или страдательного залога. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Our senior manager occasionally (to travel) to various European countries for trade fairs and exhibitions.

2. In the future low interest rates (to encourage) companies to take out loans in order to build factories, buy machines and increase production.

3. In the last century periods of depressions (to characterize) by the collapse of banks, business bankruptcies, a decline in wages and high rates of unemployment.

4. All business activity essentially (to connect) with the satisfying of human wants.

5. In the future many businesses (to involve) in the production of capital goods (e. g. factories, machines, tools, transport systems) to meet the requirements of other businesses which in turn will produce consumer goods.

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните причастие I или причастие II, определите его функцию. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. A company’s total revenue is all the money received from sales.

2. Launching its new product the company had a great opportunity to take a lucrative niche in the market of soft drinks.

3. The main trading operations are performed in London, but the Stock Exchange also has centers in some big industrial cities of the country.

4. The main aim of product advertising is to increase sales by making a product or service known to a wider audience.

5. An annual report performs a useful function in a free market system, transmitting information from the company to the shareholders.