Вариант 2

I. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в каждом из них видовременную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого (см. образец). Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. He said that our machines met their requirements and they were interested in buying them.

2. I’ve studied the new model closely.

3. Our machines are of high quality therefore customers are pleased with them.

4. He said he had received a lot of orders for our products.

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения слов it, that, one.

1. Anyone who wants to set up a small business is to make sure that he/she is choosing one which will work and yield big profit.

2. It is this business that requires less capital and yields big profit.

3. His skills in keeping the books are better than that of me.

4. It is important to take a long look at the market, customers, demand for and supply of product to choose an appropriate business.

III. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.

1. If you are a sole trader you alone have responsibility for the business.

2. Doing business is a very difficult kind of human activity.

3. The first step I had to take was to study my future customers.

4. The conference about the rate of unemployment in Russia is to start at 10 a.m.

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.

1. You don’t have enough capital for the business you want to do.

2. The information about the market we got is incorrect.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на функцию инфинитива.

1. You should carry out the necessary research of the market to make sure that your good is in demand and needed by the people.

2. It’s important to know if your production is efficient.

3. His suggestion to set up a small business is not too bad.

4. To be a sole trader means to have all responsibility for business.

VI. Прочтите и устно переведите с 1-го по 4-й абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 4-й и 5-й абзацы.

Market and command economies

1. Economics is a science that analyzes what, how, and for whom society produces. The central economic problem is to reconcile the conflict between people's unlimited demands with society's ability to produce goods and services.

2. In industrial Western countries markets are to allocate resources. The market is the process by which production and consumption are coordinated through prices.

3. In a command economy, a central planning office makes decisions on what, how, and for whom to produce. Economy cannot rely entirely on command, but there was extensive planning in many Soviet bloc countries.

4. A free market economy has no government intervention. Resources are allocated entirely through markets.

5. Modern economies in the West are mixed and rely mainly on the market but with a large dose of government intervention. The optimal level of government intervention remains a problem which is of interest to economists.

6. The degree of government restrictions differs greatly between countries that have command economies and countries that have free market economies. In the former, resources are allocated by central government planning. In the latter, there is not any government regulation of the consumption, production, and exchange of goods. Between the two main types lies the mixed economy where market and government are both of importance.

Прочитайте 6 абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Выберите из перечисленных ниже предложений правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.

In what economy are resources allocated without government?

1. Government allocates resources in mixed economy.

2. In free market economy resources are allocated through market.

3. Recourses are allocated without government in the command economy.