IV. Speaking practice

You are the chief engineer at a US trucking company. You have come to Kharkiv to share your professional experience with Ukrainian colleagues. Be ready to answer the following questions in class.

1. How many trucks are there in your fleet?

2. What types of trucks do you have?

3. What type of freight do you transport?

4. What clients do you serve?

5. How do you charge for freight transportation?

6. What is the company’s annual profit?

7. How do you pay your truck drivers?

8. How are trucks licensed?

9. How many accidents were your trucks involved in last month?

V. Revision and Consolidation

Test

Загальна максимальна сума балів: 100

Task I. Максимальна сума балів: 10 (Total 10)

Choose the correct form to fill in the gaps.

1. The global economy _______ by the actions of companies, dovernments, and individuals all over the world.

A. powers C. being powered

B. is powering D. is being powered

2. The cost of the highway reconstruction __________

A. has already estimated C. already estimates

B. has already been estimated D. already estimated

3. He had his car __________ at discount prices.

A. service C. serviced

B. servicing D. services

4. Mr. Nader _______ after working for nine months as a Client Consultant.

A. promote C. promoted

B. promoting D. was promoted

5. The meeting __________ next week.

A. was held C. will hold

B. held D. will be held

Task II. Total 20

Make the sentences passive.

1. High costs threaten the progress in the highway construction.

2. The accident involved three cars.

3. On October 11, the police inspectors conducted a spot check of motor vehicles on the Kharkov ring road.

4. They are going to appoint Carlos the new Department Software Engineering Manager.

5. In Tokyo computers control automobile exhaust pollution.

6. The committee has already submitted the report to the President.

7. The government approved a Federal Aid Program of over three billion dollars.

8. The manufacturing industry is now sustaining heaviest losses.

9. The driver fatigue causes a lot of road accidents.

10. They will demonstrate their new cars with innovative features in Detroit.

Task III. Total 20

Fill in the gaps with a correct preposition.

1. The transportation problems are complicated _ wasteful competition and unequal regulation.

2. About 30 per cent _ the employees were laid off.

3. The traffic _ the Moscow-Symferopil motorway was very heavy.

4. These cars have become very popular _ passengers.

5. The recession has an important impact _ the transportation industry.

6. Increase _ the price of fuel puts strains on motor carriers.

7. A trucking deregulation bill was signed _ the President.

8. Trucking accounts _ four-fifths of all domestic freight value in the United States.

9. A ton-kilometer is the movement of one metric ton _ the distance of one kilometer.

10. Drivers who work for trucking companies are generally paid _ the mile.

Task IV. Total 10

Translate into your mother tongue.

1. At an international conference on restraint systems, researchers questioned whether the dummies used in the tests really simulated the behavior of human bodies in accidents.

2. As a result of federal deregulation, truckers have been suffering the pressure of increased competition within the industry.

3. The trailer is detachable and can be dropped at an intermediate destination.

4. The development of highway transportation system has been retarded because of the global recession.

5. In the less-than-truckload sector there were a few major downsizings or shutdowns.

Task V. Total 10

Tick √ true statements and cross r false statements.

1. In 1980 the United States experienced the recession that led to a substantial reduction in freight movement.

2. In the USA, many bus lines in 1950 became less profitable than during 1949.

3. Automatically adjusting seat belts were adopted in the USA during 1971.

4. By the end of September 1961 the US Federal System of Interstate and Defense Highways had already been opened for traffic.

5. In 1938, the US highway transport was receiving favored treatment and subsidies from the US government.

Task V. Total 15

Answer the questions.

1. What complicated the transportation problems in the USA in 1938?

2. Why did the US manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing industries sustain losses in 1946?

3. What threatened the progress in the US highway construction in 1950?

4. What agency was established in the USA in December 1960?

5. What led to the reduction in freight movement in the United States in 1980?

Task VI. Total 15

Translate into English.

1. Коли будуть уніфіковані правила для перевізників?

2. Говорять, що ця програма ще не підписана президентом.

3. Комісія повідомила, що на будівництво доріг у нашому регіоні вже витрачено 2 мільйони доларів.

4. В цій лабораторії зараз розробляється нова система контролю дорожнього руху.

5. Вчора механік перевірив мій автомобіль. Усе гаразд.

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