VIII. Письменно ответьте на вопросы.

1. Who makes decisions on what and how to produce?

2. What is GNP?

3. What is a "consumer economy"?

Вариант №5

I. Перепишите предложения, раскрыв скобки, поставьте глагол в требуемом времени и залоге. Выпишите глаголы и укажите их видовременную форму.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Flint (to intend) to visit their son`s school tomorrow. When they (to get) there, they (to see) the headmaster first.

2. When I (to talk) with my friend at the party last night I (to ask) him where his cousin Freddy (to be). I (to tell) that he (to leave) for Leeds and (to come) back in a month.

3. — You ever (to talk) to your teacher about your grades, Jim?

— Yes, I (to talk) to her several times. In fact I (to talk) to her about it after class yesterday when you (to wait) for me outside.

II. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Jack comes from ... United Kingdom of ... Great Britain. That's ... official name of... country, but there are ... other names for it. He lives in ... Highlands, which are in ... northern part of the country.

Jack is ... friend from ... school. In fact he is ... best friend I have from there.

III. Вставьте правильный предлог или послелог, где необходимо.

1. They arrived ... London ... the14th ... April and left ... Oxford ... June. They will be back only... a month.

2. What was the reason ... his absence?

IV. Составьте предложения, расположив слова в нужном порядке.

1. do/for/there/afraid/isn't/I/you/anything/am/else/can.

2. you/leave/me/for/do/time/want/to/airport/what?

3. wasn't/al/teacher/asked/our/me/why/me/working/desk/I.

V. Переведите на английский язык слова, данные в скобках.

1. These days people buy (меньше) newspapers than they used to.

2. Will you give me (другую) cup of tea?

3. It turned out they hadn't heard from them (тоже).

4. He doesn’t have (никого) to talk to.

5. I’d like to (поднять) some more questions.

6. She (имеет обыкновение) to working late.

7. He saved money, but never kept (их) in the bank.

8. (Ни один) of the two brothers followed their father's career.

VI. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. a) It was still light and we hadn't to hurry.

b) It was still light and we had to hurry.

c) It was still light and we didn't have to hurry.

2. a) Why are you so angry for me?

b) Why are you so angry with me?

c) Why are you so angry on me?

VII. Прочитайте текст и письменно переведите 2-й абзац.

BASIC INGREDIENTS OF THE U. S. ECONOMY

Every economic system tries to anticipate and then meet human needs through the production and distribution of goods and services. The economic system is the mechanism that brings together natural resources, the labor supply, technology and the necessary entrepreneurial and managerial talents. Although the type of economic system used by a nation is the result of political decision, is also in even larger part the result of historical experience that, over time, becomes a national culture.

The first ingredient of an economic system is the natural resources from which goods are produced. The United States is a land rich in mineral resources and fertile farm soil, together with a moderate climate, second, the amount of available labor helps to determine the health of an economy. Generally, the United States has been fortunate in having enough people to provide the labor necessary for a constantly expanding economy. Until shortly after world War I, most of these workers were either immigrants (or their immediate descendants) who came to America from Europe, or African Americans whose forebears were brought to the Americas as slaves, when too many laborers arrived to be absorbed on the East Coast, they could usually move on to farm land in the interior and be productively absorbed in that part of the economy.

Another factor in any economic system is the quality of available labor-how hard people is willing to work and how skilled they are. In the United States, the frontier demanded hard work, and the Protestant work ethic supported that demand. The strong emphasis is placed on education, including technical and vocational education, also contributed to America's economic success. Likewise the willingness to experiment, to change and to invest in technology was significant in a land that had prided itself on being a new experiment in freedom. But the existence of abundant natural resources and a skillfull and willing labor force accounts for only part of the structure of an economic system. The resources must be directed as efficiently as possible into the areas where they will be most productive, in the American economy, managers of enterprises responding to signals from markets perform this function.