Контрольная работа Вариант 2

I. Переведите письменно существительные (1–10). Выберите определения (a–j), соответствующие существительным:

1) government a) state of being not dependent on or controlled by other persons or things

2) unemployment b) physical or mental work

3) position c) body of persons governing a state

4) labor d) come to ruin, meet disaster

5) earn e) investing money; sum of money that is invested

6) crisis f) state of being unemployed

7) independence g) reduction in size, amount, length, etc.

8) crash h) to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do

9) cut i) person’s place or rank in relation to others; job, employment

10) investment j) a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity in a country than usual

II. В следующих предложениях подчеркните определения, выраженные именем существительным, и переведите эти предложения на русский язык.

1) Google said it never meant to collect people’s private information, like

e-mails and passwords.

2) This week a research group reported a drop in sales.

3) President Obama has signed legislation to reform the health care system

in the United States.

III.

б) В следующих предложениях подчеркните глагол-сказуемое, определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) Next week, leaders of the world’s largest economies will meet in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2) Most new jobs in the United States are created by small businesses.

3) Small businesses were hit hard by the recession and problems in getting

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IV. В следующих предложениях подчеркните модальный глагол или

его эквивалент. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) 3-D TV and Google’s new phone could help in recovering from a bad year.

2) Two thousand nine may be remembered as the year the world avoided

an economic depression.

3) Like netbooks, tablets cost less than traditional laptop computers that

can also mean smaller profits for manufacturers and sellers.

V. В следующих предложениях подчеркните Participle 1 и Participle 2

и укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью

глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1) Medium and small banks also face a growing risk.

2) Congress included state aid in the two-year plan approved in February.

3) American housing sales have improved in recent months.

6. Прочитайте и устно переведите на русский язык весь текст. Письменно переведите абзацы 1, 2.

Half of US Jobs Now Held by Women

(Половину американских мест, удерживают женщины.)

1. Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs. The lat-est government report shows that their share of jobs nearly reached fifty percent in September. Not only have more and more women entered the labor market over the years, but the recession has been harder on men. In October the unem-ployment rate for men was almost eleven percent, compared to eight percent for women.

2. Industries that traditionally use lots of men have suffered deep cuts. For example, manufacturing and building lost more jobs last month. But health care and tempo-rary employment services have had job growth. Both of those industries employ high percentages of women. Thirty years ago, women earned sixty-two cents for every dollar that men earned. Now, for those who usually work full time, women earn about eighty percent of what men earn. Women hold fifty-one percent of good-paying management and professional jobs.

3. Men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at the four hundred largest companies in California. The results have remained largely unchanged in five years of studies have been interviewed fifteen women. They all value their inde-pendence and many enjoy having the power of control. But women also feel pres-sure, worry and guilt as women still take care of the children. Also, men who are not the main earners may feel threatened.

4. The job market continues to suffer the effects of last year`s financial crash. Now, a judgment has been reached in the first case involving charges of criminal wrongdoing on Wall Street. Last week, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year. The Justice Department continues to investigate other companies.

VII. Определите, являются ли приведенные ниже утверждения (1, 2, 3)

а) истинными (true)

б) ложными (false)

в) в тексте нет информации (no information)

1) The unemployment rate for men and women was the same.

2) Health care and temporary employment services employ high percentages of women.

3) An economic research group reported this week that the recession in the United States ended in June of last year.

VIII. Прочитайте 3 абзац и ответьте письменно на следующий вопрос:

Where do men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions?

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