Контрольная работа по Английскому языку Вариант 3

1. audit- аудит, проверка, ревизия a) a formal written document that is a record of an agreement, especially one relating to a property

2. benefit- выгода, преимущество, польза, благо b) an official examination of a person’s or organization’s accounts by an expert 

3. deed - дело, поступок, акт c) the buying and selling of goods and services 

4. commerce - торговля, коммерция d) a good effect or advantage that something has, for example a product or service 

5. labour - труд, рабочая сила e) a sudden large increase in the number or amount of something 

6. earnings - доход, прибыль, заработок, выручка, поступления f) the money that a person receives for the work in a particular period of time 

7. leap - скачок, прыжок, скачка, перескакивание g) work involving a lot of physical or mental effort 

8. merger - слияние, объединение h) knowledge or skill gained from doing a particular job 

9. improvement - улучшение, совершенствование, повышение i) an occasion when two or more companies, organizations etc join together to form a larger company 

10. experience - опыт, стаж j) the act or state of getting better 

a list, balance, credit, return, share, staff 

1. The balance sheet of a company is worked out from the final accounts. 

2. Can you give me a list of current prices? 

3. This company will not accept unconfirmed letters of credit. 

4. Shareholders were offered 18 pence per share 

5. They retired eight members of staff but didn’t replace them. 

6. You can expect a 15% return on this sum 

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

1. Figures show that unemployment has been growing (Present Perfect Progressive, Active Voice) since 1990s. 

2. Proposals have been put forward (Present Perfect, Passive Voice) for increasing worker mobility. 

3. Experts have been warning (Present Perfect Progressive, Active Voice) of the bankruptcy since the company was founded. 

b) В следующих предложениях подчеркните герундий и инфинитив. Переведите предложения на русский язык. 

1. The two carmakers hope to achieve savings of 5% on common projects. 

2. American corporations begin to offer entire packages of services. 

3. After some hard talking officials decided to take part in a meeting in Geneva. 

Takeovers, Mergers and Buyouts 

1. Successful companies have to find ways of using their profits. Sometimes they develop new products or services, perhaps to diversify and enter new markets, but sometimes it is easier to take over other companies with existing products and customers. Acquiring a competitor in the same field of activity (horizontal integration) gives a company a larger market share and reduces competition. Companies can also acquire businesses involved in other parts of their supply chain. 

2. One way to acquire part-ownership of a company is a raid, which involves buying as many of a company’s stocks as possible on the stock market. Because this increases demand, the stock price will immediately rise. A raid is unlikely to result in the acquisition of a controlling interest. More often, a company will launch a takeover bid. If the board of directors of a company agrees to a takeover, it is a friendly bid. If the company doesn’t want to be taken over, it is a hostile bid. 

3. Takeovers can lead to the formation of large conglomerates, which can lead to a contrary phenomenon: leveraged buyouts. Buyouts occur when financiers consider that a conglomerate has not achieved synergy but has become inefficient, as a result it is undervalued on the stock market. In other words, the conglomerate’s market capitalization is lower than the value of its total assets. 

a) истинным (true) 

b) ложным (false) 

c) в тексте нет информации (no information) 

1. Successful companies don’t have to find ways of using their profits. 

2. Takeovers can lead to the formation of large conglomerates. 

3. Companies are encouraged to take over other companies by investment bank. 

What is a raid?