ВАРИАНТ IV

 

I. Вставьте артикли a/anили the там, где необходимо.

1. There was ….. knock on ….. door. I opened it and found ….. small dark man in ….. blue overcoat and ….. woolen cap.

2. He said he was ….. employee of ….. gas company and had come to read ….. meter.

3. Peter thinks this is quite ….. cheap restaurant.

4. Number ….. hundred and two, ….. house next door to us, is for ….. sale. It's quite ….. nice house with ….. big rooms. ….. back windows look out on ….. park.

5. I don't know what ….. price ….. owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ….. agents. You could give them ….. ring and make them ….. offer.

 

II. Поставьте прилагательные и наречия в нужной степени сравнения. 

1. If you’re in business, toy want to make a profit. The (many) goods you sell, the (much) profit you’ll got.

2. He works the (hard) but earns the (little).

3. The suppliers need the information quickly, so please let them know as (soon) as possible.

4. You decided to quit your job. Now you think it was a bad mistake. You say to your friend: “It was the (bad) mistake I’d ever made”.

5. There can’t be a (busy) city in the world than Tokyo.

 

III. В каждом из следующих предложений есть одна ошибка. Найдите и исправьте ее.

Образец: They are foreign visitors in our office – There are foreign visitors in our office.

1. She said me that she was going home.

2. The teacher told we had done our homework very badly.

3. He asked me, if I was listening to the lesson.

4. We all are going to the pictures. Do you want to come?

 

IV. Выберите нужную форму местоимений.

1. All the salaries are being paid much later now; it’s (some, any) thing to do with the computer.

2. He didn’t believe (what, which) the customer said (what, which) annoyed him so much.

3. It should be the decision of the consignor, not (your, yours).

4. (No, Nothing) steamer has left the port yet because of the storm.

5. Nearly the whole cargo of wheat has been unloaded today. (The little, the few) that remains will be unloaded tomorrow morning.

 

V. Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, в нужном времени. Переведите предложения на родной язык.

1. I (be) promoted next week. Mr. Jones (leave) and I (take) over the department.

2. Now it (seem) that fate (take) the matter out of her hands; and the insurance money would come in handy.

3. Secretary: Customers (ring) up all morning complaining about getting incorrect bills

Manager: I know; something (go) wrong with our computer. The mechanic (work) on it. I hope he (find) out what’s wrong.

4. Ann’s employer (dictate) three letters and (tell) Ann to type them as soon as possible. Half an hour latter he (ring) Ann’s office. “You (finish) those letters yet?” he (ask).

5. When I first (come) to this house, it (be) a very quiet area. But since then a new housing estate (be built) and it (become) very noisy.

 

VI. Сформулируйте вопросы, ответами на которые являются следующие предложения.

1. Your report about the situation on the Asian market will be ready in time for the conference.

2. No there isn’t. There is no money in the box.

3. I picked up the receiver and dialed a number.

4. MP, Mr Simpson has just made a very talented speech.

5. Our supplier is hiring a van to deliver the commodities into our premises.

 

VII. Употребите инфинитив с частицей toили без нее. 

1. Why didn’t you (pay) the bill for him? – I offered (pay) but he refused.

2. He made her (repeat) the message by heart.

3. How dare you (open) my business letters!

4. He didn’t dare (argue) with his boss.

5. Our business associates used (smoke) forty cigarettes a day. But it’s not popular any more.

 

VIII. Употребите соответствующую форму герундия.

1. Stop (argue) about the merchandize distribution and start (work).

2. After (be delivered) the goods were to be shipped urgently.

3. Is there anything worth (be bought) by our boss?

4. The new employee doesn't feel like (work) hard, it's time to fire him.

5. Would you mind (write) your name and address on the back of the cheque?

 

IX. Употребите герундий или инфинитив.

1. By (neglect) (take) ordinary precautions he endangered the life of his crew.

2. After (hear) the conditions our partners decided (not enter) for the competition to win the tender.

3. By (offer) enormous wages he is persuading top officers (leave) their present jobs and (work) for this company. He is a head-hunter.

4. After (discuss) the matter for an hour the committee adjourned without (have reached) any useful decision.

5. He made a lot of money by (buy) tickets in advance and (sell) them for twice the price on the day of the match.

 

X. В условных предложениях поставьте глаголы в нужной форме. 

1. If I (work) for this company I (get extremely tired).

2. If I (know) the answer for this claim, I (tell) you. But unfortunately I don’t know at least right now.

3. If my colleagues (know) the overseas investors were coming, they (meet) them at the airport.

4. If she (have) enough money, she (can help) you for sure.

5. If our boss (not miss) the plane, he (be) here by now.

 

XI. Прямую речь в скобках преобразуйте в косвенную.

1. («You haven't given me quite enough. The bill is for $14 and you've paid me only $13»), ….. he pointed out.

2. («We like working on Sundays because we get double pay»), ….. explained the builders.

3. The advertisement said ….. («If you answer the questions correctly you may win £100»).

4. («I wish you'd seen it») ….. I said to my partners.

5. («Which of his sons inherited his estate?») ….. said one of the agents.

 

XII. Прочитайте текст, устно переведите его. Напишите на английском языке аннотацию прочитанного.

 

Company History: LEGO

Originally there were just two types of LEGO brick: one with four studs and one with eight. And they weren’t very successful. The retailers weren’t sure whether they would be able to sell them so we had to offer them on sale or return. And they sent quite a few foxes back to the factory.

They’ve been in business for over 60 years. The company was founded in Denmark by Ole Kirk Christiansen. He was the village carpenter and he started out selling wooden stepladders. He always had a lot of little bits of woods left over, so he started making them into wooden toys. When Ole Kirk died he was succeeded by his son Godtfred Kirk. Godtfred started working in the company when he was twelve and his father was just setting up the business. So he was the natural person to take over. They’ve always been a family company.

This was a real turning point for the company. The idea started when Godtfred Kirk met a toy buyer for one of the large department stores. They were talking about the toy market and the buyer told him about a theory he had. He felt that what the toy market lacked was a toy with a system. It had to be based on a sound idea, it had to be high quality and it had to develop children’s imaginations. Godtfred realized their plastic building bricks had this potential and decided to develop the range. So they created the LEGO system of play and launched it in the buyer’s store.

It was a disaster. It was insured for DKr 52,000 – a lot of money in those days – but it wasn’t enough to cover the cost of reconstruction and re-equipping. It meant starting from scratch again. And there were 15 employees by then who all depended on the company. It was probably the saddest moment of Ole Kirk’s career.

And the original sales company was set up by a toy manufacturer, Axel Thomsen. Axel was so attracted to the idea of the LEGO play system that he sold his own factory so that he could spend all his time introducing LEGO products to the German market. Ole Kirk offered a bottle of home-made wine as a prize to the person who suggested the best name. In fact he won it himself by combining the Danish words LEG GODT, meaning “play well”. Later on he discovered that in Latin Lego means “I put together” or “I assemble”. Quite a coincidence, eh? So they were the first toy company in Denmark to use plastic. And they were a success.