Контрольная работа № 2 по английскому языку

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I. Письменно переведите текст на русский язык и выполните задания. 

WHAT ECONOMISTS DO

 Usually a person is not qualified to use the name "economist" without a graduate degree in economics. By this definition, there are about 100 000 economists in the US.

About half of them are academic economists, who engage in teaching, writing and doing research in colleges and universities. They also write textbooks and journal articles, develop and test new theoretical models, provide consulting services to governments and businesses, and engage in a variety of other professional activities. The other half of the profession works for business or government. Business economists forecast sales and costs, help firms anticipate (or try to influence) government policy. Some business economists work for private lobbying organizations, helping them prepare their arguments to try to affect tax laws, regulations, etc. which are important to particular kinds of Industries.

Government economists also perform a variety of useful tasks. Often the government economist wears a second hat as a policy analyst. Economists forecast tax revenues and Interest rates, analyze who gains and who loses from particular changes, monitor prices, compute total output and perform other useful tasks in the public sector.

In the broader sense, economists study the ways in which people deal with the problems of scarcity.

 Notes:

to wear a second hat - выполнять две или более обязанностей

I. Переведите с английского языка на русский:

A graduate degree in economics; definition; academic economists; to test new theoretical models; consulting services; sales and costs; to affect tax laws; a policy analyst; to compute total output; problems of scarcity.

II. Переведите с русского языка на английский:

Предсказывать; предвосхищать; политика правительства; экономисты бизнеса; частные лоббистские организации; определенные отрасли промышленности; обязанности; налоговые доходы; процентные ставки; приобретать и терять; общественный сектор.

III. Верны (true) или неверны (false)  следующие утверждения. Выполните перевод предложений.

1. A person is qualified to use the name "economist" without a graduate degree in economics.

2. Academic economists write textbooks and journal articles.

3. Business economists help firms try to influence government policy.

4. Government economists provide consulting services to governments and business.

5. An economist studies people dealing with the problems of scarcity.

 IV. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Who can be qualified to use the name "economist?"

2. How many economists are there in the US?

3. What are the functions of academic economists?

4. What do business economists do?

5. What is the role of government economists?

II. Выполните следующие задания:

1. Употребите прилагательные и наречия, данные в скобках, в нужной степени сравнения.

1. My brother is much . . . than myself. (young)

2. The opera theatre is one of... buildings in the city. (beautiful)

3. The party was not so ... as I had expected. (gay)

4. I have no one . . . than you. (near)

2. Употребите нужную форму личных и притяжательных местоимений

1. I often see (they, them) in the bus.

2. I always speak to (he, him) in English.

3. There are some letters here for you and (I, me).

4. I know (she, her) and her sister very well.

5. You take care of (your, yours) things and I'll take care of (my, mine).

3.Заполните пропуски личными местоимениями в объектном падеже:

1. Тake this book and read ...at home, please.

2. Is he going to speak to … about his new work?

3. These are very good copy - books. Where do you get ... ? 

4. My sister knows English well. I often do my homework with ... .

5. Read these words and learn ... well. 

4.Вставьте одно из следующих местоимений:

a) some, any, no.

1. There were ... of my friends there.

2. Well, anyway, there is ... need to hurry, now that we have missed the train.

3. Have you ever seen ... of these pictures before?

4. There is ... water in the kettle: they have drunk it all.

5. We could not buy cherries, so we bought ... plums instead.

b) much, many, little или few.

1. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends ... time preparing for his lessons.

2. I know very ... about this writer, it is the first book I am reading. 

3. The pupils of our class ask ... questions at the lesson. They want to know everything.

4. You do not make … mistakes in your spelling. Do you work hard at it? – Oh, yes, I do, I work very … .

5. Does your sister read … ? – Yes, she does. And your brother? – Oh, he doesn’t. He has so … books, but he reads 

5. Вставьте модальные глаголы саn, mау, must или need.

1. I... not go out today: it is too cold.

2. ... I take your pen? -— Yes, please.

3. We ... not carry the bookcase upstairs: it is too heavy.

4. We ... not carry the bookcase upstairs ourselves: the workers will come and do it.

5. When ... you come to see us? – I... come only on Sunday.

6.Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках во временах Present, Past, Future Simple или Present Continuous.

1. Не always (play) tennis on Sundays.

2. The telephone (ring) twice but no one answered it.

3. There (be) many exams next term.

4. Listen! Someone (knock) at the door.

5. George (think) about his troubles continuously.

6. They (eat) lunch in the cafeteria now.

7. We (leave) a message on the table for him tomorrow.

8. There (be) a lot of students absent from class yesterday.

7. Задайте вопросы к подчеркнутым словам: 

1. Our teacher always speaks English at the lesson.

2. They will their English lesson tomorrow.

3. He never went to the theatre last year.