Контрольная работа №2

 

 

Вариант № 1

I. Переведите текст на русский язык письменно и ответьте на вопросы:

CORPORATIONS

A business corporation is an institution established for the purpose of making profit. It is operated by individuals. Their shares of ownership are represented by stock certificates. A person who owns a stock certificate is called a stockholder.

There are several advantages of the corporate form of ownership. The first is the ability to attract financial resources. The next advantage is the corporation attracts a large amount of capital it can invest it in plants, equipment and research. And the third advantage is that a corporation can often-higher salaries and thus attract talented managers and specialists,

The privately owned business corporation is one type of corporation. There are some other types too. Educational, religious, charitable institutions can also incorporate. Usually such corporation does not issue stock and is nonprofit. If there is a profit it is reinvested in the institution rather than distributed to private stockholders.

In some western countries, cities, states, federal government and special agencies can establish governmental corporations. A few examples of these governmental corporations are state universities, state hospitals and city owned utilities. Governmental corporations are non-profit as a rule and usually they do not issue stock certificates.

- Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Who can own a corporation?

2. Is a corporation necessarily larger than a sole proprietorship?

3. What are the advantages of the corporate form of ownership?

4. Do the corporations issue stock to stockholder?

5. What kinds of corporations usually don’t issue the stock?

 

I I. Заполните пропуски глаголами “can, may, must”:

 

1) The man … be a foreigner. He … not understand Russian.

2) … you believe her story? It … be her imagination.

3) How … we get to the centre of London?

4) … you tell us where we … get off?

5) It’s 10 o’clock, you … go to bed at once.

 

I I I. Вставьте подходящий предлог.

 

Mr. Foster is a young man. He is married and has two children. He plays cricket and football … his local club and works … an office. He usually walks … his office. He has lunch … a small restaurant … his office.

 

I V. Переведите на английский язык:

 

1) Джейн ходит за покупками во вторник и пятницу.

2) Она обычно ходит за покупками в универсам.

3) Она покупает там апельсины и яблоки.

4) Ее дочь очень любит апельсины, а сын – яблоки.

5) Затем она покупает мясо, рыбу, колбасу, масло, крупу и т.д.

6) Она также покупает белый и черный хлеб.

7) Хлеб в универсаме всегда свежий.

 

Вариант №2

 

I. Выполните письменный перевод текста и ответьте на вопросы: