ЗАЧЕТ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ В ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ
СФЕРЕ
Требования к зачёту
1.
Правильное фонетико-интонационное чтение фрагмента текста вслух.
Тематика – социально-культурная, профессиональная.
2.
Перевод фрагмента текста на русский язык со словарем (2000 п.з.).
3.
Лексико-грамматический тест по пройденному материалу (итоговый
контроль).
1, 2. Фрагмент текста для чтения и перевода
PEOPLE WITHOUT WORK
For millions of Americans, work is a problem because they have none. They
money, self – respect, and routine that work provides do not exist for them.
The number of officially unemployed Americans has varied in the last four
decades. Changing economic conditions determine whether unemployment
increases or decreases.
But these statistics hardly tell the story. Since government statistics are averages
for the whole year, they hide much of the reality of people who are unwillingly
idle. If we look at how many people were out of work for some period we see that
up to 20 percent were unemployed (some for many weeks, others for a few weeks).
Many people who want to work but cannot find jobs are excluded from these
statistics. Among them are the following: people who work part-time but and need
full-time work; those reentering the work force (such as mothers who took time off
to raise young children) but have yet to find a job; and people on welfare,
prisoners, and older people whom employers will not hire. At any given time, the
actual unemployment rate is at least twice the official rate.
The effects of unemployment are devastating. They hit poor and working – class
families the hardest, not because these people are more likely to be unemployed
but because they have no financial resource to fall back on. Depression, lower self
esteem, illnesses, and suicides all increase. In various surveys, workers report they
cannot sleep (20 to 50 percent of them); they smoke and drink more
We may think that unemployment benefits soothe the pain and lessen financial
hardships. They do to some degree. But very often less than a half receive them.
With temporary exceptions, unemployment has been a permanent feature of the
US economy. It exists primarily for two reasons. First, the existence of millions of
unemployed people tends to prevent most of those
working from asking for
higher wages since they can be replaced easily. Second. In their search for profits,
corporations move to wherever labor is cheapest.
3. Лексико-грамматический тест
1. Yahoo …… Internet services.
a) operates
b) manufactures
c) sells
d) provides
2. Vodafone ………cellular phone networks.
a) recruits b) provides c) operates d) offers
3. It is a family business with 7,600 …………… .
a) employs b) employers c) employees
d) employment
4. Its …….. include Knorr soups and Hellman’s mayonnaise.
a) sales
b) brands
c) products d) production facilities
5. In the food industry there is a lot of ……………. .
a) competition
b) advertising
c) personnel d) manufacture
6. It is a …………….. company selling its products through catalogues and the
Internet.
a) market
b) telecommunications
c) retail
d) mail-order
7. Boeing’s ………….. in 2001 was over 17 billion dollars.
a) fee
b) turnover
c) salary
d) quarter
8. This company ……. over a thousand staff abroad.
a) pays
b) employs
c) offers d) sells
9. The company wants to ……… in its present market rather then go into new
countries.
a) buy b) employ c) show d) expand
10. I work ………….. a Swiss pharmaceutical company.
a) in b) for c) at d) into
11. To make something means to … .
a) keep
b) manufacture c) employ d) inform
12. It’s a business with a large …… of different products.
a) Range b) market c) branch d) brand
13. The company has a lot of …………….. all over the world.
a) Offices b) brands c) head offices d) subsidiaries
14. Is that Celia Sharp? - ... ………
a) Yes, I will. b) Sorry, she is not here. c) Is there anything I can do for you?
d) Would you like to leave a message?
15. ……...? – Well, let me explain the problem.
a) I’m sorry, she is not here just now. b) Is there anything I can do for you? c)
This is Peter Blake speaking. d) Is Mrs Green available?
16. I’m afraid she’s not back till Monday. - ...
a) Can I give her a message? b) Can I get her on her cell phone? c) You could
try that.
d) How annoying.
17. Would you like to leave a message? - ...
a) Any idea when she will be available? b) I’ll leave a message on her desk. c)
She’s sure to be here then. d) It’s OK. Just tell her I’ll ring her tomorrow.
18. I’m sorry, but she’s not here just now.
a) Oh, any idea when she’ll be back? b) Can I give her a message? c) I’m afraid
she’s not back till Monday. d)Is there anything I can do to help?
19. Can I put you …………….. to her assistant?
a) through b) back
c) up d) though
20. Could you ask her to call me ……… ?
a) through b) back
c) up d) though