ПРИЧАСТИЕ

I. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:

1. There’s a (growing / grown) awareness of the need to improve productivity.

2. (Enclosing / Enclosed) you will find our current catalogues and price lists.

3. Activity ratios are meaningful when (comparing / compared) with those of other companies.

4. The sales manager (confirming / confirmed) the company’s orders is out at the moment.

5. Although (allowing / allowed), it was preferred that staffers should not smoke inside.

6. Being absorbed in her work she didn’t pay any attention to the (ringing / rung) telephone.

7. I am (bothering / bothered) by our current financial status.

8. An accountant is a person (concerning / concerned) with the maintenance and audit of business accounts and the preparation of consultant reports in tax and finance.

9. Mr. Thomson is not (experienced / experiencing) enough to take on such responsibilities.

10. The customer was (dissatisfying / dissatisfied) with the service and complained to the manager.

 

II. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:

1. … for an honest man, he is trusted absolutely.

a. Taking b. Being taken c. Having taken d. Being taking

2. I’ve just received an advisory note … me that the goods have been shipped.

a. told b. having told c. telling d. being told

3. … at 3 o’clock, the financial statement then was send to the CEO.

a. Completed c. Having completed

b. Completing d. Having been completing

4. With the inflation …, the purchasing power of the population has declined.

a. grown b. growing c. having growing d. having grown

5. The state of economy is really … at the moment.

a. worrying b. worried c. being worried d. being worrying

6. … to Scotland on urgent business, he left on the night’s train.

a. Being summoned c. Having summoned

b. Summoning d. Having been summoned

7. Job description is a detailed … document … all the duties and responsibilities of the worker.

a. writing; specifying c. written; specifying

b. written; specified d. writing; specified

8. A bill of lading is a document … full particulars of the goods, their destination and the name of the ship … them.

a. contained; carried c. containing; carried

b. contained; carrying d. containing; carrying

9. … the news she was so … that she didn’t know what to do.

a. Learning; shocking c. Learnt; shocked

b. Having learnt; shocked d. Having been learnt; shocking

10. Managers … information to pass it on to other managers depend on information … to them.

a. selecting; communicated c. having selecting; having communicated

b. selected; communicating d. having selected; being communicating

III. Переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. The firm has a lot of contracts, some of them having been signed after the talks.

2. Buying that new equipment has seriously depleted our cash reserves.

3. The work being finished, everybody left.

4. Ice having been broken, the negotiations began.

5. Once approved, these people hold office for life.

6. The Personnel Director is an outspoken critic of the reorganization.

7. We must have the copy machine fixed.

8. The USA is rich in mineral resources, the main being iron, coal and oil.

9. Using standardized application forms and questionnaires ensures we find a candidate with all the qualifications we need.

10. The representatives came from ten countries, with Britain being represented by Gordon Brown.