I. Âûáåðèòå îäèí èç ïðåäëîæåííûõ âàðèàíòîâ îòâåòà:
1. I hope the project continues to run as (more smoothly / smoothly) as it has so far.
2. Investors are becoming (more and more / most and most) sophisticated.
3. Mr. Smith refused to accept the proposal of Mr. Jones, and the (latter / later) had to apply to court.
4. They realized their plan without (farther / further) difficulties.
5. This year our sales figure are (worse / worst) than last year.
6. Please, send me your (last / latest) catalogue and price list.
7. Putting the (most good / best) applicants for the job on a short list enables us to select the (most suitable / more suitable) candidate.
8. She earns twice (as much as / more than) me although she’s only half (as well-qualified / better qualified).
9. If any company can provide (more attractive / most attractive) terms, we will match them on the spot.
10. The guarantee is a year (longer than / longest that) with our (older / elder) models.
11. The Belarusian State Economic University is by far (the most prestigious / more prestigious) university training economists in Belarus.
12. The new Personnel Director set about creating a (better / best) atmosphere amongst the employees.
13. (The bigger / The biggest) the company and (the larger / the largest) its costs, (the greater / the greatest) the opportunity to see tremendous efficiencies.
14. The production of hi-tech instruments is one of (the most rapidly / more rapidly) growing industries nowadays.
15. Foreign exchange markets are far (more volatile / most volatile) and unpredictable thancommodities markets.
II. Âûáåðèòå îäèí èç ïðåäëîæåííûõ âàðèàíòîâ îòâåòà:
1. The plane arrived (lately / late) so I missed the start of the meeting.
2. (So / Such) accommodation as she could find was far (more expensive / more expensively) than she could afford.
3. For long-standing customers we have a concessive rate of discount which is much (higher / more highly) than the normal rate.
4. The position of legal adviser is (currently / current) vacant.
5. He’s a (high / highly) qualified specialist like most of our employees.
6. Our new Project Manager is (deep / deeply) involved in his job.
7. The rise in the cost of living bears (hard / hardly) on old people living on fixed incomes.
8. Our share prices are slightly (more lowly / lower) than our competitors’.
9. Overtime bonus is a payment made to an employee when they work (more longly / longer) than regular working hours.
10. She invested (most / mostly) of her money in shares.
11. The skilled workers in the Production Department are (good / well) paid.
12. This is our (fastest ü/ most fastly) selling product.
13. We got this catalogue (free / freely) at the exhibition.
14. When running business correspondence, make sure the envelope is (correctly / correct) addressed.
15. (Hard / Hardly) had we finished negotiating the terms of the contract when the CEO arrived.