Английский язык 3 вариант

Задание 1. Прочитайте текст, переведите и ответьте на вопросы.
What a modern-day office should like
Drab offices are being transformed by modern interior décor as enterprise managers realize that the efficiency of staff depends greatly on workplace furnishing style. What a modern-day office should look like is open to debate.
There is difference between a Western manager and a Russian boss concerning their attitude to office designers. As for the Western managers, he trusts his office designers. A typical Russian boss looks at the designer’s task fr om totally different viewpoint. This is due primarily to our Russian traditions and mentality which the designer has to take into account.
Now let us look at a few more problems stemming from the so-called “Russian mentality”.
It/s traditional in Russia to discuss global problems in the kitchen and to have brain storms in the smoking room. In terms of office design, this means office premises must have a lot of “free space” for informal debate. A lack of such space can lead to a sharp fall in performance rating. In the science-intensive sectors, the inadequacy of “free space” will inevitably cause disaster, ending up not just in the death of a major project, but also in the breakup of the team or the firm concerned.
One more factor of major importance: Russians are more particular about their workplaces than people in other countries are. Unless the designer has created such a space, members of the staff will create it for themselves with anything handy - cardboard boxes or stacks of paper rising up on their tables. If they don’t do that they will find it hard to concentrate.
This character trait of Russians has created a formidable but interesting task for designers. On the one hand, the office must have as much open space as possible; on the other, it must create an illusion of privacy.
A great many methods have been devised to achieve these effects through selection of colors, arrangement of light and adeptly adjusted transparency of the partitions.
Вопросы к тексту
1. Why are drab offices being transformed?
2. What does the designer have to take into account working in Russian office?
3. What does “Russian mentality” mean?
4. What is Russians’ attitude to their workplaces?
5. What methods have been devised to achieve the effects of open space and privacy?

Задание 2. Переведите, обращая внимание на формы причастий.
1. Looking through the newspaper, she noticed a photograph of her boss.
2. The woman speaking now is our new secretary.
3. He entered the office, greeting everybody.
4. The documents signed by the boss were sent immediately.
5. When asked about his business trips he didn’t like to answer.
Задание 3. Раскройте скобки и выберите нужную форму: Past Simple или Present Perfect . Переведите.
1. Mr. Clark works at a bank. He (to work) there for 15 years.
2. What time they (to arrive)?
3. Our secretary (to lose) the key to the office. She can’t find it anywhere.
4. Last month he (to go) to London on business.
5. How many contracts you (to conclude) this year?

Задание 4. Раскройте скобки и выберите нужную форму: Past Simple или Past Perfect. Переведите.
1. He (not to be) at work when I (to arrive). He (to go out) somewh ere.
2. By 8 o’clock yesterday they (to discuss) all the news.
3. We (to be) very pleased to meet Mr. Black again. We (not to see) him for 5 months.
4. The guests (to phone) us and to notify about their being late.
5. I was very nervous when the plane (to take off) because I (not to fly) before.

Задание 5. Измените формы сказуемые в действительном залоге на страдательный. Переведите.
1. He will introduce me to the guests.
2. Has the secretary typed the letter? – No, she is typing them now.
3. When we came, they had signed all the documents.
4. We received the letter after his departure.
5. I didn’t leave the office open.
6. They were discussing the terms of the contract from 8 till 12.
7. Someone wants you on the phone.
8. This company is building a new hotel in the city centre.

Задание 6. Переведите предложение, обращая внимание на модальные глаголы и  их эквиваленты.
1. Our boss has traveled a lot. He can speak four languages.
2. She wasn’t at home when I phoned but I was able to contact her at her office.
3. You have been traveling all day. You must be very tired.
4. Do you know if Jack is in his office? - I’m not sure. He may be in his office.
5. Everyone working at this company has to wear a uniform.
6. You are going to visit Greece. You should learn a few words of Greek before you go.
7. They were to arrive on Monday, but they didn’t come.
8. He asked if he might borrow my car.