раб 1 вар 1 BUSINESS HOUR и грамматика

Контрольное задание № 1 Вариант № 1
1.    Заполните пропуски нужной формой глагола to be и переведите:
1)    There ……………. 25 workers in our factory now.
2)    Linda ……………. a secretary to Mr. Turner.
3)    What ……………..the price of these goods?
2.    Поставьте существительные в следующих предложениях во     множественное число (обратите внимание на изменения в местоимениях и формах глагола to be):
1)    This contract is very important.
2)    The clerk is in office.
3)    Put this letter on the table.
3.    Поставьте глаголы, стоящие в скобках в зависимости от смысла, в Present Simple или в Present Continuous:
1)    My working day (start) ……………. with a long journey to the office – usually over an hour on a crowded train.
2)    We’re all accountants and we (work) …………….. for a telecommunications company in the finance department.
3)    This week is different: we (attend) ……………… a training course.
4.    Переведите предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на форму глагола- сказуемого:
1)    Служащие заканчивают работу в шесть часов вечера.
2)    Я говорю сейчас по телефону.
3)    Что Вы будете делать завтра в 10 утра?
5.    Переведите следующие предложения на русский язык:
1)    That firm is carrying on negotiations for the purchase of computers.
2)    The steamer sails tomorrow.
3)    At present he is working with a big trade firm.
6. Прочтите и письменно переведите текст, а также письменно ответьте на вопрос после текста:
BUSINESS HOUR
The standard working day in the United Kingdom and the U.S.A. starts at 9:00 a.m. and lasts till 5:00 p.m. with lunch time from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Many banks are usually open for customers from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Some businesses and industries traditionally work different hours.
Most employees have a five- day working week, Monday through Friday. The working week is between 35 and 40 hours long. Overtime is quite common and is generally paid, often at a premium to the basic rate of pay. The weekend usually starts on Friday night and lasts till Monday.
Thus on Saturdays and Sundays most businesses are closed. But as to shops they are open on Saturdays and some of them are open on Sundays.
In Britain the law does not say what shops can be open on Sundays but it says what goods can be sold on Sundays. They are newspapers, magazines and fresh food. If the law is broken, criminal proceedings may be taken. Many officials and the public demand that the Sunday trading rules should be abolished in the U.K.
Most businesses are closed on public or national holidays.

The main public holidays of the U.K. are as follows:
New Year’s Day                                             1 January
Good Friday                                                   in April
Easter                                                             in April
Easter Monday                                               in April
May Day                                                         in May
Christmas Day                                               25 December
Boxing Day                                                    26 December

In the United States the following main holidays are celebrated:
      New Year’s Day                                            1 January
Washington’s Birthday                                 20 February
Easter                                                            in April
Memorial Day                                               in May
Independence Day                                         4 July
Labour Day                                                   in September
Viterans’ Day                                                in November
Thanksgiving Day                                         in November
Christmas Day                                              25 December
All the main public or national holidays in the U.S. and U.K. are bank holidays, which means banks are closed on those days. Besides there are some other bank holidays, when banks and many other businesses are closed.
The bank holidays besides public or national holidays are:
Spring or Summer (Bank) Holiday – in May or June
Autumn (Bank) Holiday -                   in August or September
It dates back to the nineteenth century when by the Bank Holiday Act and a Supplementary Act these days were constituted bank holidays in the U.K.
- What public holidays do these 2 countries have?