Тест на закрепление лексики по теме MAN THE CREATOR, УМК Афанасьева О.В. и Михеева И. В

Вариант 3

Task 1.

IS IT EASY TO BE A NEW YORKER?

The city is also noisy and expensive, its people are pushy and rude, the weather is awful
(especially in summer), the traffic is impossible and you often can’t find a cab when you need one. Everybody knows that, because people have been saying these things for years, and New York is still the most visited city in the world.

Still, there must be something that attracts everyone – something in New York you can’t find any place else.

Unless you’re in town to visit relatives, New York means Manhattan. The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are not visited as tourist attractions despite every New Yorker  having a favourite restaurant, bakery, park, or museum in one of the other four boroughs. Local people travel back and forth across the rivers and bridges to visit family or the ethnic delights of, for example, Italian Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. The so-called “outer” boroughs are culturally-rich outposts that offer entertainment. But there are so many interesting sights in New York that it’s really very hard for a New Yorker to know all of them.

That is another reason for the statement that it is not easy to be a New Yorker.

If you are going to do business with New Yorkers here are some tips on the business protocols of New York.

Because to New Yorkers time is money, do not be surprised if a New Yorker asks you, “What’s in this deal for me?” or “What will I get out of this?” just make sure that you are prepared to answer the question.

New Yorkers rarely work as a team in business. Individual performance is what counts, and officers are rewarded according to their individual contribution to an organization. Rank and status are not acquired at birth or with age; they are given to the individual who proves to be the best.

You will have to be very punctual with any appointment you make. Executives often schedule appointments within twenty minutes of each other. If you are late, you may have missed an opportunity to meet with the necessary party. Schedules are planned weeks in advance and it may be difficult to reschedule on short notice.

In business New Yorkers do not spend much time on pleasantries. Once you shake hands and exchange business cards get right to the point of your visit. Within the first five minutes, an executive will determine whether or not your proposal has merit, is right for the company, or is interesting enough to pursue further.

Business is often discussed socially: at breakfast, lunch, dinner, cocktail parties, golf outings, on tennis courts, or at health and fitness clubs.

It is not considered impolite for an executive to take calls while you are having a meeting
in his / her office. In addition, many executives also carry a beeper which signals them they should call in.

New Yorkers love to conduct business over meals. It is very fashionable to have meetings over a “power breakfast” from 7.30 to 9.30 am. Business lunches usually begin at 12.30 pm and end no later than 2.00 pm. Business dinners are usually scheduled early, around 7.00 pm, since many New Yorkers commute to the city from surroundings suburbs and wish to return home in time to be with their families before it gets too late.

Gifts are usually not exchanged when conducting business. Strict rules and policy in American corporations may prohibit or discourage the exchange of gifts. An executive must report any gift received and, in most cases, will not be allowed to accept those valued over twenty dollars.

 12.  The city is also noisy and …

1) dear.

2) costly.

3) rich.

4) splendid

13.   Everybody knows that New York is still … city in the world.

1) the most sumptuous attended;

2) the most expensive;

3) the most attended;

4) the most attending.

14.   Still, there must be something that … everyone – something in New York you can’t find anyplace else.

1) intimidates;

2) scares;

3) astonishes;

4) fascinates.

15.   Within the first five minutes, an executive will determine whether or not your proposal has …, is right for the company, or is interesting enough to pursue further.

1) value;

2) appeal;

3) right ;

4) relish.

16.   You will have to be very … with any appointment you make.

1) lazy;

2) exact;

3) careless;

4) inadvertent.

17.    …, many executives also carry a beeper which signals them they should call in.

1) later;

2) hinder;

3) prevent;

4) moreover.

18.    … rules and policy in American corporations may prohibit or discourage the exchange
of gifts.

1) onerous;

2) exacting;

3) hard;

4) accurate.

Task 2.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

I was born in a little Austrian town, outside Graz. It was a 300-year-old house. When I was ten years old, I had the dream of  32_______ in the world in something. When I was fifteen, I had
a dream that I wanted to be the best body builder in the world and the most muscular man. It was not only a dream I dreamed at night. It was also a daydream. It was so much in my mind that I felt it had to become a reality. It 33________five years of hard work. Five years later, I turned this dream into reality and became Mr Universe, the best-built man in the world.

“Winning” is a very important word. There is one that achieves what he wanted to achieve and there are hundreds of thousands that failed. It singles you out: the winner.

I came out second three times, but that is not what I 34________. The bottom line for me was: Arnold has to be the winner. I have to win more often the Mr Universe title than anybody else.
I won it five times consecutively. I hold the record as Mr Olympia, the top professional
body-building championship. I won it six times. That’s why I retired. There was 35_________even close to me. Everybody gave up competing against me. That’s what I call a winner.

When I was a small boy, my dream was not to be big physically, but big in way that
everybody listens to me when I talk, that I’m a very important person, that people recognize me and see me as something special. I had a big need for being singled out.

Also my dream was to end up in America. It is the country where you can turn your dream into reality. In America, we don’t have an obstacle. Nobody’s holding you back.

One of the things I always had was a business mind. When I was in high school, a 36_______ of my classes were business classes. Economics and accounting and mathematics. When I came over here to this country, I really didn’t speak English almost at all. I learned English and then started taking business courses, because that’s what America is best known for: business. Turning one dollar into a million dollars in a short period of time.

I have emotions. But what you do, you keep them cold or you store them away for a time. You must control your emotions, you must have command over yourself. ...

Sport is one of those activities where you really have to concentrate. You must pay attention
a hundred per cent to the particular thing you’re doing. There must be nothing else on your mind. Emotions must not interfere. Otherwise, you’re thinking about your girlfriend. You’re in love, your positive energies get channeled into another direction rather than 37_________to the gym or making money. You have to choose at a very early date what you want: a normal life or to achieve things you want to achieve. I never wanted to win a popularity contest in doing things the way people want me to do it. I went the road I thought was best for me. A few people thought I was cold, selfish. Later they found out that’s not the case. After I achieve my goal, I can be Mr Nice Guy. You know what I mean?

California is to me a dreamland. It is the absolute combination of everything I was always  38__________. It has all the money in the world there, show business there, wonderful weather there, beautiful country, ocean is there. You have beautiful-looking people there. They all have
a tan.

I believe very strongly in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it
becomes a reality, don’t stay satisfied with it too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into reality. When you have that dream achieved, make up a new dream.

I am a strong believer in Western philosophy, the philosophy of success, of progress,
of getting rich. The Eastern philosophy is passive, which I believe in maybe three per cent
of the times, and the ninety-seven per cent is Western, conquering and going on. It’s a beautiful
philosophy, and America should keep it up. (From America Close-Up.)

32.  1) being the better;      2) being the bester;        3) being the worst;     4) being the best.

33. 1) took me;                  2) take me;                  3) have taken me;       4) taking me.

34.  1) called losing;           2) call lose;                 3) call lost;                  4) call losing.

35. 1) anybody;                  2) nobody;              3) somebody;                  4) nothing.

36.  1) majority;                  2) major;                     3) majoring;                4) majored.

37.  1) gone;                      2) go;                          3) goning;                       4) went.

38.  1) looking into;               2) looking at;                      3) looking after;          4) looking for.

Task 3. Complete the sentences with the right form of words: affect, affected, affectation, arrange, arrangement, discord, discordant, gasp, greed, greedy, masterpiece, piece, poverty, shadow.

1. Voters demanded more control over decisions that directly _____ them.

2. `I’d like to _____ a business loan.

3. I’ve agreed to help with _____ for the party.

4. She _____ with her children on two points .

5. With a _____ of pure horror, Lewis jumped up an run.

6. Ann ______ with pain and slumped forward.

7. People are motivated by jealousy and _____.

8. He looked at the cold with ______ eyes.

9. We need an effective strategy to fight _____.

10. Would you like a small or a large _____?

11. My _____ fell across the room

12. I’ll never forget the look of _____ joy on her face.

13. Her husband is full of _____.

14. The modern décor strikes a _____ note in this old building.

15. Mary Shelley was just 18 when she wrote the horror _____ “Frankenstein”.

16. It was an _____ laugh.

Task 4. Complete the sentences. Use away, down, for, out.

1. Her voice died ____as she saw the look of David’s face.

2. It was on the front pages of all the papers for a few days, but the interest gradually died____.

3. Traditional grocers' shops are fast dying____.

4. The wind died ____at last and all was quiet.

5. I am dying ____drinking.