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II. Put the right word or word combination in the gaps. (20 баллов)
reducing, demands, performance, effective ,  workforce, competitive, persuasive , objectives, subsidiary, interview
1. In any business, it is important that managers should be ?
2. They must be able to achieve their ?
3. The problem is that there are so many pressures on managers? their efficiency.
4. The manager must constantly respond to the ?that others make on his time.
5. The ? manager will spend more time working with their subordinates in order to try to convince them of the benefits of the decision that have been made.
6. I am pleased to report that the financial ………………….. of our company has been excellent.
7. Te market place for our products continues to be highly ?
8. Unfortunately, we had to close down our Antwerp ?
9. It resulted in 2% cut in our ?
10. This week I ?candidates for the top jobs in Slovakia.
III. Answer the following questions. (10 баллов)
1. In your culture, how usual it is to see young people in managing positions?
2. What do people generally think of young managers?
3. What challenges do young managers face, compared to older ones?
4. What is the difference between business and big business?
5. What types of corporations do you know?
IV.  Fill in the gaps with the verb in the right form. (30 баллов)
1. You can __(borrow) my car. I __ (not/need) it at the moment.
2. He can't _?_ (open) the door. He ? (have) a shower.
3. Hurry up! The bus _? (come). I ?_(not / want) to be late for school.
4. Oh, no! His keys ?(lose) again!
5. The shop ?_ (open)  by the shop assistant at 9.00am and it ?(close) at 10.00pm every day.
6. It ?(rain) all day yesterday.
7. She _?_ (not / eat) anything yesterday because she ?_(not / have) time.
8. My friend _?_ and ? (live and work) in Portugal since 1998.
9. This room ? (clean) every day but today it ?_ (clean).
10.  The Renault cars ? (make)  in France by these workers.
11. Listen! Somebody ___________ (play) the violin.
12. He ?(not/laugh) at the joke last night because he ? (hear) it before.
13. What ?(they/do)? Why is there a crowd?
14. We cannot go for a walk. I am afraid it will not be pleasant. The wind ? (blow) hard.
15. He ? (operate) by this doctor in a week. He ? (listen) to this doctor with great attention now.
V. Read the text and say whether the following statements are true or false. (20 баллов)
Apple is probably the most well-known company when it comes to the making of technology that is cutting edge and something that everyone wants to have in their possession. Apple Computer first came to be a company in 1976 when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak when they released the Apple I and was located in Cupertino, California.
1. Both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak graduated from the college.     TRUE / FALSE
2. No one wants to have Apple products in their possession.     TRUE / FALSE
3. Apple started in an expensive business location.  TRUE / FALSE
4. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the computers that were a success.          TRUE / FALSE
5. The company produced the best personal computers on the market until the nineties.     TRUE / FALSE
6. 1976 is the year when Apple I was invented.              TRUE/ FALSE
7. Apple iPOD is the device which other companies don’t wish to copy.            TRUE / FALSE
8. Innovation has never been the strength of the company.      TRUE / FALSE
9. Apple has not produced anything to win consumers’ attention since 2001.    TRUE / FALSE
10. Apple is known all over the world.   TRUE / FALSE