Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system in which companies are owned and run by private people, not the government. These companies compete with other companies for business. They decide what products they want to produce, how much they should cost and where to sell them. Companies do all these things in order to make profits for their owners. People who use their money to start companies or run companies are called capitalists.

Even though a pure form of capitalism does not exist and governments control the economy in some ways it remains the world’s most popular economic system. In the United States the government keeps itself out of the economy as far as possible but in some European countries economic control is much larger. Other names for capitalism are free-market economy or free enterprise.

Task II. Scan the text above and write down all the sentences containing the Passive forms.

Task III. Open the brackets using the Degrees of Comparison.

1. If you need any (far) information, please contact our head office.

2. The deposits of oil in Russia are by far the (rich) in the world.

3. The sinking of Titanic is one of (famous) shipwreck stories of all time.

4. People are (intelligent) than monkeys.

5. Food is (expensive) than clothes.

Task IV. Find the synonyms for the words and combinations given below.

Task V. Fill in the correct article.

1. J.G. Brown was … Prime Minister of … UK and Leader of … Labour Party.

2. He became …Prime Minister in … June 2007, after … Blair's resignation.

3. Brown has … PhD in … history from … University of … Edinburgh.

4. Brown spent his … early career working as … television journalist.

5. He has been … Member of … Parliament since 1983.

Task VI. Open the brackets using the Pronouns someone, everyone, anyone, no one. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. You must find … who can help you in this affair.

2. … knew anything about America before Columbus discovered it.

3. There is … in the next room. I don’t know him.

4. … can answer this question. It is very easy.

5. Can … tell me how to get to the City?

Task VII. Translate into English.

1. При капитализме компании управляются частными предпринимателями.

2. Капитализм – самая распространенная экономическая система в мире.

3. Хотя предприятия остаются частными, государство может контролировать экономику.

4. В США государство старается контролировать как можно меньше областей экономики.

5. Фирмы, которые не могут конкурировать с другими, вытесняются из бизнеса.

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ВАРИАНТ № 8

Task I. Read and translate the following text in writing:

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