II. Match the items to make expressions from the article. Translate them.
1. manufacturing a) company
2. rival b) plant
3. trade c) property
4. industrial d) offence
5. intellectual e) espionage
6. domestic f) secrets
7. criminal g) law
Відповідь:
1. manufacturing b) plant - установка
2. rival a) company - компанія
3. trade f) secrets - таємниці
4. industrial e) espionage - шпигунство
5. intellectual c) property - майно
6. domestic g) law - закон
7. criminal d) offence - образа
III. Now match the expressions in the task above with their meanings given below.
8) information that you do not want competitors to have
9) when an organisation tries to obtain trade secrets illegally
10) a crime
11) the law of a particular country
12) the ideas, techniques, etc. that are the property of a particular company
13) a competitor
14) a factory
Відповідь:
8) information that you do not want competitors to have trade secrets
9) when an organisation tries to obtain trade secrets illegally industrial espionage
10) a crime criminal offence
11) the law of a particular country domestic law
12) the ideas, techniques, etc. that are the property of a particular company іntellectual property
13) a competitor rival company
14) a factory manufacturing plant
IV. Find appropriate forms of expressions in the article that mean the same as the verbs in italics. Translate them.
15) to arrest someone (6 letters)
16) to pass laws (5 letters)
17) to give away secrets (4 letters)
18) to pass on technology (legally) (8 letters)
19) to obtain skills (4 letters)
20) to make your products different from competing products (13 letters)
21) to stop something from happening (7 letters)
h) to defend something (7 letters)
Відповідь:
15) to arrest someone (6 letters) to detain заарештовувати
16) to pass laws (5 letters) to enact прийняти закон
17) to give away secrets (4 letters) to leak видавати таємницю
18) to pass on technology (legally) (8 letters) to transfer передавайте технологію
19) to obtain skills (4 letters) to gain здобувати
20) to make your products different from competing products (13 letters) to differentiate вирізняти
21) to stop something from happening (7 letters) to prevent запобігти
h) to defend something (7 letters) to protect захистити
V. What is the key message of the article?
Choose the best alternative.
a) Japan is increasingly worried about its loss of competitiveness because of industrial espionage.
b) Industrial espionage is impossible to prevent - all you can do is try to limit it.
c) Japan is still often accused of industrial espionage today and the article gives examples of this.
Відповідь:
A) Japan is increasingly worried about its loss of competitiveness because of industrial espionage.
Paper II. Language Usage
Choose the most appropriate variant for each sentence.
23. The queen is not only d but also an important symbol of national unity.
a) a wise woman c) a leader of the majority party
b) a political figured) head of State
24. As a result of a long process of evolution, during which the monarchy’s a has been progressively reduced, the Queen acts on the advice of her ministers.
a. absolute power c) influence
b. income d) authorit
25. Britain is governed by bin the name of the Queen.
a) the Parliament c) the Monarch
b) Her Majesty’s Government d) the President
26. In spite of a trend during the past hundred years towards giving powers directly to ministers, the Queen still takes part in some important c .
a) events in the country c) acts of government
b) meetings and conventions d) political events
27. These include summoning, proroguing – discontinuing until the next session without dissolution - and dissolving Parliament; and giving ato Bills passed by Parliament.
a) Royal Assentc) her resolution
b) written agreement d) oral agreement
28. The Queen also formally appoints many important b , including government ministers, judges, officers in the armed forces, diplomats, bishops and some other senior clergy of the Church of England.
a. politicians c) leaders