- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to underlined words and emphatic constructions.
- •7. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •5. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian paying attention to different functions of the verb «to be».
- •7. Translate the following sentences in writing into Russian:
- •10. Read the text and render its content in Russian:
- •1. Read and translate the text
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Find the beginning for the following endings.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with words from the text.
- •5. Find in the text the definitions of the meanings of the following words. Translate them into Russian in writing.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to the underlined words and constructions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
- •5. Find in the text the definitions of the following terms.
- •6. Translate the following sentences in writing paying attention to the underlined words and constructions.
- •8. Compare the system of checks and balances of the us with that of Russia. Pay attention to the differences in these systems. The plan below may be helpful.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Insert the English equivalents used in the text.
- •9. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Political Parties
- •12. Read the article and do the tasks that follow it:
- •13. Answer the following questions:
- •14. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •16. Review the article.
- •17. Read and translate the article:
- •20. Answer the following questions:
- •21. Find in the article the facts to prove that:
- •II. Answer the following questions:
- •III. Complete the following sentences:
- •IV. Find in the text the facts to prove that:
- •VII. Could you give any examples from history or your personal experience when «the rule of law» works? do you support the idea that «the law is the highest judge»?
- •VIII. Read the following item and render its idea in russian:
- •X. Answer the following questions:
- •Xl agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •XII. Divide the text into logical parts, make up an outline of the text and speak on the text in accordance with your outline. Word study
- •I. Give russian equivalents for:
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Authority
- •The state
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •The philosophical tradition
- •The empirical tradition
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •The Evolution of Pluralism
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Word study
- •Text III
- •Text IV
- •In children (by Christine Russell)
- •Text VI
- •Text VII
- •Word study
- •Text VIII
- •Postmodern tv (by Steven Connor)
12. Read the article and do the tasks that follow it:
POLITICIANS TAKE PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS Some years ago the President decided to conduct psychological tests on his representatives and entrusted the Personnel Committee of the government with the task of implementing these tests. This work was carried out by a group which included psychologists, sociologists, systems experts and programmers.
Here follows a list of demands made of a representative of the President:
to represent the interests of various groups of the population, X
to be able to forecast the changes,
to have a respectable appearance and, the knowledge of etiquette,
to be able to clearly express the thoughts,
self-reliance,
to be able to forecast the business and personal qualities of partners,
aptitude for training.
Senior people were given the Luchaire test. Do you understand it? First, you take your seat in front of the computer. Eight colours appear on the computer screen, which have to be arranged in a pleasing sequence, then four colours in unpleasant way. Then the procedure repeats. The computer «ponders» for a few seconds and then produces your psychological characteristics on 3 pages with intimate details that even one's best friend could not come up with.
The colour test of Luchaire is only one of many psycho-diagnostic procedures, including the 16-factor questionnaire
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of Cattell and the California psychological questionnaire together with «management grating» and «postal box», group discussion and medical examination.
Finally, the representatives of the President gave in. Fifty-four people were tested, each using a code-name which could be decoded only by an order of the supreme commission. The conclusions of psychologists were couched in the form of a recommendation. The results of the medical examinations were given personally to the «patient» and he was granted the right to decide whether he is able to continue work at this key post or not.
On the whole, the appraisal of the President's representatives was good: heightened responsibility, purposeful-ness, persistence. Those being tested were divided into three categories: 19 people in the «high» sub-group — those who received at least one high mark and the rest — not lower than the average; 19 people were in the «middle» sub-group, i.e., all average marks or high and low simultaneously, and 16 were in the «lower» category, those who received at least one low mark and the others not higher than average.
As a result, three representatives resigned. One of them said, «Your technology may be used as a repressive system».
The appearance of psychologists in the presidential team is a common occurrence in advanced countries
13. Answer the following questions:
What was the aim of psychological testing?
What specialists carried it out?
What are the main demands for the President's representative?
What demands do you consider to be of primary im portance? Give your arguments.
What kind of test were the senior people given?
Do you know the procedure of testing in accordance with the Luchaire test?
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What questionnaires supplemented the Luchaire test?
How many people were tested?
What form were the conclusions made in?
What three categories were obtained as a result of this testing?
How many representatives resigned?
Is such testing characteristic for the administration in advanced countries?