1. According to the article, which gm plant will likely be closed?

A. The plant in Russelsheim, Germany

B. The plant in Ellesmere Port, England

C. The plant in Bochum, Germany

2. The article states that from 2015, the Astra will no longer be produced in ………. .

A. Gliwice, Poland

B. Russelsheim, Germany

C. Ellesmere Port, England

3. Does GM own the Vauxhall brand?

A. Yes

B. No

C. It’s not specified in the article

4. How many years of falling demand and profit has GM seen, according to the article?

A. three

B. four

C. two

5. The workers at GM’s UK plant ………. .

A. will soon be voting on a new labor contract

B. rejected a proposed labor contract

C. agreed to a new labor contract

2. Устная и письменная деловая коммуникация.

1) Для составления электронного письма расставьте слова в правильном порядке.

1 I am writing to let you know from Head Office in Munich

I am coming to visit next month that your offices in Moscow.

____________________________________________________________

2. This will be in Central Europe part of a visit that

to all our subsidiaries I am making.

____________________________________________________________

3. to consult with you I will take the opportunity about our strategic plan for Central Europe, which for some time we have been working on.

____________________________________________________________

4. I would also like our production facility while I am in Moscow to visit

and if there is time, as well some of the local suppliers.

____________________________________________________________

5. I will contact you again when I can travel

the exact dates as soon as I know.

2) Закончите предложения из темы «Маркетинг», выбрав правильный вариант.

1. In many markets there is a firm with a much larger market share than its competitors, called a __________ .

A. market leader B. monopolist C. multinational

2. A company that is number two in an industry, but which would like to become number one (think of Pepsi vs. Coke) is known as a __________ .

A. market challenger B. market competitor C. market follower

3. Small specialized companies which target segments within segments are called __________ .

A. market failures B. market followers C. market nichers

4. Collecting, analyzing and reporting data relevant to a specific marketing situation is called __________ .

A. market preview B. market research C. market outlook

БИЛЕТ №5

I. Чтение текста делового содержания и выполнение заданий к нему. North Dakota, the usa's second leading oil producer

North Dakota has passed Alaska to become the second-leading oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas, state officials said Tuesday.

North Dakota oil drillers pumped 17.8 million barrels in March, with a daily average of 575,490 barrels, Assistant State Mineral Resources Director Bruce Hicks said. That compares with 17.5 million barrels in Alaska, though still far behind Texas.

The state's oil patch is drilling at record levels and shows little sign of slowing down. The 152.9 million barrels of crude oil produced in 2011 set a record, surpassing the previous year's mark by nearly 40 million barrels, according to the state Industrial Commission. The number of wells in the state jumped from 6,726 in February to a record 6,921 in March, Hicks said.

North Dakota owes its rapid rise from No. 9 in just six years to improved horizontal drilling techniques in the rich Bakken shale and Three Forks formations in the western part of the state.

"No. 2, who would have thought?" said Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, which represents several hundred companies working in the state's oil patch. "In 1999, we had zero rigs working and people left this industry for dead in North Dakota. Technology, geology, price and the business climate changed that."

Ness and Hicks said the achievement is bittersweet, as North Dakota continues to surpass states that have seen a decrease in oil production, including California and Louisiana.

Для вопросов 1-5 выберите правильный ответ (A, B или C).