III. Developing company creativity.

Білет № 18

I. Choose the correct verb in italics.

1. Mother cooked/was cooking/has cooked dinner when we came.

2. The problem discussing/discussed/being discussed here now is of great importance.

3. At this time yesterday the article was written/was being written/had written.

4. English spoke/is speaking/is spoken all over the world.

5. It’s the third time I phoned/had phoned/have phoned Sally this evening.

II. Mass media in our life

Mass media play a very important role in our everyday life. They serve to inform people of different events that take place or may happen. They also entertain people or even help make their lives better. But the most important thing that newspapers, radio or TV bring to people is information. Complete and accurate information is very important to get nowadays. Those TV and radio programs and newspapers that provide reliable information are always very popular. Sensational events such as crimes, natural disasters or unusual events are also of great interest. That is why newspapers and TV programs combine them with serious information. Usually daily mass media carry some international, state and local news. They also contain some other topics like health care, arts and so on. A lot of newspapers have advice columns, review of books, comics, crossword puzzles, etc. Most of them have different pictures, photographs and illustrations. Mass media also focus public attention on the most urgent problems of the society. Those may be problems in health care, education, transportation or even corruption in government. Advertising is also paid much attention to in mass media. It helps to get oriented in variety of companies and shops that offer their goods and services.

III. Motivating employees in the company

Білет № 19

I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets (Past Simple or Present Perfect).

1. I… home at 5 o’clock yesterday. (to come).

2. How many pages…you…? (to read)

3. He…his work yet and is not ready to go with us. (not to finish)

4. Last summer Jim and Jane…to New York together. (to travel)

5. I …a lot of things this week. (to do)

II. Money

Money is something that everyone knows something about. But what is its relationship in the economic picture?

Money is defined as anything that is used as a medium for exchange for goods and services. This is different that trading or barter where one directly exchanges one thing for another. Currency is paper money issued by the government. In ancient times, people used such objects as cattle for their medium of exchange. This was obviously very clumsy and difficult, so as trade became more important and popular, money evolved as a convenient medium or way for people as they sought goods and services.

The money or monetary system in the United States was based on backing of two metals, gold and silver during the nineteenth century. This means that any money could be exchanged for a designated amount of gold or silver. Thus all paper money or currency was backed by gold and there later existed a gold standard in the early twentieth century.

Today's currency is not tied to the gold standard and is inconvertible fiat money, meaning it stands more or less alone as a means of exchange, not necessarily backed by gold or other reserved metal or commodity.