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Контрольная работа Английский язык (4 семестр, 2 вариант) (МИР)
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Задание:
Variant II
I. Read and translate the text.
FIT FOR HIRING? IT’S MIND OVER MATTER
New York — Members of America’s professional and managerial classes have always left college confident of at least one thing: they had taken their last test. From here on, they could rely on charm, cunning and a record of accomplishment to propel them up the corporate ladder.
But that’s not necessarily true any longer. A growing number of companies, from General Motors Corp to American Express Co., are no longer satisfied with traditional job interviews. Instead, they are requiring applicants for many white-collar jobs - from top executives down - to submit to a series of paper-and-pencil tests, role-playing exercises, simulated decision-making exercises and brainteasers. Others put candidates through a long series of interviews by psychologists or trained interviews.
The tests are not about mathematics or grammar, nor about any of the basic technical skills for which many production, sales and clerical workers have long been tested. Rather, employers want to evaluate candidates on intangible qualities: Is she creative and entrepreneurial? Can he lead and coach? Is he flexible and capable of learning? Most important, will the potential recruit fit the corporate culture?
These tests are all part of a broader trend. “Companies are getting much more careful about hiring”, said Paul R.Ray Jr., chairman of the Association of Executive Search Consultants.
Ten years ago, candidates could win a top job with the right look and the right answers to questions such as “Why do you want this job?” Now, many are having to face questions and exercises intended to leam how they get things done.
They may, for example, have to describe iri great detail not one career accomplishment but many - so that patterns of behavior emerge. They may face questions such as “Wno is the best manager you ever worked for and why?” or “What is your best friend like?” The answers, psychologists say, reveal much about a candidate’s management style and about himself or herself.
The reason for the interrogations is clear: many hires work out badly. The cost of bringing the wrong person on board is sometimes huge. Searching and training can cost from 5000 for a lower-level manager to 250,000 for a top executive.
The more comprehensive testing aims to measure skills in communications, analysis and organization, attention to detail and management style; personality traits and motivations that behavioral scientists say predict performance.
II. Find the English equivalents of the following in the text:
Полагаться на, собеседование, требовать, соискатель, навыки, предприимчивый, тенденция, председатель, нанимать, черта.
ш.
Find
synonyms
to the following words:
hire
require
brainteaser
candidate
evaluate
accomplishment
pattern
face
interrogation
trait
characteristic
assess
recruit
deal with
applicant
model
problem
skill
demand
question
IV. Are the following statements true or false?
1) Traditionally, candidates for executive positions have been evaluated on their technical skills.
2) The principal aim of testing is to find out how candidates have performed in the past.
3) Today, choosing the wrong person for a position can have more serious consequences than ten years ago.
4) Most interviewers select candidates for their professional abilities.
5) Candidates can be asked to take part in a team game.
6) Candidates are now better prepared for interviews than they were in the past
7) Personality traits are not the most important for promotion.
V. Answer the following questions:
1) What is the difference between job interviews some years ago and now?
2) What kinds of tests are recruits submitted?
3) What questions do recruits have to answer?
4) What is the reason for such interrogations?
5) Is experience the main thing for an employer?
6) What is psychologist’s opinion of employer decision making?
7) What is your attitude to such extensive testing?
VI Match the following definitions with the words from the text:
1) of or being people, who work in offices or at professional jobs, rather than doing hard or dirty work with their hands;
2) of a person who starts a company or arranges for a piece of work to be done and takes business risks in the hope of making a profit;
3) a person who makes a request officially and in writing for a job;
4) a problem which is fun to solve;
5) formal questions for a special purpose;
6) the way that someone or something acts in different situations;
7) thorough; broad; including a lot or everything;
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VII. Complete the following sentences using your own ideas:
1) If I were the president...
2) If the job were to be offered to me...
3) If it hadn’t been raining...
4) If I were you...
5) If the car hadn’t been broken...
6) He would have got wet through if...
7) She would fix the door knob herself if...
8) He would drive straight home if...
9) I would take her to the party if...
10) It would be better for all of us if...
VIII. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form:
1) Where (these photographs/take?) In London? (you/take) them?
2) I saw an accident last night. Somebody (call) an ambulance but nobody (injure) so the ambulance (not/need).
3) Why (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?
4) While I was on holiday, my camera (disappear) from my hotel room.
5) I was bom in London but I (grow) up in the north of England.
6) Originally the book (write) in Spanish and a few years ago it (translate) into English.
7) There’s no need to leave a tip. Service (include) in the bill.
8) The situation is serious. Something must (do) before it’s too late.
9) Two hundred people (employ) by the company.
10) A cinema is a place where films (show).
IX. Study Fiona Scott’s Curriculum Vitae carefully to see how she has presented the information about herself. Where do you think each of the following headings should be placed?
References, Activities, Personal Details, Education, Skills, Professional Experience
Выполнение задания:
Variant II
I. Read and translate the text.
Подходящий для найма? Размышление над этим вопросом.
Нью-Йорк – Ученики профессиональных и менеджерских классов Америки всегда оставляли колледж уверенным по крайней мере в одной вещи: они сдали свой последний....
II. Find the English equivalents of the following in the text:
Полагаться на - rely on, ....
III. Find synonyms to the following words:
Hire - recruit...
IV. Are the following statements true or false?
1) Traditionally, candidates for executive positions have been evaluated on their technical skills. T
V. Answer the following questions:
1) What is the difference between job interviews some years ago and now?
Some years ago an applicant was tested on his technical skills. Now employers want to evaluate candidates on intangible qualities: creativity, leading, coaching and etc.
VI. Match the following definitions with the words from the text:
1) of or being people, who work in offices or at professional jobs, rather than doing hard or dirty work with their hands; white-collar job
VII. Complete the following sentences using your own ideas:
1) If I were the president I would make the streets clean.
VIII. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form:
1) Where were these photographs taken? In London? Did you take them?
IX. Study Fiona Scott's Curriculum Vitae carefully to see how she has presented the information about herself. Where do you think each of the following headings should be placed?
References, Activities, Personal Details, Education, Skills, Professional Experience
1. Personal details
4 семестр, вариант 2
Работа Для института МИР (Международный Институт Рынка г.Самара) по предмету
"Английский язык" для студентов Международного института рынка, обучающихся по специальностям «Менеджмент организации», «Финансы и кредит», «Экономика и управление на предприятии», «Маркетинг», «Прикладная информатика в экономике».
Английский язык. Методические указания для студентов факультета заочного обучения /Составители М.Г. Загаринская, Н.Н.Кузнецова, Н.В. Седова, О.В.Яковенко - Самара: МИР, 2008. - 36 с.
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