III. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:

1. Our weekly planning meetings … place on Mondays at 10 a.m.

   1. are taking c. have taken

   2. take d. have been taking

2. It … harder and harder nowadays to find a well-paid job.

   1. gets c. has got

   2. has been getting d. is getting

3. What time … your working day …?

   1. is; starting c. does; start

   2. do; starts d. has; started

4. It’s the first time I … on a business trip abroad.

   1. am c. am being

   2. have been d. be

5. I … to inquire about the possibility of employment with your company.

   1. am writing c. have written

   2. write d. have been writing

6. What … of the results of the performance appraisal?

   1. do you think c. have you thought

   2. are you thinking d. have you been thinking

7. The world economies … through a serious economic crisis right now.

   1. go c. have gone

   2. are going d. have been going

8. Mr. Hewings … taking early retirement on medical grounds.

   1. has been considering c. have considered

   2. considers d. is considering

9. This company … any fringe benefits, I’m afraid.

   1. hasn’t been offering c. has offered

   2. is offering d. doesn’t offer

10. Jill came to the welfare agency three years ago and … here ever since.

    1. works c. has been working

    2. worked d. is working

11. We … applicants for half three hours now.

    1. are interviewing c. have been interviewing

    2. have interviewed d. interview

12. Linda is very disappointed. She … dismissed recently.

    1. has been c. is being

    2. is d. been

13. Mrs. Hastings’s secretary … on the phone! No wonder it’s practically impossible to get through.

    1. is always talking c. always talks

    2. has always been talking d. is always talk

14. … your assistant … the appointment with Miss Clark in your diary so far?

    1. does; put c. has; put

    2. is; putting d. has; been putting

15. The Belarusian government … to build the country’s first nuclear power station.

    1. decides c. has been deciding

    2. is deciding d. has decided

16. Statistics show that the overall average job tenure … stable since 1983.

    1. is c. has been

    2. is being d. is been

17. The industrial giants of Belarus still … for the ways to reduce the existing stockpiles.

    1. look c. have looked

    2. are looking d. have been looking

18. She is very tired and her eyes are red. … the Internet all day long?

    1. Is she surfing c. Has she been surfing

    2. Has she surfed d. Does she surf

19. I … to find a new job but I … where to start.

    1. have been wanting; not know c. have wanted; have not knew

    2. am wanting; am not knowing d. want; do not know

20. For the time being I … a probation period in a firm that … to the holding company.

    1. undergo; has belonged c. have undergone; is belonging

    2. am undergoing; belongs d. have been undergoing; belong