I. A) Прочитайте статью и решите, являются ли утверждения правильными или неправильными (t-true or f-false ).

Keith Henry, 52, has been chief executive of National Power, the UK’S biggest electricity company, since 1995.

I am very informal as a person. I don't like hierarchy and I don't like status. I wander around in my pullover. I sit in the canteen. I hate the term executive. The terms executive and manager imply status. I don't want managers, I want lenders. Soon after I arrived, I said that we would have a leadership team not a management team. By Stock Exchange rules you have to have the term chief executive, but I don't particularly enjoy it.

My background is construction and project management. I worked at Brown & Root where your assets really were your people. Your life is spent pulling teams together. If you are installing an oil platform, it is a 24-hour task. It can get extremely rough. Everything yon do has to be as part of a team.

If you come from a construction background you have to be good with people. It is a skill you pick up. I enjoy being with the average worker. I like spending time on the shop floor finding out what people are thinking.

We have employee briefings. The first Monday of every month is open house. The first 25 people who e-mail my office are free to come. I speak and then there are questions and answers. The word gets out that I am a human being. Once people get over their nervousness, the questions they ask are very valid.

1. “Henry spent time pulling teams together” means that he spent time leading them so that they work better together.

2. “You have to be good with people” means that you have to be kind to them.

3. “Being good with people is something you pick up” means that it’s a skill you gain with experience.

4. “Henry likes spending time on the shop floor” means that he likes going shopping.

5. “The first Monday in every month is open house” means that on the first Monday in every month he meets employees at a house in the country.

6. “Employees’ questions are valid’” means that they are stupid.

B) в каждой цепочке слов найдите одно противоположное по смыслу слово:

7. ascend – advance – scale – progress – mount – soar – leap – climb – sink – aspire - rise

8. conventional – general – accustomed – regular – normal – customary – precise – common – habitual - usual

9. reproof – reprimand – hate – accusation – blame – praise – disapproval – reproach – charge – disfavour – ostracism

II. Для каждого фразеологического глагола или идиомы подберите соответствующий перевод.

10. pick up	a) предпринять особые усилия, проявить инициативу
11. back out	b) предлагать, выдвигать (идею)
12. put back	c) работать не покладая рук
13. make a point of	d) в центре внимания
14. set in	e) привлечь внимание
15. catch up with	f) откладывать на более поздний срок
16. put forward	g) быть лучше чем кто-либо
17. turn down	h) улучшать, восстанавливать, подниматься
18. buy out	i) немедленно
19. put your back into	j) действовать твердо, решительно
20. cut out for	k) ставить кого-либо в неловкое положение
21. in the spotlight	l) настаивать
22. hold out	m) отказывать, отвергать предложение
23. catch one’s eye	n) догнать
24. knock spots off	o) отступать, отказываться
25. put someone out	p) устанавливаться, начинаться, наступать
26. in no time at all	q) выкупать
27. put one’s foot down	r) подходить, соответствовать