Бизнес-курс иностранного языка (английский)

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  Present perfect and past simple
  The Ford Motor Company, which has been in business for over 100 years, has reached a critical moment in its history. Dwindling market share, a saturated domestic market and falling prices are just some of the problems that William Clay Ford Jr, the new CEO, has had to face since he tool the top job in 2001. The company has performed poorly in recent years. The latest figures indicate that Ford’s share of the European market has fallen by as much as four per cent. In the USA the situation is little better. Nissan opened a new factory in 2003 and last year produced 400,000 pick-ups and sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which are exactly the sort of vehicles that the Ford Motor Company has relied on over the years to provide its profit. But William Clay Ford Jr is fighting back. He shifted the company’s focus away from luxury brands like Aston Martin and Jaguar and back to the less glamorous but more profitable vehicles such as the F-150, the best selling pick-up in the USA.
  
  Modal verbs of likelihood
  Underline any inappropriate modal verbs in the following sentences. Then correct them.
  1 Estimates of the pollution in the area show that it would already be too late to save the wildlife.
  Estimates of the pollution in the area show that it may already be too late to save the wildlife.
  2 Protection agencies have suggested that it must be possible to save some species if international funds can be found.
  Protection agencies have suggested that it may be possible to save some species if international funds can be found.
  3 Negotiations are taking place between various organisations in the hope that they will come up with such funds.
  Negotiations are taking place between various organisations in the hope that they may come up with such funds.
  4 I think they should publicise the full findings of the independent report.
  I think they must publicise the full findings of the independent report.
  5 Might you read the report and give your opinion?
  Could you read the report and give your opinion?
  6 Water pollution really might be stopped soon if we want to protect the wildlife on the lake.
  Water pollution really must be stopped soon if we want to protect the wildlife on the lake.
  
  Comparatives and superlatives
  Comparatives and superlatives Read the text and correct any mistakes in the italicised comparative and superlative forms.
  The latest report from the Executive Watch Foundation shows that executive pay is becoming the biggest worry of corporate governance - even more worrying than the question of the independence of auditors. In the USA the SEC is already proposing new and significantly tougher rules that are designed to make it more easily for shareholders to nominate candidates to company boards. It is hoped that this will lead to greatest independence for directors and to the lowest remuneration packages for executives. Company directors and senior managers may also be about to receive far least benefits such as stock options. The research has also shown that the companies that provided the greater number of stock options to executives were also those whose performance was the worst.
  
  Consolidation
  Read the text and underline the correct forms of the words in italics.
  In recent years the number of advertising messages increased / has increased to almost saturation point. Consumers were /have been easily influenced in the past but now they became / have become more critical than/most critical than before and have started/started to analyse and question many marketing techniques.
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  Present perfect and past simple
  The Ford Motor Company, which has been in business for over 100 years, has reached a critical moment in its history. Dwindling market share, a saturated domestic market and falling prices are just some of the problems that William Clay Ford Jr, the new CEO, has had to face since he tool the top job in 2001. The company has performed poorly in recent years. The latest figures indicate that Ford’s share of the European market has fallen by as much as four per cent. In the USA the situation is little better. Nissan opened a new factory in 2003 and last year produced 400,000 pick-ups and sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which are exactly the sort of vehicles that the Ford Motor Company has relied on over the years to provide its profit. But William Clay Ford Jr is fighting back. He shifted the company’s focus away from luxury brands like Aston Martin and Jaguar and back to the less glamorous but more profitable vehicles such as the F-150, the best selling pick-up in the USA.
  
  Modal verbs of likelihood
  Underline any inappropriate modal verbs in the following sentences. Then correct them.
  1 Estimates of the pollution in the area show that it would already be too late to save the wildlife.
  Estimates of the pollution in the area show that it may already be too late to save the wildlife.
  2 Protection agencies have suggested that it must be possible to save some species if international funds can be found.
  Protection agencies have suggested that it may be possible to save some species if international funds can be found.
  3 Negotiations are taking place between various organisations in the hope that they will come up with such funds.
  Negotiations are taking place between various organisations in the hope that they may come up with such funds.
  4 I think they should publicise the full findings of the independent report.
  I think they must publicise the full findings of the independent report.
  5 Might you read the report and give your opinion?
  Could you read the report and give your opinion?
  6 Water pollution really might be stopped soon if we want to protect the wildlife on the lake.
  Water pollution really must be stopped soon if we want to protect the wildlife on the lake.
  
  Comparatives and superlatives
  Comparatives and superlatives Read the text and correct any mistakes in the italicised comparative and superlative forms.
  The latest report from the Executive Watch Foundation shows that executive pay is becoming the biggest worry of corporate governance - even more worrying than the question of the independence of auditors. In the USA the SEC is already proposing new and significantly tougher rules that are designed to make it more easily for shareholders to nominate candidates to company boards. It is hoped that this will lead to greatest independence for directors and to the lowest remuneration packages for executives. Company directors and senior managers may also be about to receive far least benefits such as stock options. The research has also shown that the companies that provided the greater number of stock options to executives were also those whose performance was the worst.
  
  Consolidation
  Read the text and underline the correct forms of the words in italics.
  In recent years the number of advertising messages increased / has increased to almost saturation point. Consumers were /have been easily influenced in the past but now they became / have become more critical than/most critical than before and have started/started to analyse and question many marketing techniques.
  ………………………………………..