Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "Social contacts"

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Social contacts

Although the rules for introduction have become less rigid, certain forms must be followed: a young person is presented to an older one; a gentleman is always presented to a lady. No woman is ever presented to a man, with the exception of a recognized head of a government, of another country or a member of a royal family....
 

Упражнение 1. Соедините понятия и их определения.

Упражнение 2. Расставьте части письма в правильном порядке. Вместо пропусков в основной части письма вставьте правильное слово из рамочки. Будьте внимательны: вам понадобятся не все предложенные слова. Thank you discovered change replace ordered draw your attention separate mail declare to prove specified 75 Men’s Clothes Dealers Ltd. 142 South Road Sheffield S20 4HL England We would appreciate a prompt reply. _____ for your delivery of men’s silk shirts, which we _____ on 21th March. At the same time we would like to _____ to the following. After examination of the shirts we _____ some manufacturing defects: -there are oil stains on 12 shirts; -the colour of buttons of 5 shirts does not match the colour of these shirts, - one shirt is in different style. _____ our statement we are returning defective shirts by _____ and would ask you to _____ them by shirts in the colours and sizes _____ in our order. 18th April, 2003 Ref: Our order # 142 of 21th March, 2003 Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, Vladimir Smurov, Export-Import Manager.

Упражнение 3. Ещё раз ознакомьтесь с содержанием письма в упражнение 2 и выберите, к какому типу письма из приведенного ниже списка оно относится. Letter of Reminder Letter of Acknowledgement Letter of Offer Letter of Application Letter of Inquiry Letter of Complaint

Упражнение 4. Ознакомьтесь с приведенным ниже диалогом. Вставьте пропущенные слова из рамочки. 76 law marriage ad in advance arranged suppose traditions Talking about traditions Visitor: I saw a procession coming down that hill. What was it? The country’s national: A wedding, I _____. I saw them carrying the bride in a sort of chair supported on wooden poles. V.: Shall we hurry up to get a better look? C.N.: It’ll be a waste of time. They are probably gone by now. V.: Ah, what a pity. Could you tell me something about the marriage _____ here? C.N.: With pleasure. You know many Indians live together in big families, particularly in villages. V.: But surely, when a young man gets married, he … C.N.: No, he doesn’t set up a house of his own but brings his bride to the family home. V.: But nowadays at least he chooses his bride himself, doesn’t he? C.N.: Not necessarily. Most marriages are _____ and the bride is chosen by the young man’s parents or elders. V.: I hear dowries are forbidden by _____ now, aren’t they? C.N.: That’s true, changes are taking place. Girls now get married later and are more educated. By the way, education is becoming more and more important, even replacing a dowry. V.: That’s fine. But one other thing … I was surprised to see an _____ in a newspaper the other day. C.N.: Oh, that. Well marriage advertisements in the papers are not unusual. These ads may be placed by the parents of the boy or girl and answered by the parents of the prospective match. V.: Not by the boys or girls themselves? C.N.: No, never, only by the parents. Actually parents spend much of their time arranging marriages _____ for their children. V.: How very interesting, quite unlike European countries.