Методические указания и контрольная работа по английскому языку №4 для студентов 2 курса заочного обучения экономических специальностей. Бидагаева Ц.Д. - 6 стр.

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a) gold and silver;
b) money;
c) things to wear or eat;
d) animals.
2. Gold and silver were generally accepted as the means of exchange be-
cause they ___________ .
a) possessed the qualities of good money;
b) were easy to carry around;
c) were readily divisible to provide for smaller parts.
3. Tobacco was not accepted as a universal means of exchange because
______ .
a) its value would fall with crop failures;
b) it could not serve well as a yard stick of value;
c) only part of the population smokes.
4. The main characteristics of money is that ________ .
a) it is scarce;
b) it does not wear out in the process of being exchanged;
c) it is desired by all the people.
XII. Make up statements matching phrases from column A with phrases
from column B:
Column A Column B
1. In the days of primitive man,
money
2. The troublesome method of ex-
changing things
3. Primitive men first
4. Cattle, which include anything
from cows and sheep, to camels
5. Bronze and Copper cowrie imi-
tations
a) used as money things to wear or
eat.
b) are the first and oldest form of
money.
c) was not used.
d) is known as the barter system.
e) were widely available in the
shallow waters of the Pacific
and Indian Oceans.
f) were manufactured by China at
the end of the Stone Age.
XIII. Explain the reason for your choice:
How many sides does a coin have?
A.1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
XIV. Rewrite paragraphs 3, 6, 7 and translate them from English into
Russian in a written form.
     a)   gold and silver;                                                                                            the end of the Stone Age.
     b)   money;
     c)   things to wear or eat;                                              XIII. Explain the reason for your choice:
     d)   animals.                                                                  How many sides does a coin have?

2. Gold and silver were generally accepted as the means of exchange be-              A.1                       C. 3
   cause they ___________ .                                                          B. 2                      D. 4
   a) possessed the qualities of good money;
   b) were easy to carry around;                                              XIV. Rewrite paragraphs 3, 6, 7 and translate them from English into
   c) were readily divisible to provide for smaller parts.                         Russian in a written form.

3. Tobacco was not accepted as a universal means of exchange because
   ______ .
   a) its value would fall with crop failures;
   b) it could not serve well as a yard stick of value;
   c) only part of the population smokes.

4. The main characteristics of money is that ________ .
   a) it is scarce;
   b) it does not wear out in the process of being exchanged;
   c) it is desired by all the people.

XII. Make up statements matching phrases from column A with phrases
from column B:

              Column A                               Column B
1.   In the days of primitive man,    a)   used as money things to wear or
     money                                 eat.
2.   The troublesome method of ex-    b)   are the first and oldest form of
     changing things                       money.
3.   Primitive men first              c)   was not used.
4.   Cattle, which include anything   d)   is known as the barter system.
     from cows and sheep, to camels   e)   were widely available in the
5.   Bronze and Copper cowrie imi-         shallow waters of the Pacific
     tations                               and Indian Oceans.
                                      f)   were manufactured by China at
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