Контрольная работа по «Английскому языку»

Задание 1. Прочитайте текст, переведите и ответьте на вопросы.
Boss’ private office
(What a modern day office should look like)
In the designers’ community there is a clear dividing line between “Westerners” and “Russian traditionalists”. Minimal furnishings and high-tech office equipment are typical of the boss’ private offices in the West. The majority of Russian company directors firmly believe that their private office should convey a sense of awesomeness. The furnishings of the boss’ private office include a dark-wood table, with inlaid designs and other high-end furniture. The whole set-up of the boss’ private office gives you to understand that he is a man of considerable stature.
By contrast, the furniture for a Russian company’s rank-and-file employees can be the cheapest; it’s the norm for many Russian companies to economize on furniture for their office workers. Designers find it hard to work with such a company, as it will interfere in the designing process and try to teach him how he should create the office’s interior décor. Such an attitude on the part of Russian managers is incomprehensible to Westerners.
This does not mean, however, that Russian managers can be accused of being uncultured. It’s just that many of them are compelled to follow long-standing traditions. They admit that they personally have no need for a luxurious private office, and that is a hindrance to efficient work. They point out, however, that clients will find it strange if the manager’s office doesn’t have extravagant furnishings.
Attitudes are different in the United States, where people of the stature of Microsoft’s Bill Gates can go to work wearing an old sweater and a pair of sneakers. If a Russian boss did that, eyebrows would rise. Nonetheless, the number of Western-type offices is increasing in Russia every year, and this is a stable trend.
Вопросы к тексту
1. What is the difference between the furniture for a Russian company’s rank-and-file employees and their bosses?
2. Why do the designers find it hard to work with some companies in our country?
3. How do our managers account for (объясняют) their extravagant furnishings?
4. What positive changes are taking place in this sphere?


Личный офис начальника.
(Как должен выглядеть современный офис)
В обществе дизайнеров есть чёткая грань между «Западными» и «Русскими» традициями. Для кабинета начальника на западе характерно минимум мебели и высокотехнологичное офисное оборудование. Многие русские директора компаний полагают, что их кабинет должен быть строгим. Обстановка кабинета начальника включает стол из чёрного дерева, с инкрустированным дизайном и прочую соответствующую мебель. В целом обстановка кабинета начальника заставляет вас осознавать, что он статусный человек.