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Task 3. Reading: Answer the following questions according to the text.
Elephants are not really very savage animals, but occasionally they can be in a very bad temper. Their most dangerous habit at such moments is to pick up, with their trunk, a large stick or stone, and
throw it with great force at someone standing nearby. When this happens the only thing anyone can do, is to jump quickly out of the way.
1. When an elephant is in a bad temper _____.
A) it may try to hurt someone.
B) it moves its trunk from side to side.
C) one shouldn’t throw stones at it.
D) one should keep perfectly still.
E) it never shows it.
2. The worst thing an elephant does is to _____.
A) attack other savage animals.
B) destroy everything nearby.
C) use its trunk with great force.
D) move dangerously fast.
E) throw things at anyone close to it.
3. It is not very often that _____.
A) anyone can get close to an elephant.
B) an elephant behaves in a savage manner.
C) one can jump out of the way of an elephant.
D) an elephant picks something up with his trunk.
E) an elephant is frightened.


Task 4.Writing: Translate the text into your native language.
Competition
Customers might not think about competition when they’re walking through the grocery store or making an online purchase, but it happens to be a cornerstone of business and the free economy that impacts every single thing that’s bought and sold. Technically, competition consists of the cumulative force of actions taken by companies that are designed to improve their market standing, sales, and ultimately, profits. But really, competition is simply what allows businesses to try and get ahead of each other, and consumers to get the best possible value. Like many business ideas, competition is best explained through an example. Imagine that a company opens a profitable retail location and sells bread at an enormous profit. After another company notices all the profits that’re being made through bread sales in this neighborhood, they may open a store of their own and undercut the competition, or sell similar items or services for lower prices. The first company may respond by lowering their own prices (so they sell more bread to their former customers, who’re presumably buying the cheaper bread), and the end result is much cheaper bread for consumers. In this way, businesses going head -to-head benefits customers.
Instead of being pushed out of the market, a competing business could recognize the discrepancy between the bread’s value and its sale price, and then proceed to purchase all the first company’s bread for one dollar and resell it for two dollars with their own label. The effects of not having competition, in a particular professional sphere or entire economies, are devastating to consumers and the wellbeing of citizens generally.