Doing business in Russia | Custom PHD Thesis

Doing business in Russia
Questions 1. Re-read lines 1– 7. Many young Russians have set up their own business. What evidence is there of this? 2. Re-read lines 15–53. (a) Why did Anna first become interested in fruit and vegetables? (b) Mention one reason why she decided to set up a website selling fruit. (c) How did she know that the business was going to be successful? (d) From lines 41– 49, mention any two reasons why she thinks that it is difficult to run your own business. (e) Anna believes that there are also many advantages to running your own business. Name any one of the advantages she mentions. 3. Re-read lines 54 –100. (a) How did Vadim find his business partners and open his showroom? (b) Re-read lines 66 – 78. Mention any two facts which show that the business was an immediate success.

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(c) Apart from the great atmosphere in the showroom, give any two reasons why the business attracts a lot of customers. (d) Mention any two ways in which Vadim and his partners are expanding the business. 4. Re-read lines 101 –148. (a) Why did Kristina give up her career as a violinist? (b) How did she first become interested in working with lie detectors? (c) Re-read lines 123 –135. Mention any two ways she saved money when setting up her business.

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(d) Why do private individuals use her business? (e) From lines 143 –148, mention any one fact that shows that her business is a success. 5. Translate into English: ^Nahat; svo\ . . . svoego uspexa.& (lines 7 – 14)

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SECTION II—DIRECTED WRITING Last summer you went to Moscow to take part in an Olympiad, a Russian-speaking competition for young people from all over the world. You have been asked to write a report in Russian for the foreign language section of your school magazine. You must include the following information and you should try to add other relevant details: • how you travelled to Moscow and what you did during the journey • what your accommodation was like and what you thought of it • what the competition involved • how you got on with the other competitors • how you spent your free time • what you gained from this experience. Your report should be 150 –180 words in length. Marks will be deducted for any area of information that is omitted.

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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2013 WEDNESDAY, 5 JUNE 3.00 PM – 4.00 PM

RUSSIAN
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Listening/Writing

Fill in these boxes and read what is printed below. Full name of centre Town

Forename(s)

Surname

Date of birth Day Month

Year

Scottish candidate number

Number of seat

Do not open this paper until told to do so. Answer Section A in English and Section B in Russian. Section A Listen carefully to the recording with a view to answering, in English, the questions printed in this answer book. Write your answers clearly and legibly in the spaces provided after each question. You will have 2 minutes to study the questions before hearing the dialogue for the first time. The dialogue will be played twice, with an interval of 2 minutes between the two playings. You may make notes at any time but only in this answer book. Score out any notes before you hand in the book. Move on to Section B when you have completed Section A: you will not be told when to do this. Section B Do not write your response in this book: use the 4 page lined answer sheet. You will be told to insert the answer sheet inside this book before handing in your work. You may consult a Russian dictionary at any time during both sections. Before leaving the examination room you must give this book to the Invigilator. If you do not, you may lose all the marks for this paper.

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Section A Viktor is talking to Katya about her gap year spent in Scotland. 1. (a) Who influenced Katya in her choice of country for her gap year?

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(b) What reasons did that person give for choosing Scotland?

2. (a) What reasons does Katya herself give for choosing Scotland? 2

(b) In what way was Edinburgh of particular importance in influencing her choice?

3. How had Katya felt at the beginning of her gap year in Scotland?

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4. (a) What language difficulty did Katya encounter?

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(b) Give an example of a particular situation which she found difficult.

5. How does Katya feel she benefited from her year in Scotland? 2

6. What did Katya miss most while in Scotland?

7. What advice would she give to school leavers undertaking a gap year?

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Section B Kakie u Vas plany na budu]ee* Vy xotite postupit; v universitet* Vy xotite poexat; za granicu* Pohemu, pohemu net* Napiwite 120 ?150 slov o svoix mneniqx?

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NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2013 WEDNESDAY, 5 JUNE 3.00 PM – 4.00 PM

RUSSIAN
HIGHER
Listening Transcript

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The material overleaf is provided for use in an emergency only (eg the recording or equipment proving faulty) or where permission has been given in advance by SQA for the material to be read to candidates with additional support needs. The material must be read exactly as printed.

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Russian Transcript—Higher

Instructions to reader(s): The dialogue below should be read in approximately 6 minutes. On completion of the first reading, pause for two minutes, then read the dialogue a second time. Where special arrangements have been agreed in advance to allow the reading of the material, those sections marked (m) should be read by a male speaker and those marked (f) by a female. Candidates have two minutes to study the questions before the transcript is read.

Viktor is talking to Katya about her gap year spent in Scotland. (m) (f) Pohemu ty rewila provesti god posle okonhaniq wkoly v Wotlandii* V tehenii mnogix let q uhila anglijskij qzyk, a hetyre goda nazad moj dvo[rodnyj brat prov\l nekotoroe vremq v Wotlandii, htoby usoverwenstvovat; qzyk, uznat; bol;we o wotlandskoj kul;ture i o stile ?izni v Wotlandii. Emu tam ohen; ponravilos; i on mne posovetoval tuda poexat;. No pohemu imenno Wotlandiq* Navernoe potomu hto Wotlandiq ohen; sil;no otlihaetsq ot Rossii, a e]\ ona dovol;no malen;kaq strana i mne pokazalos;, hto budet legko poznakomit;sq s novymi l[d;mi i putewestvovat; po nebol;woj strane to?e leghe. Interesno. A pohemu ty vybrala imenno ?dinburg* Ohen; udobno to, hto iz ?dinburga v Moskvu ka?dyj den; letaet samol\t i q rewila, hto esli vozniknet kakaq-nibud; situaciq doma, to mne budet legko vernutsq domoj. Q zna[, hto v osnovnom turisty predpohita[t London ili [g Anglii, no q rada, hto vybrala Wotlandi[. Pohemu ty /tomu rada* V Wotlandii kak-to menee tesno. Zdes; est; mnogo krasivyx zagorodnyx mest i mne povezlo, potomu hto q nawla mnogo druzej i vse ohen; dobro?elatel;nye. Dlq menq /to bylo va?no, tak-kak ponahalu q sil;no skuhala po domu. S kakimi trudnostqmi ty stolknulas; v tehenii /togo goda* Ponahalu mne bylo trudno ponimat; o h\m govorqt l[di iz-za sil;nogo akcenta kotoryj mne byl neprivyhen. V prowlom mesqce q powla na spektakl; s druz;qmi i ne ponimala l[dej, kotorye govorili so mnoj v teatre. A voob]e, q ne duma[, hto trudnosti s kotorymi q stolknulas;, hemto otlihalis; ot tex, s kotorymi q by stolknulas; esli by poexala v London vmesto Wotlandii. Hto ty poluhila ot /togo goda proved\nnogo v Wotlandii* Mne ka?etsq, q smogla luhwe ponqt; l[dej i ix kul;turu i stil; ?izni?ved; dlq /togo nado po?it; i porabotat; sredi /tix l[dej. V /tom godu mne priwlos; preodolet; trudnosti i poznakomit;sq s novymi l[d;mi, a tak?e razgovarivat; na hu?om qzyke. Moj anglijskij qzyk zametno uluhwilsq i u menq poqvilsq wotlandskij akcent.

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Hego iz Rossii tebe ne xvatalo v Wotlandii* Skuhala q konehno-?e po rodstvennikam. Ohen; trudno bylo uexat; daleko ot sem;i i ot druzej, a tak?e ponahalu bylo nemnogo strawno huvstvovat; sebq hu?akom v drugoj strane. Inogda q skuhala po maminoj ede?tradicionnoj Russkoj kuxne, no tem ne menee q privykla k wotlandskoj kuxne, kotoraq ne vsegda polezna. Mne osobenno ponravilis; deserty i wokolad v restoranax. Esli by tebe priwlos; dat; sovet drugim vypusknikam wkoly nash\t provedeniq goda za granicej posle okonhaniq wkoly, kakoj sovet ty by im dala* Q by posovetovala htoby ix sem;q, ponahalu, poexala by s nimi i pomogla by najti ?il;\ i rabotu. Pervye dni mo?et byt; odinoko, i vs\ ka?etsq neznakomym i strannym, no kogda privykaew; i osta\w;sq odin?/to zamehatel;nyj wans najti sebq i raskryt; svoi talanty.
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