VII. Ответьте на следующие вопросы письменно и будьте готовы к устной беседе с преподавателем о Вас, Вашей семье и работе.

1. What is your name?

2. Where are you from? / Where do you live?

3. When do you celebrate your birthday?

4. What are you? / What is your profession?

5. When did you make your professional choice?

6. What sports do you like?

7. Do you study by correspondence?

8. What do you need the university education for?

9. Is it easy for you to combine work with studies?

10. Have you got a family of your own? Describe your family.

Вариант 4

I. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык. Определите по грамматическим признакам и запишите, ка­кой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:

а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа глагола в Present Indefinite (Simple);

б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;

в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.

1. All digital memory cards serve the same purpose that is to save images.

2. A mobile phone keeps you in constant contact with people you consider important.

3. Today's users have access to a wide range of commercial software and freeware, which is provided in ready-to-run or ready-to-compile form.

4. A laptop contains high capacity batteries that can power the device for extensive periods of time, enhancing portability. 

5. Android is an example of popular operating systems.

II. Перепишите предложения и подчеркните в них волнистой линией определения, выраженные именем существительным. Запишите пе­ревод предложений на русский язык.

1. A graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices using images rather than text commands.

2. The registration numbers of the vehicles exceeding the speed limit are relayed to the police headquarters.

3. Wi-Fi is a popular technology that allows an electronic device to exchange data wirelessly (using radio waves) over a computer network.

III. Перепишите предложения и подчеркните в них разные формы степеней сравнения, если они имеются. Переведите предложения и письменно поясните, какой степенью сравнения является найден­ная вами форма.

1. A gaming computer is a standard desktop computer that has a more powerful video card, processor, and memory.

2. Notebooks usually have smaller screens and keyboards than laptops.

3. I have bought the latest model of this smartphone.

IV. Перепишите предложения и подчеркните в них неопределённые и отрицательные местоимения. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Have you got any idea where my laptop is?

2. Somebody has printed out 40 copies of this document.

3. Thank you, no help is needed; I can reinstall any OS myself.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения, подчеркните в них все гла­голы-сказуемые. Определите видовременную форму и укажите ин­финитив этих глаголов. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The Internet is constantly changing and expanding.

2. The motherboard connects the processor, memory and peripheral devices together.

3. In 1964 Paul Baran connected 4 computers in different parts of the USA and sent the first electronic message.

4. My brother has created a new account on Facebook.

5. I was looking through the mail when you phoned me.

VI. Прочтите и устно переведите весь текст. Подготовьтесь к кон­трольному чтению вслух 1, 2 абзацев. Перепишите 3, 4, 5 абзацы и за­пишите их перевод.

The Personal Computer

1. A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator. Large data processing systems require a full-time staff to operate efficiently.

2. Software applications for personal computers include, but are not limited to, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Web browsers and e-mail clients, digital media playback, games, and myriad personal productivity and special-purpose software applications.

3. Modern personal computers often have connections to the Internet, allowing access to the World Wide Web and a wide range of other resources. A personal computer may be a desktop computer or a laptop, tablet, or a handheld PC.

4. So, computers and laptops or notebooks have become a part of our life. Life without a computer is next to impossible in this age of fast growing world of electronics and technology.

5. As the demand for computers grew, more and more companies stepped in the business to manufacture computers and computer hardware and software. Some of these companies manufacture all computer parts and sell under their own brand, while others manufacture only some of the hardware and few others develop only software. Computer companies like Intel manufacture computer processor and other high-end hardware. Companies like Microsoft and Google produce only computer software with some exception.