- •Содержание
- •Text 1 Computers and How They Work
- •Processing
- •1. Match a verb from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •2. What input device would you use for these tasks?
- •3. Complete each sentence by choosing from the following devices: memory stick, hard disk, cDs, dvDs, touch screen, trackball, touchpad, webcam.
- •4. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •Input processing storage output rom ram cpu software
- •5. Create a crossword puzzle for 20 of the computer terms found in this article.
- •The Internet: What’s all fuss?
- •Who uses it?
- •Its Benefits
- •How did the Internet begin?
- •1. Read the article and answer the questions.
- •2. What do isp, html, url and http stand for? Match these terms with their meanings.
- •3. Match a word from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •4. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •5. Make a list of the ways you use the Internet for study, at work and in your free time. Text 3 Computer Viruses? What really is it?
- •1. Read the article and mark the statements true (t) or false (f).
- •2. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •3. Match a verb from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •4. Find words in the article which fit these meanings.
- •5. Use the words from Exercise 4 to complete these sentences.
- •Text 4 Microsoft aims Windows 8 storage at enterprise data centers
- •1. Read the article and answer the questions.
- •4. Match a word from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •1. Read the article and choose the best headline.
- •2. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •4. Find words in the article which fit these meaning.
- •5. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •Text 6 using computers
- •Input devices
- •Text 7 can a computer respond to the human voice?
- •Information, people, one, processing, accurately, programmer, computers, instructions, components
- •Inevitably
- •Text 8 Cloud and Security
- •1. Match the words with their definitions:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Find the words in the text which have similar meanings:
- •4. Match the words to make word expressions:
- •5. Translate the chains of nouns:
- •Text 9 Computer Processors: Saving Power, Saving Money
- •1. Match the words with their definitions:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Match the words to make word expressions:
- •Text 10 Compiling or interpreting
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. True or false:
- •3. Choose the right preposition:
- •4. Choose the following words:
- •Text 11 Term information technology
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Choose true or false:
- •3. Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text:
- •4. Match the sentence halves:
- •Text 12 Taking computer for granted
- •VIII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •IX. Put the letters in order to make words, then use the words to complete the sentences.
- •X. Give the opposites of the following words.
- •XI. Give the synonyms of the following words:
- •XII. What verbs frequently precede these words?
- •Match the expressions with their definitions:
- •Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 13 strap on some eyephones and you are virtually there
- •VII. True or false?
- •Read the words as they are used in the following sentences and try to come up with your own definition:
- •Put the proper words into sentences:
- •Guess the meaning of the italicized words:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Give the opposites of the following words:
- •Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 14 computer systems
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Match each component in column a with its function in column b:
- •IX. Give the opposites of the following words:
- •X. True or false?
- •XI. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •XII. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words:
- •XIII. Are you baffled by computer language? Choose a, b, c or d. (Only one choice is correct)
- •XIV. Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 15 the first hackers
- •VII. Put the proper words into sentences:
- •XII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •XIII. Match the words given in the left column with their definitions in the right column.
- •XIV. Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 16 the development of computers: prehistory
- •XI. Match the words given in the left column with their definitions in the right column.
- •XII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •XIII. Match the sentence halves:
- •XIV. Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 17 Security and privacy issues in the pdf document format
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Choose the most suitable word (a-f from task 1) to complete the sentences.
- •What is described in the text as:
- •Look through the text and say whether these statements are true, false or not mentioned.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 18 Making the web more accessible to people with disabilities and special needs
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the words from task 1.
- •Match the words and phrases that go together in a and b and translate them.
- •Which verbs form the following adjectives? Translate both verbs and adjectives into Russian.
- •Answer the questions to the text.
- •Text 19 Programmable nanowire circuits for nanoprocessors
- •Match the terms with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the following words: architecture, transistor, sensor, nano, circuit, volatile, approach.
- •Match the words and phrases that go together in a and b and translate them.
- •Find the Russian equivalents of the terms:
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 20 New wireless technology developed for faster, more efficient networks
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the following words: feasible; setup; transmitter; headphones; wireless network; receiver; channel; whisper; filter out.
- •Match the sentence halves.
- •Correct the statements according to the text.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 21 New device may revolutionize computer memory
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from task 1 and translate them.
- •Find the Russian equivalents of the following terms.
- •Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 22 a textbook manoeuvre
- •II) Match these words to make word expressions:
- •Text 23 beyond the pc
- •I) Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence:
- •Text 24 Measuring the black web
- •I) Define the main idea of the text:
- •II) Look through the text and say whether these statements are true, false or not mentioned (t/f/nm). Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •I) Find the words in the text that mean the same as following:
- •II) Match the English words with Russian equivalents:
- •Text 25 Facebook's Timeline irks some users
- •Text 26 How shoppers with smartphones are changing the retail landscape
- •I) Match the headings to the correct paragraph:
- •II) Match the sentence halves:
- •Vocabulary
- •I) Find words and phrases in the text which have similar meanings:
- •II) Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •Text 27 Computer software
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Complete the sentences, using the text. Translate into Russian. Retell briefly.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English. Use the information from the text.
- •4. Match the words and word-combinations from the columns.
- •5. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words:
- •6. Define the main idea of each paragraph. Text 28 Operating systems
- •1. Define the main idea of each paragraph.
- •2. Find the sentence expressing the main idea in each paragraph.
- •3. Complete the sentences. Retell the text, using the answers.
- •4. Match the words and word-combinations from the columns.
- •5. Look through the text and say whether these statements are true, false or not mentioned:
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •Text 29 a modem
VIII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
This spell-checker program «corrects» a right word …………a wrong one.
At times we feel …… the machines' mercy.
I've never been ……. a country where banking still runs ….. paper.
The price of that was cashless weekends and the embarrassment ….. mooching friends.
You can spend as much as you want ….. watch.
This watch will wake you an ….. alarm.
Squeeze a button and it will turn ….. a stopwatch.
We still hope ….. the best.
You dial the digits and, …… a few seconds, a telephone is ringing a continent ……
There was a time when we balanced our checkbooks ……hand.
The huge human genome project depends very heavily ….. computer generated analyses ….. genetic structure.
When the computers fail, the controllers shift ….. ….. the blips and have to space planes farther …..
You can buy a ticket ….. Rolling Stones concert in Washington ….. anywhere ….. the country.
There's space the flight … San Francisco ….. Hawaii.
You slip your card ….. the pump.
It validates the card ….. a few seconds.
It's not a possession to be saved …..
Most…. these things have been …… the better.
We can never go back and wouldn't want …..
These ideas will turn …… things that work.
IX. Put the letters in order to make words, then use the words to complete the sentences.
wyunra, llbaaaviiity, ppmu, einl, kcba, ssccea, inccayi, mrlaa, eellrt, smnooui
Large electronic data bases allow companies to check ticket …..
That means you sit fuming on a ….. waiting for takeoff clearance.
You slip your card into a ….. and a computer inside it validates the card in a few seconds.
You don't need to stay in ….. .
We can never go ….. .
Today it's impossible to get ….. about computers.
You have to wait in line, deal with a ….. and sit down.
The term «banking hours» used to be ….. .
Now we expect 24-hours ….. to our money at machines.
Your watch will wake you with an ….. .
X. Give the opposites of the following words.
fail
late
right
complex
positive
different
unscientifically
sit down
lucky
remember
spend
lose
buy
take
believe
unlock
allow
stand
XI. Give the synonyms of the following words:
right
wrong
lucky
to change
line
trip
price
8.to spend;
common
to tell
to happen
to buy
13 project
to go back
XII. What verbs frequently precede these words?
a computer
work
a program
a question
an answer
a company
money
button
news
a number
line
XIII. Match the words given in the left column with their definitions in the right column, e.g. 1-21:
wrist 1. assert with a view to subsequent proof
ominous 2. the image of the object on the radar screen
stopwatch 3. without money
takeoff 4. a declaration of freedom from restrictions
squeeze 5. critical parameter
scream 6. a person who sees no good in anything and no belief
in human goodness
intimidating 7. uncomfortable feeling
rummage 8. striking fear into
mercy 9. the principal book of accounts
crucial 10. a forgiving disposition
nominee 11. beg
clearance 12. one who is nominated by another
blip 13. of an evil, suggesting future trouble
embarrassment 14. a person who has unusual abilities
cashless 15. thorough search, turn things over in search
allege 16. a firm strip of ground for aircraft to take off from and
land on
mooch 17. cry out in a loud voice
ledger 18. press
prodigy 19. watch with a hand that can be started and stopped
when desired
cynic 20. leaving the ground for flight
runway 21. joint between the hand and the arm