- •Exercises
- •IV. Translate into Russian paying attention to the «-ed»-forms.
- •VI. Read the text without a dictionary.
- •VII. Topics for discussions.
- •Exercises
- •The Present Simple Passive
- •IV. Discuss what computers can do in the following areas.
- •V. Write a short paragraph summarizing your discussion. Then ask one person from your group to give a summary of the group's ideas to the rest of the class.
- •VI. Read the text and retell it. Computer Applications
- •Unit III
- •Exercises
- •III. Mind the translation of the word «operate».
- •IV. Translate the sentences paying attention to the infinitives.
- •V. Complete the following sentences with relative pronouns «who»,«that», «which».
- •VI. Decide if the sentences are true or false.
- •VII. Speak about the features of the computer that you would like to have.
- •Bits — Basic Units of Memory
- •Bytes and Characters
- •The ascii Code
- •Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes
- •Exercises
- •IV. Translate the Following Sentences.
- •V. Read the text and render its contents.
- •Input device. Point and click!
- •Exercises
- •IV. Here are some basic mouse actions. Match the terms in the box with the explanations below.
- •V. Discussion Points.
- •Unit VI output device. The monitor
- •IV. Translate the sentences paying attention to the Gerund.
- •V. Rewrite these sentences about what you should do to protect your eyes. Use modal verbs: «must», «should», «ought to».
- •VI. Answer the questions.
- •Unit VII optical disks: pros and cons
- •Exercises
- •Unit VIII graphical user interface
- •Exercises
- •Unit IX programming languages
- •What is programming?
- •Exercises
- •IV. Read the text and find answers to these questions.
- •V. Read the passage and complete it with the verbs in brackets in the correct form. A Short Description of basic
- •VI. Speak on the advantages and disadvantages of the low-level and higher-level languages.
- •VII. Make up a summary of the text.
- •Basic features
- •Of database programs
- •Exercises
- •Unit XI word-processing facilities
- •Exercises
- •I. Match words and expressions meaning the same.
- •IV. Translate into Russian.
- •V. Make a summary of the text using the expressions given below.
- •Unit XII the postscript revolution
- •Exercises
- •IV. Translate the attributive groups.
- •V. These statements about PostScript are all false. Read and cor rect them.
- •VI. What is a PostScript? Choose the correct answer.
- •VII. Read the passage below looking for the main idea of scanners. Scanners
- •VIII. Think and say about.
What is programming?
Programming is the process of producing a set of instructions for a computer to make it perform a specified task. The task can be anything from the solution to a mathematical problem to the production of a graphics package.
Exercises
/. Pay attention to the translation of the word «either».
either — каждый, любой
either ... or — или ... или, либо ... либо
Central processors operate on binary codes consisting of either Is or Os.
Either of Windows can be used in this computer.
Any memory location contains either data or instructions.
Either of the programs can be used for processing this problem.
//. Try to think of an answer for the question. - What is programming?
///. Complete the following definitions with the words and phrases in the box.
the various parts of the program may occur in programs
language binary numbers a given problem
algorithm The step-by-step specification of how to reach the solution to ...
flowchart A diagram representing the logical sequence between ...
coding The translation of the logical steps into a programming . machine code The basic instruction understood by computers. The processor on codes which consist of ...
debugging The techniques of detecting, diagnosing and correcting errors (also known as «bugs») which ...
IV. Read the text and find answers to these questions.
Do computers understand human languages?
What are the differences between low-level and high-level languages?
What is an assembler?
What is the function of compilers?
What do you understand by the terms source program and object program?
What do you infer from the text about the possibility of programming a computer in Spanish, French or Japanese?
V. Read the passage and complete it with the verbs in brackets in the correct form. A Short Description of basic
BASIC is a general-purpose high-level programming language,
originally designed to (1) (develop) programs in conversational
mode. The name BASIC (2) (stand) for Beginner's All-purpose
Symbolic Instruction Code. This language is (3) (find) on most
microcomputers because it (4) (be) user-friendly and easy to
learn.
BASIC (5) (consist) of two main parts: the source language
statements — the instructions which form the program and the system commands which (6) (allow) us to control and edit a program.
BASIC enables the user (7) (interact) with the program while
it is being (8) (execute) which means that data can be (9) (input)
while the program is running. Each instruction is (10) (give)
a line number which defines the logical sequence of statements within the program.
Some well-known system commands in BASIC are: RUN, which
executes a program (11) (hold) in a BASIC file; LIST, which
prints a listing of a program on the screen; and DELETE, which (12) (remove)
a program from a file.
A large number of PC manufacturers adopted BASIC. At present,
however, there (13) (be) so many versions and extensions that
programs written for one type of PC are not directly portable to another.