- •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.
Exercises
/. Pay attention to the translation of the word «most».
Model: most + adj — самый most + n — большинство Translate:
most of the programs, most useful means, the most modern computers, most of the instructions.
Most computers use binary code.
The most influential component in the computer is the CPU.
The mouse and the keyboard are now the most common input devices.
Most modern computers can do over billion operations per second.
5. Most of the computers have expansion slots for installing acceleration cards.
//. Mind the translation of the word «order».
order (n) — порядок, приказ, заказ in order to — для того, чтобы order (v) — заказывать Translate:
the order of words, the order of things, the order for some PCs, in order to process, to be in excellent order, of the order of 3000, the order of the operator.
The control unit controls the order of operation of all computer units.
Disk drives are used in order to handle floppy disks.
In order to start working a computer must be given instructions.
The data are to be loaded into the main memory in order to be processed.
5. Computers are capable of putting thousands of different facts in the necessary order.
III. Mind the translation of the word «operate».
to operate + n — управлять
to operate + adv.mod. — работать
Translate: to operate a computer, to operate quickly, to operate without delay, to operate the units, to operate at high speed.
Computers operate automatically.
The CPU operates the overall work of the computer.
This processor operates the whole technological process.
Modern computers operate with great accuracy.
IV. Translate the sentences paying attention to the infinitives.
Each problem to be solved requires its own set of instructions.
To solve complex problems it is necessary to have the program.
The ASCII code is just a standard system to represent characters as bytes.
We can use computers to find information in Internet.
It is important to know how different computer units operate.
To perform calculations is the main work of any computer.
To perform calculations the computer must have a program.
To increase the processor speed an acceleration card is used.
To be processed the data must be loaded into the main memory.
V. Complete the following sentences with relative pronouns «who»,«that», «which».
The teacher ... is responsible for the computer center has just arrived.
The computer ... we saw in the exhibition runs at 100 MHz.
That's the CPU ... I'd like to buy.
The microprocessor is a chip ... processes data and instructions.
The microprocessor coordinates the activities ... take place in the computer.
Last night I met someone ... works as a computer programmer.
A megahertz is a unit of frequency ... is used to measure processor speed.
A co-processor is a silicon chip ... carries out mathematical operations at a very high speed.