II. Insert the necessary active vocabulary items from the list:

Performance, pictures, office, discs, prices, working memory, computing power, run, computer, buy.

Personal computers in late 1991 and early 1992 increased in (1) ___ while dramatically decreasing in price. Many popular (2) __ models for both home and (3) __ were built around Intel Corporation’s microprocessors, which made possible the increased (4) ___ and speed. Such computers have the ability to (5) __ software requiring large amounts of random access memory, the (6) __ into which programs and data are loaded from (7) __. The ability to run large programs is important to people who use graphical user interfaces – software that is activated by selecting items displayed as (8) ___ or in simple menus rather than by typing commands.

From 1991 to mid-1992, the (9) ___ of powerful computers dropped as much as 70 per cent. Prices on some models had fallen as low as $1,500 by spring 1992.The lower prices enabled computer users to (10) __ more powerful machines for less money - while manufacturers enabled smaller profits on each machine sold.

III. Choose the most suitable word to complete each sentence.

1. Don’t forget to turn on the ________, if you want to go on-line.

1. Computer B) printer C) modem D) gadget

2. I think computers will ____ our lives the most.

1. Effect B) affect C) agitate D) impress

3. Expectations for growth in the main ___ economies remain low.

1. Technological B) ecological C) commercial D) industrial

4. The steam engine was the greatest technological ___ of the 19^th century.

1. Progress B) advance C) revolution D) step

5. Huge amounts of electronic data can now be transmitted from ____ to computer at incredibly high speed.

1. Machine B) electronic appliance C) computer D) Wi-Fi

6. Third generation mobile technology can _____ data quickly to your phone.

1. Send B) give C) transmit D) communicate

7. The only problem is that Wi-Fi radio ___ are invisible.

1. Signals B) signs C) message D) information

8. My new cellular phone allows me to send ___ anywhere within the country and abroad.

1. Signals B) text messages C) waves D) faxes

9. An Internet service provider is a ____ that provides you with an Internet connection and services such as an e-mail.

1. Office B) firm C) company D) association

10. _____ also keep their messages brief by abbreviating frequently used phrases.

1. Customers B) users C) operators D) E-mailers

IV. Comment on one of the chosen topics:

1. Computer and Internet technology changes the world.

2. New information Technologies in Present and Personal Development.

3. How the Web changes our communicative habits.

4. Netiquette is important for computer users for communicating on the Internet.

Затверджено на засіданні кафедри міжкультурної комунікації

Протокол №___________________від «______»______________20___р.

Завідувач кафедри міжкультурної комунікації к. ф. н., доц. Жуковська В.В.

Викладач кафедри міжкультурної комунікації к. ф. н., доц. Євченко В.В.

Житомирський державний університет імені Івана Франка

ННІ іноземної філології

Кафедра міжкультурної комунікації

ПОЗААУДИТОРНА ПІДСУМКОВА МОДУЛЬНА КОНТРОЛЬНА РОБОТА 10

з дисципліни «Практичний курс основної іноземної мови»

для студентів 5 курсу

Спеціальність: 7.02030302 Мова і література (англійська)*

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