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I. Read the text. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (a-g) for each part (1-5) of the text. There are two extra headings which you do not need to use.

  1. What information technology is.

  2. The evolution of the term information technology.

  3. Generations of computers.

  4. From mainframes to microcomputers.

  5. Categories of computers.

  6. Apple microcomputer.

  7. Personal computers.

II. Read the text. For statements (6-15) choose “True” if the statement is true according to the text, “False” if the statement is false:

  1. IT is the exploration of data, software and hardware.

  2. The concept IT emerged in the nineteen forties.

  3. The industrial and military spheres collaborated to develop IT.

  4. The military financed computerization.

  5. Each period of computer development was characterised by various software applications.

  6. A non-profitable computer was designed by big businesses.

  7. Mainframes were used in small businesses.

  8. The Apple microcomputer was one of the first microcomputers in the world.

  9. PCs perform better and cost thousands times more than computers of the mid-sixties.

  10. Computers have four types according to their dimensions, price and performance.

III. Read the text. For questions (16-20) choose the correct answer (a, b, c or d).

  1. The term information technology evolved in…

  1. the nineteen sixties.

  2. the nineteen seventies.

  3. nineteen sixteen.

  4. nineteen seventeen.

  1. The main sources of funding the research in automation were…

  1. the military.

  2. the industry.

  3. the military and industry.

  4. the science.

  1. Each generation represented…

  1. the change of software.

  2. the change of hardware.

  3. the change of shareware.

  4. the change of freeware.

  1. Super computers were used in…

  1. science and engineering.

  2. large corporations.

  3. plants and factories.

  4. personal use.

  1. Modern personal computers are…

  1. cheaper but less powerful than mainframes.

  2. cheaper and more powerful than mainframes.

  3. bigger and more powerful than mainframes.

  4. as powerful as mainframes.

IV. Match (21-30) with their definitions (a-l). There are two definitions that you do not need to use.

21.

support

A.

an aptitude that may be developed

22.

a capability

B.

to give back an image or likeness of; to mirror

23.

to process

C.

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

24.

a concept

D.

a group of genetically related things constituting a single step in the line of descent

25.

to remain

E.

involving the entire earth

26.

to replace

F.

the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

27.

a generation

G.

to put in the place of another

28.

a database

H.

to perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) to obtain the required information

29.

worldwide

I.

the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

30.

desktop

J.

an organized body of related information

K.

to stay the same

L.

designed for use on a desk or table

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