19. Answer the questions

1. Where is a new program in information system offered? ___________________________________________________________________

2. What did Mike graduate from? ___________________________________________________________________

3. Who was taking part in the research project? ___________________________________________________________________

4. What was connected with the problems of supercomputers and their manufacturing? __________________________________________________________________

20. Give the English equivalents

1. Факультет информатики __________________________________________________________________

2. Последний номер журнала________________________________________

3. Принимал участие в научно-исследовательском проекте __________________________________________________________________

4. Может читать лекции ____________________________________________

5. Работа на компьютере в сфере управления и промышленности __________________________________________________________________

21. Read and translate the following arguments about computers

1. They help you to process information. ___________________________________________________________________

2. Children cannot do the simplest arithmetic sums because they rely on computers.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. They save a lot of time._________________________________________

4. They are dangerous for your health. ___________________________________________________________________

5. People waste a lot of time playing com­puter games. ___________________________________________________________________

6. You can learn many things using a computer as a tutor. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. You can lose the results of your work if something goes wrong with the computer. ___________________________________________________________________

8. You can relax playing computer games. ___________________________________________________________________

9. Some people live in a virtual reality not in the real world. ___________________________________________________________________

10. They can do calculations. ___________________________________________________________________

22. Read the sentences, point out Participle 1 and Participle II. Give the Russian equivalents. If you have some difficulties, use the grammar reference at the end of the book.

1. When entering the Internet, I always find the required information. 2. If compared with the analog computer, digital computers have other functions. When used, voltage represents other physical quantities in analog computers. 4. While dealing with discrete quantities, digital computers count rather than measure. 5. At the moment our computer systems are inputting, storing, processing, controlling, and outputting data. 6. Combined capabilities of both analog and digital computers belong to hybrid computers. 7. Having finished the research, they analyzed the data obtained. 8. Having translated the programme into the machine language, he put it into the computer. 9. Having been well prepared for the test, postgraduates managed to answer all the questions the tutor asked them. 10. When entering data correctly into the computer system, they avoid the need for further adjustment by a person.