- •Unit 1 Computer users
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •Could computer games be good for you after all?
- •A career in computers
- •Are you a blogger too?
- •Unit 2 Computer Architecture
- •Floppy drive and cd drive are input or output devices?
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •Addiction to Internet ‘is an illness’
- •1. Find the answers to the questions in the article.
- •2. Find words in the text that mean the following.
- •3. Answer these questions for yourself or for someone you know and discuss the results. Do you think these test questions are a good indicator of Internet addiction?
- •If you answer ‘yes’ to five or more of these questions, you may have an Internet addiction!
- •Unit 3 Computer Applications
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •Information Society by Richard Sidaway
- •Unit 4 Peripherals
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •3) Forms used when comparing ideas
- •4. Conjunctions and connectors
- •Interview. Former student
- •Tiny devices may help reinvent wireless technology
- •Vocabulary and grammar work
- •1. Translate the sentences paying special attention to the words in italics.
- •2. Match the words and their meaning.
- •3. Insert prepositions necessary.
- •4. Supply the proper form of a verb in the sentences.
- •5. Fill in each blank with the words from the text.
- •6. Match the parts together.
- •1. State whether the sentences given below are true or false according to the text.
- •2. Test your understanding of the text.
- •Discussion
- •Discuss the questions above.
- •2. Imagine you are an inventor. Describe an invention you are working on. Think about:
- •Unit 6 Operating systems
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •No more downtime due to kernel patching
- •Computer diagnosis
- •Wearable computers
- •1) The gerund as a subject
- •2) Gerund after prepositions
- •Unit 7 Graphical user interface
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •Computers in our life
- •Five steps to a good password
- •Unit 8 Applications programs
- •Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
- •Cyber café
- •1) Asking for instructions
- •2) Giving instructions
- •Imperative form in English
- •1. Complete each gap in this text with a suitable word from this list .
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form in this description of gps. .
- •3. Rewrite each of these statements by replacing the words in italics with en-/-en or phrasal verbs of a similar meaning.
- •4. Translate into Ukrainian.
- •6. Complete the text with discourse markers from the box.
- •7. Read the text below. For each of the empty space choose the correct variant.
- •8. For questions 1-12, read the following text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
- •Something not for everyone
2. Match the words and their meaning.
Words |
Definitions |
wireless |
To make sounds louder |
consumers |
the skill of building very small machines by using computer technology |
communication |
a substance that goes into the air |
nanotechnology |
someone who buys and uses services |
amplify |
very great or extreme |
emission |
the process of giving information or of making emotions or ideas known to someone |
intense |
not using wires |
3. Insert prepositions necessary.
1. _____ recent years the abuse of alcohol has increased.
2. Landauer's principle has implications on the amount of heat a computer must dissipate to process a given amount ____ information
3. We just can't seem to communicate _____ each other.
4. _____ the meantime you can tell me something about where you live.
5. Funding a company ____ selling shares to crowd investors in exchange for partial ownership.
6. ____ the whole , computers play a very important part in our lives.
7. New technology greatly enhances the potential ____ computers in education.
8. The quality ____ the connection to the remote computer is poor.
4. Supply the proper form of a verb in the sentences.
1. Nanotechnology is so new, no one is really sure what ___________ (come) out of it.
2. For instance, our bodies ________ (assemble) in a specific manner from millions of living cells.
3. The journal also _________ (publish) articles on implications of nanotechnology for society, environment, education, intellectual property, industry, and politics.
4. It is for authors alone _______ (decide) where to submit their manuscripts.
5. Nature journal __________ (continue) to publish the most significant advances in science, including nanotechnology.
6. Nanotechnology ________ (give) us the tools to play with the ultimate toy box of nature.
7. The computer science is the foundation for ________ (understand) and ___________ (improve) many aspects of our daily lives.
5. Fill in each blank with the words from the text.
opportunities refers students career professionals applications employees products study nanotechnology medicine fields |
Sometimes working on something small can lead to a big 1) …….. That’s true for engineers working in 2) ………, where new discoveries and 3) ……… for them are constantly being made, leading to plenty of job 4) ……….
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are 5) ……. that focus on matter at the nanoscale level — dimensions that are roughly 1 to 100 nanometers (1nm = 10-9 m). More specifically, the term “nanoscience” 6) …….. to research into the behavior and properties of materials at the nanoscale. Applications can be found in 7) ……., electronics, robotics, energy production, and other fields.
TryNano.org was developed in conjunction with IBM and the New York Hall of Science. It’s aimed at 8) …… at all levels, as well as parents, teachers, school counselors, and anyone else wanting to get up to speed on the subject.
It’s the wide range of potential 9) …… and applications that gives nanotechnology its enormous job-growth prospects. According to a recent 10) ….. by market researcher Global Information Inc., the annual worldwide market for products incorporating nanotechnology is expected to reach US $3.3 trillion by 2018. According to the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, the need for technology 11) ……. working in nanotechnology will increase to 1 million 12) ……. by 2015.