- •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
Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises
Exercise 1. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning.
Example:
0 A lends B passes C spends D puts
Could computer games be good for you after all?
In Britain, the average young person now (0) …. more money on games each year than on going to the cinema or renting videos. But is this (1) …. a bad thing? For years, newspaper reports have been (2) …. that children who spend too much time playing computer games become unsociable, bad-tempered, even violent as a (3) …. But new research, (4) …. out in both Europe and the USA, suggest that the opposite may be (5) ….
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to (6) …. certain skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games (7) …. the brain work harder in certain ways, like (8) …. sounds and movements quickly and identifying what they are. The fact that people play the games repeatedly, (9) …. that they get a lot of practice in these skills which are therefore (10) …. to become highly developed.
Social skills may benefit too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first-person shooter games (11) …. Counterstrike are better than non-players when it (12) …. to building trust and co-operation, and that this (13) …. them to make good friendships and become strong members of their communities. So rather than (14) …. up computer games, perhaps young people (15) …. to spend more time on them?
1. A necessarily B certainly C fully D nearly
2. A speaking B informing C telling D saying
3. A product B result C reason D conclusion
4. A worked B thought C turned D carried
5. A exact B true C fact D precise
6. A repair B advance C improve D amend
7. A make B force C push D keep
8. A realizing B noticing C imagining D solving
9. A means B asks C brings D causes
10. A surely B probable C likely D possible
11. A in order to B such as C due to D as well as
12. A requires B goes C involves D comes
13. A supports B helps C shows D serves
14. A giving B ending C taking D stopping
15. A bound B should C due D need
Exercise 2. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. There is an example at the beginning.
Example:
0 information
A career in computers
When the boom in the (0) ..... technology industry was at its height in the late 1990s, it was easy for (1) ….. young computer (2) ….. to get jobs without having any formal qualifications. In those days, (3) ….. and experience were seen as more valuable by (4) ….. than certificates. Indeed, enthusiastic teenagers often knew as much, if not more, about the latest (5) ….. than university graduates. Today, an (6) ….. computer fan is much less likely to get a job then someone who has done a (7) ….. course of some kind, at least with any of the large (8) ….. But young people who have (9) ….. hands-on experience may still get work, (10) ….. with smaller companies which may also be willing to help them further their education.
0 INFORM 4 EMPLOY 8 ORGANISE
1 GIFT 5 DEVELOP 9 USE
2 PROGRAMME 6 QUALIFY 10 SPECIAL
3 ABLE 7 TRAIN
Exercise 3. Read the text below. For questions 1-5 choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.