II. Use of language

Choose the correct item (A-C) to fill in the gaps (1-6).

The FIRST COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron. She (1) ______ by Mary Somerville, a well-known researcher and scientific author, who (2) ______ her to Charles Babbage in June 1833. In 1842 and 1843, Ada translated the work of the Italian mathematician, Luigi Menabrea, on Babbage’s Analytical Engine. (3) _______ mechanical, this machine was an important step in the history of computers. Babbage worked on it for many years (4) _____ his death in 1871. However, because of financial, political, and legal issues, the anticipated the first (6) ______ general-purpose computers by about 100 years. When Ada translated the article, she added a set of notes which in complete detail a method for calculating certain numbers with the Analytical Engine, which have since been recognized by historians as the world’s first computer program.

	A	B	C
1	Was learned	taught	learned
2	introduced	was introduced	had introduced
3	though	In addition	however
4	after	if	until
5	has never built	never built	was never built
6	was completed	completed	complete

III. Writing.

Your English-speaking friend wants to know about the system of secondary education in Ukraine. Write a letter of information (50-60 words) to him\her. Include the following:

• how the school years is scheduled

• what language the students learn

• what Ukrainian students are like