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Additional exercises

9.1 Fill in the gaps with the suitable derivative of the word given in brackets.

1. His … (discover)… could now be used to protect tall buildings during a storm.

2. This … (invent)… became very popular because it gave off much heat.

3. He persuaded the … (direct)… to try locomotives.

4. The … (own)… of the colliery bought some engines and began to experiment for himself.

5. Samuel Morse was the pioneer of the most widely used electrical … (communicate)… in the world today.

6. What he needed was a … (safe)…lamp.

7. Franklin’s … (curious)…about natural phenomena can be observed from his boyhood.

8. At that time people were … (terrible)…afraid of lightning.

9. Edison didn’t tell the public about his … (success)…lamp until four days before Christmas.

10. One day he brought a new … (transmit)…to the laboratory.

11. This machine is capable of performing any operation of very great … (complex)….

12. This system can produce a great number of … (identity)… products.

13. At present our life cannot be imagined without … (automate)….

9.2 Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them into Russian.

achievement – achieve, resistance – resistant, assistance – assist – assistant, celebration – celebrate, difference – different, city – citizen, nation – national – nationality, measure – measurement, develop – development, act – active – activity, contain – container, discover – discovery – discoverer, literature – literary, graduate – graduation – undergraduate – post-graduate, educate – education, progress – progressive, act – action – activity – active, govern – governor – government.

9.3 Define the part of speech of the following words and translate them into Russian.

Ice-hockey, world-wide, bedroom, newspaper, long-term, birthplace, sportsman, apple-pie, peace-loving, schoolchildren, football, highland, television, underground, north-west, sometimes, lowland, landscape, well-known, multinational, network, vice-president.

9.4 Circle the appropriate form of the words to complete the sentence.

reliable, rely on, reliably

Computers are … machines.

capability, capable, capably

A computer is … of performing operations very rapidly.

creation, created, creative

A programmer usually has a … as well as logical mind.

simple, simply, simpler

Microcomputers are usually … to operate.

technology, technological, technologist

The … improvements of computers have decreased man’s work workload.

accuracy, accurate, accurately

… is one of the advantages of using computers.

permission, permit, permissible

Computers … people to use their time more effectively.

associate, associated, association

Computers are … with speed and accuracy.

changeably, changing, changeable

Memory and primary storage can be used inter … .

education, educated, educational

There are many … institutions that teach computer programming.

9.5 Choose the right variant in the following sentences.

1. There are different terms which can be (application, applied) to robots.

2. In the play a robot was a (creative, creation) of Rossum and his son.

3. A robot must (imitation, imitate) the manual actions of human beings.

4. These devices though (differ, different) in shape are of the same type.

5. The power unit is a (type, typical) feature of robots.

6. Although robots vary (wide, widely) in shape, size and (capable, capability), they are made up of several (basic, basically) components.

7. A robot can be called a (programming, programmable) device.

8. Robots are (power, powerful) tools for increasing (productivity, production).

9. It is rather difficult to (classification, classify) industrial robots.

10. The term “robot” is (most, mostly) associated with the manipulator.