3. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences:

1. Computers ….. more and more often in the world today, for the simple reason that they are far more efficient than human beings.

2. No man alive can do 500000 sums in one second, but ….. can.

3. No doctor can possibly ….. with all discoveries.

4. Doctors feed data on symptoms to the computer and get the necessary information on correct ….. .

5. Now scientists have designed machines, ….. of learning from experience and remembering what they have learnt.

4. Combine the following words to receive word-combinations:

ordinary	reason
designed	mind
necessary	computer
hard	machines
medical	disk
human	knowledge
simple	information

5. Answer the following questions:

1. Who invented the first computer?

2. What can the computers do?

3. What can an ordinary computer remember?

4. What is the role of the computers in medicine?

5. Why is the computer technology widely introduced to the secondary and high school?

6. Fill in: say, tell or ask in the correct form.

1. Tony ….. he enjoyed the performance.

2. I can’t ….. for sure, but I think she’s divorced.

3. Never ….. me a lie again.

4. She ….. me for a loan of $ 50.

5. My neighbour always ….. “hello” whenever he sees me.

6. And now I would like to ….. a few words about this year’s competitions.

7. Turn the following sentences into the Reported Speech:

8. “It’s time we went out”, she said.

9. “The Earth is round”, he said.

10. “Paris is a small city”, Lucy said.

11. “If I were you, I’d enter the competition”, she said.

12. “Mum is making a cake now”, said Tom.

8. Turn the following sentences into Indirect questions. Omit question marks if necessary.

1. Where are you going? (I want to know…)

2. Did he steal the money? (I doubted…)

3. Who did it? (She wondered…)

4. Has she told anyone about our engagement? (He wondered…)

5. Where have you been? (He wanted to know…)

6. Will she be on time? (I doubt…)

7. Does he speak French fluently? (I wonder…)

9. Fill in the table using your knowledge of Direct/Indirect Speech:

DIRECT SPEECH	INDIRECT SPEECH
Tonight	that night
now
now that
this week
yesterday
last night
tomorrow
next week
two days ago

10. Communicative situations:

1. Ask your group mate about the advantages of the computer technology.

2. Prepare the short report on the topic: “Computers in medicine”.

3. Write a short composition on the topic: “Computers in high school”.

Self-assessment questions module 2

1. Which stage did the automation reach in the development of technology?

2. What does the application of automation give us?

7. 3. Can you name three physical states of matter?

8. 4. When did scientists establish the atomic theory of the structure of matter?

What did they find?

7. 5. What does mechanics study?

8. 6. What does statics deal with?

9. 7. What is metal in chemistry?

10. 8. What metals are the most well-known?

11. 9. What is the core of the theory of relativity?

12. 10. What did Einstein receive the Nobel Prize for?

11. What methods did Paton create?

12. What did he find?

13. How much of solar energy is utilized?

7. 14. At what rate can the solar energy be converted into electricity?

15. What products is England important for?

7. 16. What are the leading seaports of Great Britain?

8. 17. What are the seven modern wonders?

9. 18. What is your favourite? Why?

10. 19. Who invented the first computer?

11. 20. What can the computer do?