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- •Text 1 Computers and How They Work
- •Processing
- •1. Match a verb from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •2. What input device would you use for these tasks?
- •3. Complete each sentence by choosing from the following devices: memory stick, hard disk, cDs, dvDs, touch screen, trackball, touchpad, webcam.
- •4. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •Input processing storage output rom ram cpu software
- •5. Create a crossword puzzle for 20 of the computer terms found in this article.
- •The Internet: What’s all fuss?
- •Who uses it?
- •Its Benefits
- •How did the Internet begin?
- •1. Read the article and answer the questions.
- •2. What do isp, html, url and http stand for? Match these terms with their meanings.
- •3. Match a word from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •4. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •5. Make a list of the ways you use the Internet for study, at work and in your free time. Text 3 Computer Viruses? What really is it?
- •1. Read the article and mark the statements true (t) or false (f).
- •2. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •3. Match a verb from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •4. Find words in the article which fit these meanings.
- •5. Use the words from Exercise 4 to complete these sentences.
- •Text 4 Microsoft aims Windows 8 storage at enterprise data centers
- •1. Read the article and answer the questions.
- •3. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •4. Match a word from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •1. Read the article and choose the best headline.
- •2. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •3. Match a verb from a with a word or phrase from b to make phrases from the article.
- •4. Find words in the article which fit these meaning.
- •5. Use the words in the box to complete these sentences.
- •Text 6 using computers
- •Input devices
- •Text 7 can a computer respond to the human voice?
- •Information, people, one, processing, accurately, programmer, computers, instructions, components
- •Inevitably
- •Text 8 Cloud and Security
- •1. Match the words with their definitions:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Find the words in the text which have similar meanings:
- •4. Match the words to make word expressions:
- •5. Translate the chains of nouns:
- •Text 9 Compiling or interpreting
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. True or false:
- •3. Choose the right preposition:
- •4. Choose the following words:
- •Text 10 Term information technology
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Choose true or false:
- •3. Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text:
- •4. Match the sentence halves:
- •Text 11 Taking computer for granted
- •VIII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •IX. Put the letters in order to make words, then use the words to complete the sentences.
- •X. Give the opposites of the following words.
- •XI. Give the synonyms of the following words:
- •XII. What verbs frequently precede these words?
- •Match the expressions with their definitions:
- •Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 12 strap on some eyephones and you are virtually there
- •VII. True or false?
- •Read the words as they are used in the following sentences and try to come up with your own definition:
- •Put the proper words into sentences:
- •Guess the meaning of the italicized words:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Give the opposites of the following words:
- •Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 13 computer systems
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Match each component in column a with its function in column b:
- •IX. Give the opposites of the following words:
- •X. True or false?
- •XI. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •XII. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words:
- •XIII. Are you baffled by computer language? Choose a, b, c or d. (Only one choice is correct)
- •XIV. Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 14 the first hackers
- •VII. Put the proper words into sentences:
- •XII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •XIII. Match the words given in the left column with their definitions in the right column.
- •XIV. Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 15 the development of computers: prehistory
- •XI. Match the words given in the left column with their definitions in the right column.
- •XII. What's missing? You can help yourself referring to the text.
- •XIII. Match the sentence halves:
- •XIV. Are you up to giving a right explanation?
- •Text 16 Security and privacy issues in the pdf document format
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Choose the most suitable word (a-f from task 1) to complete the sentences.
- •What is described in the text as:
- •Look through the text and say whether these statements are true, false or not mentioned.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 17 Making the web more accessible to people with disabilities and special needs
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the words from task 1.
- •Match the words and phrases that go together in a and b and translate them.
- •Which verbs form the following adjectives? Translate both verbs and adjectives into Russian.
- •Answer the questions to the text.
- •Text 18 Programmable nanowire circuits for nanoprocessors
- •Match the terms with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the following words: architecture, transistor, sensor, nano, circuit, volatile, approach.
- •Match the words and phrases that go together in a and b and translate them.
- •Find the Russian equivalents of the terms:
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 19 New wireless technology developed for faster, more efficient networks
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps with the following words: feasible; setup; transmitter; headphones; wireless network; receiver; channel; whisper; filter out.
- •Match the sentence halves.
- •Correct the statements according to the text.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 20 New device may revolutionize computer memory
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from task 1 and translate them.
- •Find the Russian equivalents of the following terms.
- •Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Text 21 a textbook manoeuvre
- •II) Match these words to make word expressions:
- •Text 22 beyond the pc
- •I) Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence:
- •Text 23 Measuring the black web
- •I) Define the main idea of the text:
- •II) Look through the text and say whether these statements are true, false or not mentioned (t/f/nm). Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •I) Find the words in the text that mean the same as following:
- •II) Match the English words with Russian equivalents:
- •Text 24 Facebook's Timeline irks some users
- •Text 25 How shoppers with smartphones are changing the retail landscape
- •I) Match the headings to the correct paragraph:
- •II) Match the sentence halves:
- •Vocabulary
- •I) Find words and phrases in the text which have similar meanings:
- •II) Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
- •Text 26 Computer software
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Complete the sentences, using the text. Translate into Russian. Retell briefly.
- •3. Translate the following sentences into English. Use the information from the text.
- •4. Match the words and word-combinations from the columns.
- •5. Look through the text and find the English equivalents of the following words:
- •6. Define the main idea of each paragraph. Text 27 Operating systems
- •1. Define the main idea of each paragraph.
- •2. Find the sentence expressing the main idea in each paragraph.
- •3. Complete the sentences. Retell the text, using the answers.
- •4. Match the words and word-combinations from the columns.
- •5. Look through the text and say whether these statements are true, false or not mentioned:
- •6. Answer the questions.
- •Text 28 a modem
Complete the sentences with the words from task 1 and translate them.
The symbol used … that the frequency is measured in kHz.
The new version of the software automatically … digital information.
But the point of Internet … is that you generally do not know the environments of the people who will use your program.
… consist of servers, usually configured identically, a common source of data, and a load-balancing device.
The … of these being set depends on how the OS wants to enforce them.
A keyboard 40, 41 is used to enter the corresponding commands into the electronic … .
Many applications require … connections and drop their sessions as a result of inter-VLAN roaming.
Find the Russian equivalents of the following terms.
Computer memory device; flash drive; nonvolatile memory; start-up data; floating gate; floating gate field effect transistor; store charge; periods of low use.
Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text.
The device helps server farms to decrease power consumption.
Two floating gates allow it to store a bit of information in a slow, nonvolatile mode and/or in a fast, volatile one.
Conventional computer memory devices are either slow or fast memory devices.
A new device has been developed by researchers from NC University.
As a result, the computer can start immediately without retrieving start-up data from its hard drive.
The new single unified device combines the functions of both.
Answer the questions.
What is meant by “server farm”?
What is the difference between nonvolatile and volatile devices?
What is the name of the described device?
How does it work?
What impact does the device have?
Text 21 a textbook manoeuvre
1. “Ripe for digital destruction.” That is how the late Steve Jobs was quoted describing the textbook industry in a recent biography of Apple’s co-founder. It will soon become clear whether he was right—and to what extent Apple can benefit from Mr Jobs's insight. Recently the firm unveiled software aimed at reinventing the textbook. But in contrast to the music business, Apple will not have this digital field to itself. Amazon, Google and a host of smaller firms such as Inkling have all set their sights on the textbook market.
2. Apple is betting that students and teachers will swiftly embrace digital texts, which are not only far cheaper than printed versions but have other advantages too. Books made of bits and bytes do not get dog-eared with use and can serve up things such as arresting videos and 3D images to make learning more fun. The firm’s software also lets users append notes to e-textbooks and convert these notes into electronic study cards that can be used for revision.
3. Some sceptics argue that printed textbooks are likely to prove longer lived than technology enthusiasts think. These are used in very different ways to novels and other books that have already been swept up in the digital revolution. To compare passages in a text, for instance, students often skip back and forth between them. And sometimes they need to have several books open at once.
4. A study conducted last year by the National Association of College Stores found that three-quarters of the 665 students surveyed preferred a hard copy to a digital one. Teachers who have long worked with printed texts may also be wary of prescribing digital versions for their courses.
5. But such hurdles will almost certainly be overcome as technology improves and the economics of digital textbooks become even more compelling. Such textbooks are also likely to prove increasingly popular for other reasons, too, including the fact that they can make learning a more social experience by taking advantage of Facebook-type features. Some governments are already promoting the use of digital textbooks in classrooms. South Korea even has a plan to ditch paper texts altogether as part of an ambitious plan to create a digital scholastic network.
Steve Jobs’s prediction that the business is ripe for disruption is likely to be proven correct—and traditional publishers will probably be taught a very costly digital lesson.
Reading Comprehension
I) Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text:
Digital textbooks are becoming very popular.
Some teachers are not ready to prescribe digital versions for their courses.
Apple has a very important goal to change the textbook industry.
Learning is promised to be more creative with digital texts.
Different ways of working with e-textbooks will be available.
II) Define the main idea of each paragraph.
Vocabulary
I) Match the words with their definitions:
to add something to the end of written material a) ambitious
a difficulty which is to be conquered b) extent
to cause to become better c) advantage
happened or came into existence only a short time ago d) hurdle
having a strong desire for success, power e) feature
profit, gain, benefit f) to improve
a part or quality g) to append
a stated degree h) recent