Вариант 4

I. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в каждом из них видовременную форму и залог глагола-сказуемого. Пере­ведите предложения на русский язык.

1. The data was fed into the computer's memory.

2. The output has already been produced at high speed by the latest laser printer.

3. A mainframe is used by large organizations to process enormous amounts of data.

4. He said that those files had been put into the Recycle Bin.

5. Has the program been set up yet?

II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, учитывая разные значения слов it, that, one.

1. This browser is too uncomfortable to use, we need a better one.

2. Some people think that it is difficult to reinstall any OS.

3. This dual core processor is better than this old one.

4. One should be attentive when writing a source code.

5. He said that he had made up large databases.

III. Перепишите предложения и переведите их, имея в виду различные значения глаголов to be, to have, to do.

1. It is not difficult to attach any peripherals.

2. I will have to master new programming languages.

3. Do you know that HTML is used for creating web pages?

4. Our task is to convert the image into the text.

5. There are two kinds of software: system programs and application programs.

6. Any program has a list of ingredients (called variables) and a list of directions (called statements).

IV. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.

1. He said he had removed the viruses from the USB stick.

2. The user didn’t understand he had damaged his hard drive.

V. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на функцию инфинитива.

1. His intention is to download programs, games and music files from a remote computer to his hard drive.

2. It is important to reinstall your OS once a year.

VI. Прочтите и устно переведите 1-5 абзацы текста. Перепишите и письменно переведите 1, 2 и 4 абзацы.

From the History of Computer Development

1. In 1974, calculators were the hot item in consumer electronics. A little calculator company in Albuquerque was struggling to compete, but a price war threatened to bankrupt it. Its owner, research engineer Ed Roberts, determined to make it all or nothing. He decided to build a small computer based on the recently developed, inexpensive microprocessors from Intel, and sell it to electronics hobbyists at the amazingly low price of about $500. Roberts called his computer the Altair 8800 and offered it as a kit.

2. The Altair didn’t actually do much as a computer. It didn’t have a screen or a keyboard or any software. But it filled a hole. It was the very first personal computer on the market. The larger computer companies were busy developing mainframes and improving computer systems for industry, and couldn’t really see why anyone would want a home computer. They also failed to see the implications of the new microprocessors that were small and cheap.

3. Users had to program Altair in machine code using toggle switches. A Harvard student and his friend, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, had an idea to make Altair in the way that users could program it in BASIC, a popular, easy-to-use computer language, instead of machine code. The enterprising pair called Roberts and offered to develop a BASIC inter­preter for the Altair. He agreed and within six weeks bought the program from Gates and Allen. He hired Allen as a software developer. Allen and Gates later established Microsoft Corporation.

4. Altair sparked an entire industry, as new personal computer compa­nies popped up in its wake. One of these companies was the creation of a hobbyist who couldn’t afford an Altair kit, so he created his own from scratch. Stephen Wozniak polished up his creation in 1976. With his friend Steve Jobs, he began to sell it and then improve it. In 1977, they introduced Apple II and made Apple Computer Company the fastest growing business in American history.

5. In 1977 Ed Roberts sold his company. Two years later, like many others entering the volatile market, it had folded. In 1981, it was important for IBM to en­ter the fray with its own personal computer, the PC, which became Apple’s biggest competitor.

VII. Выпишите и переведите из 3-го абзаца предложение, содержащее инфинитив в функции определения, а из 5-го абзаца - предложение, содержащее инфинитив в функции подлежащего.

VIII. Прочтите 5-й абзац и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос.

What is the relationship between Apple and IBM?

1. Apple and IBM are competitors.

2. Apple and IBM are companions.

3. Apple is a subsidiary of IBM.