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- •Д.А. Арипова
- •Information Technologies: Development and Perspectives
- •Isbn © Иркутский государственный
- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I Computer Essentials
- •1. In pairs, discuss these questions.
- •2. Read the text and then explain Figure 1 in your own words. What Is a Computer?
- •4. Listen to an extract and label the pictures (a-e) with words from the box.
- •5. Listen again and decide whether these sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •6. Look at the help box and then use suitable classifying expressions to complete these sentences.
- •Different types of computer
- •Central Processing Unit
- •9. In pairs describe this scheme, using words and expressions from the text.
- •10. Read the text more carefully and answer the following questions:
- •11. Give English equivalents for:
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •12. Revise the meaning of new words from the text above. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •13. Look at the help box and then complete the sentences below with suitable relative pronouns. Give alternative options if possible. Put brackets round the relative pronouns you can leave out.
- •14. Read the text. Point out the main components of the cpu: The cpu Main Components
- •15. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •16. Give English equivalents for:
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •17. Revise the meaning of new words from the text above. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •18. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •Your Ideal Computer System
- •20. In pairs, describe your ideal computer system. Give reasons for your choices.
- •21. Render the following:
- •Unit II
- •Input / Output Devices
- •5. Listen again and complete the extract from the conversation:
- •6. Look at the language functions in the help box and then correct one mistake in each of these sentences. Decide which functions are being expressed in each sentence.
- •Buying a Computer
- •7. Work in pairs. One of you wants to buy a computer, the other is the shop assistant. Use the prompts and product descriptions below to role play the conversation.
- •Input-Output Environment
- •10. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •11. Give English equivalents for:
- •Interacting with Your Computer
- •12. Listen to a computer technician describing three input devices. Write which devices he’s talking about.
- •13. Listen again and complete these extracts:
- •15. In pairs, choose one of these input devices and describe its functions and features. Try to guess which device your partner is describing.
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •16. Revise the meaning of new words. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •18. Revise Infinitive forms. Explain the use of Infinitive and translate sentences into Russian:
- •Input Devices
- •20. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •21. Give English equivalents for:
- •Output Devices. Printers
- •24. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •25. Give English equivalents for:
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •26. Revise the meaning of new words from the text above. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •27. Explain the use of Complex Subject construction and translate sentences into Russian:
- •28. Suggest the title of the text that follows. Summarize the key information:
- •30. Look at the help box and then use suitable suffixes to make adjectives or nouns from these words. In some cases, you can make more than one word. Use a dictionary to help you.
- •31. Complete these sentences with the word in brackets and one of these noun suffixes: -tion, -er, -ing, -logy, -ness. Use a dictionary to help you.
- •32. Look at the help box and then complete these health and safety guidelines with should/shouldn’t.
- •33. In pairs, practice giving advice about how to use a monitor safely using should/shouldn’t or It’s a good/bad idea to… Look at these guidelines for help.
- •35. Listen to Tony Clark, an expert in computer ergonomics, talking to some office workers about health and safety. What health problems associated with computer use do the office workers mention?
- •36. Listen again and complete these extracts:
- •37. Match the extracts above (1-6) with the correct parts of the diagram (a-f).
- •Unit III Storage Devices
- •Storage Devices
- •2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •3. Give English equivalents for:
- •4. Translate sentences with Participle I, Participle II, Perfect Participle Active and Perfect Participle Passive into Russian:
- •5. In pairs, discuss what you should or shouldn’t do to protect your data. Use the suggestions below.
- •Word Building
- •6. Look at the words in the boxes. Are they nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs? Write n, V, ad] or adv next to each word and then complete the sentences below.
- •12. Read the text and find the following:
- •Optical Discs and Drives
- •13. Read the text again and make notes about the features of cDs, dvDs and Blu-ray discs:
- •14. Look at these extracts from the text and put the words in italics into the correct column of the table:
- •15. Look at the help box and check your answers. How do you say these connectors in your language?
- •16. Choose the correct word in brackets to complete these sentences:
- •17. In pairs, look at the products in the computer catalogue and choose the most suitable device for the purposes (1 -6). Give reasons for your choices. Try to use some connectors from the help box:
- •18. Summarize the key information of the following text:
- •19. Read the text one more time and answer the following questions:
- •Unit IV Basic Software
- •Gui Operating Systems
- •2. Look at the help box and decide if these nouns are countable, uncountable or either, depending on the context. Write c, u, or с and u.
- •3. Complete this text with a, an, the or nothing:
- •4. Summarize the text gui Operating Systems in 90-100 words. Follow these steps:
- •Data Processing and Data Processing Systems
- •6. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •7. Give English equivalents for:
- •8. Give Russian equivalents for:
- •9. Listen to two friends, Anna and Ben, talking about how to move text in Word. How many steps are involved in carrying out the Cut and Paste task?
- •10. Listen again and complete the dialogue.
- •11. Look at the help box and then correct six mistakes in this dialogue.
- •12. Complete these instructions for how to Copy and Paste in Word with verbs from the box.
- •Databases
- •14. Complete these statements about databases using information from the text.
- •15. In pairs, discuss what fields you would include in a database for your music collection.
- •17. Find non-finite verb forms and translate sentences into Russian.
- •18. Transform modal verbs into their modal equivalents a) in the past; b) in the future.
- •19. Read the text and match the headlines (a-d) with the paragraphs (1-4).
- •20. Complete the sentences in accordance with the information in the text above.
- •22. Look at the help box and then complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •23. In pairs, discuss these questions. Use the second conditional.
- •Programming
- •Active Vocabulary
- •1. Read the text. Explain the meaning of the term «Computer programming». Computer Programming
- •2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •3. Give English equivalents for:
- •Active Vocabulary
- •4. Read the text. Explain the meaning of the term «Programming language». Programming Languages
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Give English equivalents for:
- •7. Find in the texts «Computer Programming» and «Programming Languages» synonyms to the given words:
- •8. These statements about Java are all false. Read the text and correct them.
- •The Java Language
- •9. Match the terms (1-5) with the definitions (a-e).
- •10. Read the text «Types of Errors» and answer the questions:
- •Types of Errors
- •11. Give a loose translation of the extracts:
- •1.The conversion of symbolic languages
- •2.Running the computer program
- •3.Testing the computer program
- •Unit VI The Internet and the Web
- •Internet faQs
- •1. Read Part 1 of the Internet faQs and choose the correct answers.
- •Internet faQs: Part 1
- •3. Find words and phrases in Part 2 with the following meanings.
- •Internet faQs: Part 2
- •4. Read the article and mark the sentences t (true) or f (false).
- •The Internet
- •5. Find in the text words and acronyms with the same meaning:
- •7. Complete the sentences with words from the text «The Internet».
- •8. Render the following text. A Typical Web Page
- •9. Explain given words and word expressions:
- •10. Read the text «Research on the Internet» and choose the correct variant.
- •Research on the Internet
- •11. What instructions are to be included in order to successfully find information in the Internet?
- •12. Find terms in the text with the following meanings:
- •13. Read the text «Web Page Design» and mark the sentences t (true) or f (false).
- •Web Page Design
- •14. Read the text again and find the following.
- •15. Fill in the gaps with the following words and expressions:
- •16. Match the sentence beginnings (1-6) with the correct endings (a-f).
- •17. In pairs, think about your favourite websites and discuss these questions.
- •18. Listen to an interview with a web designer describing how to design a website and put these steps into the correct order.
- •Unit VII
- •Internet Communications
- •1. Read the article and find websites for the following tasks.
- •Tour the Collectives of Cyberspace
- •2. Read the article again and match the sentence beginnings (1-5) with the correct endings (a-e).
- •9. Listen to two extracts from a monthly podcast called Money Matters. What is each speaker talking about?
- •11. Look at the help box and then complete these sentences.
- •Virtual Meetings
- •15. Read the text again and answer these questions.
- •16. Find terms in the text with the following meanings.
- •17. Define the term «netiquette».
- •18. Read the text and match the headlines (a-d) with the paragraphs (1-4).
- •19. Choose polite and impolite actions in writing Emails.
- •20. Complete the sentences with one of the words in bold.
- •21. In pairs, do this netiquette quiz.
- •22. Have you ever experienced bad netiquette? Tell your partner what happened.
- •23. Rewrite this im chat using abbreviations.
- •25. In pairs, discuss these questions. Give reasons for your answers.
- •Unit VIII
- •Internet Security
- •2. Read the text and answer these questions.
- •Security and Privacy on the Internet
- •3. Read the text and answer these questions.
- •The History of Hacking
- •4. In pairs, discuss which of the cases you had heard of. Which do you think is the most important?
- •5. In small groups, look at the list of cybercrimes and discuss these questions.
- •6. Write a summary of your discussion on PowerPoint and present it to the rest of the group.
- •7. Render the text.
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Answer in writing:
- •10. Look at the help box. How do you make the passive in your language? How different is it to English?
- •11. Read the article and underline all the examples of the passive. What tenses are they?
- •12. Complete these sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Unit IX New Technologies – Computers Today and Tomorrow
- •1. Match it jobs (a-g) with their definitions (1-7).
- •2. Complete these definitions with jobs from the box.
- •4. Discuss if you would like to apply for one of the jobs. Give reasons for your answers.
- •5. Look at the help box. Do you have the equivalent of phrasal verbs in your language? How do you say the phrasal verbs in the help box?
- •6. Complete these sentences with the correct form of a phrasal verb from the help box.
- •7. Match the questions (1-6) with the answers (a-f).
- •8. In pairs, discuss these questions.
- •9. Read the texts and answer these questions.
- •10. Find words in the texts with the following meanings.
- •11. Look at the help box and then choose the correct words in brackets to complete these sentences.
- •12. Complete these sentences with the correct future form of the verb in brackets. Use the future continuous or future perfect.
- •13. In pairs, discuss these predictions. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers.
- •14. Write your own predictions about these topics.
- •16. Look at this web extract about e-publishing. What examples of e-publishing can you find in the text?
- •18. Debate your ideas. Which team has the most convincing position? Acronyms and Abbreviations
- •Audioscripts
- •Sources of information
10. Find words in the texts with the following meanings.
1. a microscopic robot, built with nanotechnology (text 1) ____________
2. a robot that resembles a human (text 2) _____________
3. biological identification of a person (text 3) _____________
4. integrated; inserted into (text 4) _____________
5. electrical devices, or machines, used in the home (text 5) ____________
LANGUAGE WORK: FUTURE FORMS
11. Look at the help box and then choose the correct words in brackets to complete these sentences.
1. In the future, I hope we (‘ll have /’re going to have) robots in the home to help us with the housework.
2. Hey, Nick, be careful, you (‘re going to spill / ‘ll spill) that coffee on the computer.
3. It’s John’s birthday next week. We (‘ll give/’re going to give) him a mobile phone,
4. – My laptop has crashed!
– Don’t worry. I (‘ll lend /’m going to lend) you mine.
5. The Internet (will probably change / is probably going to change) the publishing industry in the way that TV changed the movie industry.
6. Futurists predict that smart technology (will be / is going to be) incorporated into fabrics, so you’ll be able to email from your coat!
HELP box
Future forms We use the future simple (will /won’t + verb) in the following ways: • To make predictions when you don’t have present evidence that something will happen. Nanobots will be injected into the body’s bloodstream to treat diseases. • To talk about hopes and promises, especially with the words expect, think, hope and probably. They hope that people will interact naturally with hundreds of smart devices at a time. • To describe an instant decision, often when we make an offer Sure, I’ll help you with your homework. • To talk about facts that will inevitably happen She’ll be on 21 May. We use be going to + verb in the following ways; • To describe future intentions She’s going to write a book about ubiquitous computing. • To make predictions when you have present evidence that something is going to happen By all accounts, nanotechnology is going to have a huge impact on business and our daily lives. We use the future continuous (will be + -ing form of the verb) to talk about actions in progress at a specific time in the future. In a few years, doctors will be using expert systems to diagnose illnesses. We use the future perfect (will have + past participle) to about actions finished at a specific time in the future. Soon, engineers will have built different types of android. |
12. Complete these sentences with the correct future form of the verb in brackets. Use the future continuous or future perfect.
1. Thanks to ICT, by the year 2030 we (find) ______________ cures for the major diseases of our time.
2. In twenty years’ time, some people (live) _______________ in space, perhaps inside a computerized colony.
3. By this time next week, I (work) ________________ for IBM.
4. By this time next month, I (buy) ________________ that Blackberry that I’ve been wanting to buy for months.
5. Scientists predict that in twenty years’ time nearly everyone (live) ______________ in smart houses.
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