Для студентов 3 курса заочного отделения

Вариант 2

1. Read the text. Ask five what-questions.

SUCCESS of the WWW

Set off in 1989, the WWW quickly gained great popularity among Internet users. What is the reason for the immense suc­cess of the World-Wide Web? Perhaps, it can be explained by CERN's* attitude towards the development of the project. As soon as the basic outline of the WWW was complete, CERN made the source code for its software publicly available. CERN has been encouraging collaboration by academic and commer­cial parties since the onset of the project, and by doing so it got millions of people involved in the growth of the Web.

The system requirements for running a WWW server are minimal, so even administrators with limited funds had a chance to become information providers. Because of the intuitive na­ture of hypertext, many inexperienced computer users were able to connect to the network. Furthermore, the simplicity of the Hyper Text Markup Language, used for creating interactive documents, allowed these users to contribute to the expanding database of documents on the Web. Also, the nature of the World-Wide Web provided a way to interconnect computers running different operating systems, and display information created in a variety of existing media formats.

In short, the possibilities for hypertext in the world-wide en­vironment are endless. With the computer industry growing at today's pace, no one knows what awaits us in the 21st century. .

Note

* CERN was originally named after its founding body the 'Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire,' and is now called 'European Laboratory for Particle Physics'.

2. Match the terms and their definitions.

1. Inputting a) saving information for further processing;

2. Character b) the process of producing useful information;

3. Database c) meaningful collections of related characters;

4. Data elements d) the most common input device;

5. Controlling e) the part of the computer that receives and stores data for processing;

6. Outputting f) directing the sequence of the operations performed;

7. Memory g) a written language symbol;

8. Record h) a collection of related data elements

9. Keyboard i) a set of related facts;

10. Storing j) the process of entering collected facts into a data processing system.

3. Complete the sentences.

1. A personal computer uses ___________ disks as input and output media.

a) hard; b) fixed; c) floppy.

2. Personal computers have a lot of _________scientific, en­gineering, educational being among them.

a) multiplication; b) application; c) investigation.

3. Personal computers have a great ___________ upon pupils, educators, accountants, stock brokers and who not.

a) influence; b) information; c) environment.

4. A word processing program called application _____________ enables you to modify any document in a manner you wish.

a) hardware; b) software; c) firmware.

5. Using a display you can _______________ mistakes, words and replace sentences.

a) delete; b) dial; c) correct.

4. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. It is necessary that the program should be debugged (отлажена) by a programmer.

2. Our teacher speaks English as if he were a real Englishman.

5. Translate the sentences into English, using “I wish”.

1. Обидно, что мы ушли до его прихода.

2. Обидно, что мы не дождались его прихода.

6.Use verbs in correct form.

1. If she (to smell) smoke in the middle of the night, she would telephone the fire brigade and run into the street and shout, "Fire!"

2. If he (to invite), he would have come to the party last Sunday.

3. If the driver in front hadn't stopped suddenly, the accident (not to happen).

4. If you (not to know) how to play, my sister will explain the rules to you.

5. If she had told them it was her birthday, they (to give) her a birthday present.

6. If I had more time, I (to read) more books.

7. If their TV had been working, they (to watch) the President's speech last night.

8. She wishes she (to live) in the Crimea.

9. My friend wishes he (not to do) that last night.

10. I wish I (to bring) my cam­era last summer.

7. Define the forms of the verbs. Translate the text into Russian.

The main memory holds the instructions and the data which are currently being processed by the CPU. This internal memory is made up of ROM and RAM chips. RAM, or random access memory, is volatile, so it loses the stored data when the electricity - or power – is turned off. ROM, or read only memory, is non volatile.

The peripherals are the physical units attached to the computer. They include input, output abs storage devices, for example the keyboard and the mouse, enable us to present information to the computer. Output devices allow us to extract the results from the computer. For instance we can see the output on the monitor or in printed form. Storage devices are used to store information permanently. For example we use hard disks, DVDs or flash devices to store large amounts of information.