E x a m m a t e r i a l s
(МАТЕРИАЛЫ ЭКЗАМЕНА)
Экзамен сдается после прохождения всех модулей курса. Экзаменационные материалы находятся у преподавателя. Всего 10 билетов. В каждом билете – 6 видов заданий, повторяющих по своему формату задания в тестах.
Максимальное количество баллов за экзамен – 50 баллов.
Методика оценивания ответа на экзамене:
51% - 70% (25,5 баллов – 35 баллов) – «3»;
71% - 85% (35,5 баллов – 42,5 баллов) – «4»;
86% - 100% (43 балла – 50 баллов) – «5».
A C T I V E V O C A B U L A R Y (СПИСОК АКТИВНОЙ ЛЕКСИКИ) | |||
smth = something | |||
smb = somebody | |||
Module № | word/phrase | similar meaning | opposite meaning |
Engineering in our life. | |||
communication | |||
engine | |||
engineer | |||
engineering | |||
manufacture | plant, factory | ||
manufacturer | producer | ||
methodical way | step-by-step technology | ||
practical solution | |||
reasonable price | |||
solution | answer | ||
technique | way | ||
to communicate | |||
to define the problem | |||
to design a solution | |||
to evaluate the solution | |||
to find a solution | |||
to produce practical answer | |||
to test the solution | |||
Types of Engineering. | |||
area | part, field | ||
be interested in | |||
building site | |||
Civil Engineering | |||
Electrical Engineering | |||
indoors | outdoors | ||
Mechanical Engineering | |||
outdoors | indoors | ||
personality | sort of person | ||
science | |||
to be divided into | to be classified | ||
to cover (a problem) | |||
to divide into | to classify | ||
to improve | to make smth better | ||
type of smth | kind of smth | ||
Making the right choice. | |||
applicant | |||
application form | |||
apprentice | trainee, assistant | trainer, instructor | |
assistant | trainee, apprentice | trainer, instructor | |
basic skills | key skills | ||
beginner course | foundation course | ||
CAD | |||
Certificate | |||
communication | |||
continuous assessment | |||
Diploma | |||
education | |||
experience | |||
fitting | |||
foundation course | beginner course | ||
full-time | part-time | ||
instructor | trainer | trainee, assistant | |
interview | |||
key skills | basic skills | ||
laboratory | |||
level | |||
part-time | full-time | ||
practical seminar | workshop | ||
practical skills | |||
qualification | |||
term | |||
theoretical knowledge | |||
to apply for | |||
to assess | to evaluate, to mark | ||
to be assessed | to be marked | ||
to be good at | |||
to be suitable for | |||
to evaluate | to assess, to mark | ||
to fill in a form | |||
to focus on | to specialize in | ||
to pass exam | to fail exam | ||
to prepare for | |||
to specialize in | to focus on | ||
to take exam | |||
trainee | apprentice, assistant | trainer, instructor | |
trainer | instructor | trainee, assistant | |
welder | |||
welding | |||
workshop | practical seminar | ||
Materials and their properties. | |||
aluminium | |||
asphalt | |||
brass | |||
breaks easily | tough | ||
brick | |||
building blocks | |||
cardboard | |||
cement | |||
clear | transparent | opaque | |
coded messages | |||
copper | |||
diamond | |||
easy to shape | rigid | ||
easy to shape/break/cut/etc… | |||
electrical wire | |||
glass | |||
hard | soft | ||
heavy | light | ||
iron | |||
light | heavy | ||
metal | |||
mild steel | |||
natural material | |||
nylon | |||
opaque | clear, transparent | ||
optical fibre | |||
plastic | |||
rigid | easy to shape | ||
soft | hard | ||
strong | weak | ||
to be made of | |||
to be used for | |||
to carry electricity/light | to conduct electricity | ||
to cut | |||
to hold bricks together | |||
to mix (with) | |||
to rust | |||
tough | breaks easily | ||
transparent | clear | opaque | |
weak | strong | ||
wire | |||
zinc | |||
Smart materials. | |||
alloy | |||
changes in the environment | |||
environment | |||
human imagination | |||
implant | |||
invention | |||
memory | |||
mixture | |||
original shape | |||
patient's body | |||
possible uses | |||
shape memory materials | |||
to be put inside smth | |||
to compress | to press | ||
to expand | to become larger / to make smth larger | to contract / to compress | |
to press | to compress | ||
to react | |||
to react to smth | |||
Technical drawing. | |||
2D image/3D image | |||
accurate | |||
advantage | disadvantage | ||
architect | |||
component | part | ||
consistent | |||
diagram | |||
disadvantage | advantage | ||
drawing | |||
drawing board | |||
drawing equipment | |||
equipment | |||
experiment | |||
hand-drawn | |||
image | |||
part | component | ||
ruler | |||
set square | |||
standard parts | |||
symmetrical images | |||
technical information | |||
to be drawn by hand | |||
to change | |||
to experiment | |||
to provide | |||
to recycle | |||
to save | |||
to work at | |||
viewer | |||
Industrial production. | |||
advantage | benefit | drawback/disadvantage | |
assembly line | |||
background | |||
background information | |||
benefit | advantage | drawback/disadvantage | |
CAM system | |||
cheap | expensive | ||
CNC system | |||
comfortable (for) | |||
craftsman | |||
dangerous | safe | ||
digital | numerical | ||
employee | |||
ergonomically designed | |||
error | |||
expensive | cheap | ||
factory | plant | ||
fuel consumption | |||
highly-skilled | |||
human error | |||
instruction | rule | ||
mistake | |||
model | |||
modern | up-to-date | old-fashioned | |
numerical | digital | ||
old-fashioned | modern, up-to-date | ||
operator | |||
plant | factory | ||
production system | |||
prototype model | |||
purpose of smth | |||
rule | instruction | ||
safe | dangerous | ||
state-of-the-art | |||
to be designed/manufactured | |||
to be easy to use | to be difficult to use | ||
to be made/produced | |||
to complete | |||
to lower | |||
to mean | |||
to own | |||
to raise | |||
to reduce | to minimize | ||
to replace | |||
to require | |||
to spend | |||
to turn through … degrees | |||
traditional | |||
unique | |||
up-to-date | modern | old-fashioned | |
working conditions | working environment | ||
working environment | working conditions | ||
Electrical equipment. | |||
aerial | |||
cable | |||
central unit | |||
computer | |||
display | screen, monitor | ||
input | output | ||
keyboard | |||
mains | |||
monitor | screen, display | ||
mouse | |||
output | input | ||
plug (n) | |||
printer | |||
screen | monitor, display | ||
screw(s) | |||
socket | |||
speaker(s) | |||
special scart | |||
to connect | to disconnect | ||
to disconnect | to connect | ||
to insert | to put into | ||
to loosen | to tighten | ||
to plug | to unplug | ||
to plug in | to plug out | ||
to switch on | to switch off | ||
to tighten | to loosen | ||
to unplug | to plug | ||
Safety equipment. | |||
Beware! | |||
boiler suit | |||
circle | |||
corrosive | |||
danger | |||
dangerous | safe | ||
diagonal line | |||
ear defenders | |||
explosive | |||
flammable | |||
gloves | |||
goggles | |||
hard hat | |||
instruction | |||
mask | |||
safety boots | |||
sign | |||
square | |||
to beware of | |||
to forbid | |||
to protect | |||
to warn | |||
toxic | |||
triangle | |||
warning | |||
Professional diseases. | |||
adjustable chair | |||
advice | |||
at … degrees | |||
at eye level | |||
basic rules | |||
burning in the area | |||
damaged area | |||
difficulty in moving | |||
high risk | |||
injury | |||
loss of feeling | |||
lower position | upper position | ||
movement | action | ||
RSI | |||
straight | |||
strain | tension | ||
symptoms | |||
tension | strain | ||
to be at the most risk | |||
to be relaxed | to be strained/stressed | ||
to cure | |||
to develop | |||
to injure | to damage, to harm | ||
to keep smth (flat, straight, etc) | |||
to move about | to go around | ||
to prevent | |||
to relax | to get stressed | ||
to repeat | |||
to sit/move correctly | |||
to take regular breaks | |||
to use body naturally | |||
upper position | lower position | ||
Optical fibres. | |||
(high) bandwidth | |||
(in) diameter | |||
capacity | |||
channel | |||
copper cable | |||
delivery | |||
distance | |||
duct | tube, pipe | ||
handler | |||
ignition | |||
measurement | |||
micrometre | |||
optical fibres | |||
per metre/kg, hour, etc | |||
pipe | duct, tube | ||
pipeline | |||
splicing | |||
to be used safely | |||
to carry signal(s) | to deliver signal(s) | ||
to damage | to injure, to harm | ||
to deliver a signal | to carry a signal | ||
to handle | to touch | ||
to harm | to damage, to injure | ||
to ignite | |||
to join | |||
to splice | to join together | ||
to use safely | |||
transmission distance | |||
tube | duct, pipe | ||
use of smth | |||
wave | |||
wire | |||
Tunnels, dams and canals (channels). | |||
across | |||
around | |||
between | |||
canal (channel) | |||
dam | |||
enormous | huge | ||
group | team | ||
huge | enormous | ||
opposite sides | |||
over | |||
passenger | |||
seabed | |||
specially-designed | |||
team | group | ||
through | |||
to be built by… | |||
to dig | |||
to go through | |||
tunnel | |||
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) | |||
under | |||
vehicle | |||
Scientific inventions. | |||
battery power | |||
central heating | |||
electrical energy | |||
electricity | |||
energy | |||
environmentally-friendly | |||
generation | |||
generator | |||
heating | |||
inventor | |||
kinetic energy | |||
light | |||
power | |||
reliable | unreliable | ||
solar energy | |||
to be perfect for | |||
to be used in smth/for smth | |||
to convert smth into smth | |||
to develop | |||
to drive a generator | |||
to heat | |||
to invent | |||
to power | |||
to store | |||
to win an award | |||
to wind up (spring) | |||
type of smth | |||
wind-up technology | |||
Robots in our life. | |||
device | |||
hearing | |||
mechanical | |||
message | |||
robot | |||
robotics | |||
routine work | |||
sense | |||
sensor | |||
sight | vision | ||
signal | |||
smell | |||
taste | |||
to be designed for/to | |||
to behave like … | |||
to react to ... | |||
touch | |||
Gadgets. | |||
frame | |||
gadget | device | ||
helpful | useful | useless | |
lens | |||
prism | |||
to be (not) provided | to be (not) supplied | ||
to be (not) supplied | to be (not) provided | ||
to be perfect for | to be ideal for | ||
to contain | |||
to deflect vision by … degrees | |||
to enjoy | |||
to include | |||
to look good/bad/etc. | |||
to supply | to provide | ||
vinyl | |||
vision | sight | ||
Bridges. | |||
accident | |||
accurate calculations | |||
analysis | |||
bridge | |||
definitely | |||
detailed structural analysis | |||
dimension (2D/3D) | |||
disaster | |||
enquiry | |||
experience | |||
fixed bridge | |||
girder | |||
height | |||
length | |||
moveable bridge | |||
scientific | |||
span | |||
substandard | |||
suspension bridge | |||
to be built by … | |||
to be based on … | |||
to built | to construct | to break/destroy | |
to collapse | |||
to confirm | |||
to construct | to built | to break/destroy | |
to crack | |||
to crash | |||
to damage | to harm, to injure | ||
to fix | |||
to injure | to harm, to damage | ||
to lift | |||
tower | |||
vehicle | |||
Ancient structures. | |||
ancient | |||
apex | |||
base | |||
defensive | |||
famous symbol | |||
labour | |||
labourer | |||
population | |||
slopping sides | |||
stone | |||
stone blocks | |||
to keep safe | |||
structure | |||
to protect | to keep safe, to defend | ||
tomb | |||
enormous | huge | ||
huge | enormous | ||
18 - 19 | Numbers. Signs, symbols and abbreviations. | ||
abbreviation | |||
amp | |||
Arabic numbers | |||
area | |||
astronomer | |||
bar chart | |||
capacity | |||
Celsius | |||
centimetre | |||
chemist | |||
comma | |||
curie | |||
decimal numbers | |||
distance | |||
gram | |||
height | |||
hertz | |||
hundreds | |||
inventor | |||
joule | |||
kelvin | |||
kilogram | |||
kilometre | |||
length | |||
limit | |||
liquid | |||
litre | |||
metre | |||
millilitre | |||
newton | |||
nought | |||
ohm | |||
pascal | |||
per hour/kg/metre/etc … | |||
physicist | |||
pie chart | |||
point | |||
Roman numbers | |||
speed | |||
standard international system | |||
to do a survey | |||
to label | |||
to multiply | |||
volt | |||
watt | |||
weight | |||
Job application and CV. | |||
additional information | |||
address | |||
advertisement | |||
assistant | |||
bi-lingual | |||
covering letter | |||
CV (curriculum vitae) | |||
date (of birth) | |||
description | |||
driving licence | |||
education | |||
E-mail address | |||
enquiry | |||
formal letters | |||
further information | |||
I look forward to hearing from you | |||
informal letters | |||
letter from | |||
letter to | |||
qualification | |||
receiver's address | |||
receiver's name | |||
referee | |||
sender's address | |||
sender's name | |||
technician | |||
temporary job | |||
to contact smb | |||
to enclose (detailes) | |||
to require | |||
to response to … | |||
to send | |||
work experience | |||
yours faithfully | |||
yours sincerely |
G L O S S A R Y
(ГЛОССАРИЙ)
(the glossary is taken from:“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; 2003, pg.34 -39)
Abbreviations: | |
abbr - abbreviation C - countable U - uncountable pl - plural sing - singular | adv - adverb adj - adjective prep - preposition sth - something sb - somebody |
A
absolute zero поип [U] the lowest temperature possible (-273.15°С)
accurate adj exact and correct
across adv, рrер from one side of sth to the other
adjustable adj that саn bе moved into different shapes or positions
advantage поип 1 [С] something that mау help уоu to do better than other people; 2 [C,U] something that helps уоu or that will bring уоu а good result
aerial поип [С] а long metal stick that receives radio or television signals
aeronauticaladj connected with aircraft
aeroplane поип [С] а vehicle with wings and engines that сап fly
alloy поип [С, U] а metal formed bу mixing two metals together, or bу mixing metal with another substance
aluminium поип [U] а light silver-coloured metal
аmр поип [С] (abbr А) а unit for measuring electrical current
analysis поип [C,U] careful examination
antenna поип (US) = AERIAL
арех noun [usually sing] the top or highest part of sth
applicant поип [С] а person who makes а formal request for sth, (applies for sth), especially а job, а place at а college, university, etc.; application поип [C,U]; apply verb
appointmentпоип [C,U] an arrangement to see sb at а particular time
apprenticeпоип [С] а person who works for low рау in order to learn the skills needed in а particular job
architect поип [С] а person who designs buildings
architecture поип [U] 1 the study of designing and making buildings 2 'the style or design of buildings
areaпоип [C,U] the size of а surface
around adv, рrер оn all sides; forming а circle
asphaltпоип [U] а thick black substance that is used for making the surface of roads
assembly line поип [С] а line of people and machines in а factory that fit the parts of sth together in а fixed order
automatic adj (used about а machine) that саn work bу itself without direct human control; automaticallyadv
automobileadj connected with cars and the manufacture of cars
B
bandwidth поип [C,U] а measurement of the amount of information that а particular computer network or Internet connection саn send in а particular time
bar chart поип [С] а diagram that uses narrow bands of different heights to show different amounts
bascule bridge поип [С] а type of bridge with а section that саn bе lifted uр
base sth оn sth phrasal verb to form or develop sth from а particular starting point or source
battery поип [С] а device which produces electricity
benefit поип [C,U] an advantage or useful effect that sth has
bewareverb beware (оf sb / sth) (used for giving а warning) = bе careful
Biro™ поип [С] а type of реn
boiling point поип [С] the temperature at which liquid starts to bоil
bore verb to make а long deep hole in sth with а tool
boring adj not at аll interesting; dull
bottom поип [С], usually sing] the lowest part of sth
brass поип [U] а hard yellow metal that is а mixture of copper and zinc
break verb to separate into pieces
bridge поип [С] а structure that carries а road or railway across а river, valley, road or railway
build verb to make sth bу putting pieces, materials, etc. together
C
саblе поип [C,U] а set of wires covered with plastic, etc. for carrying electricity or signals
cabling поип [U] аll the cables that are required for а particular piece of equipment or а particular system
calculation поип [С, U] finding an answer using mathematics
САМ abbr computer-assistedmanufacturing; the use of computers to control industrial processes
canalпоип [С] an artificial waterway made through land so that boats or ships саn travel along it
capacity поип [sing, U] the amount that а container or space саn hold
cardboard поип [U] very thick paper that is used for making boxes, etc.
casing поип [С, U] а covering that protects sth
Celsius adj (abbr С) of or using а scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°
cementпоип [U] а grey powder that becomes hard after it is mixed with water and left to dry
census поип [С] an official count of the population
centimetre поип [С] (abbr сm) one hundredth of а metre
centre поип [С], usually sing] the middle point or part of sth
certificateпоип [С] an official piece ofpaper that says that sth is true or correct
chemical engineering поип [U] the study of the design and use of machines in industrial chemical processes;- chemical engineer поип [С]
chemist поип [С] а specialist in chemistry
chemistry поип [U] the scientific study of the structure of substances and what happens to them in different conditions or when mixed with each other
civil engineering поип [U] the design, building and repair of roads, bridges, canals, etc.; the study of this as а subject
classic adj important and having а value that will last
clean adj 1 not dirty; 2 not showing or having any record of doing sth that is against the law: а cleaп driviпg liсепсе
clear adj easy to see through (opposite: opaque)
clockwork поип [U] а type of machinery that уоu operate bу turning а key which winds uр а spring and produces energy
CNC abbr computernumerical control; the use of digital computer techniques to control а manufacturing process, especially the machines and tools involved in this process
collapseverb to fall down or break into pieces suddenly
column поип [С] а tall solid vertical post that supports or decorates а building
соmbinе verb to join or mix
communications поип [U, also pl] methods of sending information, especially telephones, radio, computers, etc. or roads and railways
component поип [С] one of several parts of which sth is made
compound поип [С] something that consists of substances combined together
compress verb to make sth fill less space than usual
compressed-air adj using air under pressure as energy to drive machines and tools
computer поип [С] аn electronic machine that саn store, find and arrange information, calculate amounts and control other machines
connect verb to join
consistentadj always having the same opinions, standard, behaviour, etc.; not changing
constructionпоип [U] the act or method of making sth or building sth
contact поип [U] (contact with sth) the state of touching sth
continuous assessment поип [U] а system of giving а student а final mark based оn work done during а course of study rather than оn оnе ехаm
contractverb to bесоmе or to make sth smaller or shorter
convertverb to change sth from оnе form, system or use to another
cooladj (slang) very good or fashionable
copper поип <