Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "COMPUTER LITERACY"

1 вариант

1. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to Participle I and Participle II. Underline them and define their functions. a) While operating with graphical interface people usually use such manipulators as a mouse and a track ball. b) The results obtained are of particular importance for our research. c) Being built on the basis of transistors lasers are successfully used in technology. d) Data being accessed randomly, semiconductor memories are called random access memory (RAM).

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to a Gerund. Underline it and define syntactical function of a gerund in every sentence. a) With the transistor came the possibility of building computers with much greater complexity and speed. b) As we know all computer systems perform the functions of inputting, storing, processing, controlling, and outputting. c) On detecting danger on the road the computer signals the driver. d) Alexander Bell's being a teacher of deaf people influenced his interest in sound and its transmission.

3. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to an infinitive. Underline it and define syntactical function of an infinitive in every sentence. a) A printer is an example of a device to produce output in a humanreadable format. b) The high-speed devices to be used as secondary storage are both input and output devices. c) To develop the supercomputer, highly developed electronics and new materials were required. d) One of the best ways to keep the car speed steady is to use a computer.

4. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to Complex Object Construction and Complex Subject Construction. Underline and define a type of construction in every sentence. a) Japanese designers believe a new ceramic engine to replace the conventional one. b) Designers expect dirigibles to be used for exploration of new territories. c) We know the first optical disks to have been produced as disks for music. d) They want their son to become a computer operator and to design new computer models.

5. Read the phrases and find Russian equivalents in a dictionary: An information-dependent society; a computer-literate citizen; an everyday problem-solving device; to be aware; to influence the quality of life; to have an opportunity; to learn the basics; to learn computing; the most significant technical achievements; to embrace computer literacy; to prepare programs; to direct the operations of a computer; to be on the way of becoming computerliterate; to process information; to have much in common; a data processing system.

7. Read the text and translate the paragraph 3 in written form. COMPUTER LITERACY 1. Informed citizens of our information-dependent society should be computer-literate, which means that they should be able to use computers as everyday problem-solving devices. They should be aware of the potential of computers to influence the quality of life. 2. There was a time when only privileged people had an opportunity to learn the basics, called the three R's: reading, writing, and arithmetics. Now, as we are quickly becoming an information-becoming society, it is time to restate this right as the right to learn reading, writing and computing. There is little doubt that computers and their many applications are among the most significant technical achievements of the century. They bring with them both economic and social changes. "Computing" is a concept that embraces not only the old third R, arithmetics, but also a new idea - computer literacу....

8. According to the text, answer the following questions. a). What does "a computer-literate person" mean? b). Are you aware of the potential of computers to influence your life? c). What do the people mean by "the basics"? d). What is the role of computers in our society? e). What is "computing'? f). What is a program?