Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "How to choose the right computer"

Task 1

Употребите глагол to be в нужной форме ( am, is, are, was, were, will/shall be ) и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. I _____ a first-year student of extra-mural department.

2. In five years they ____ certified specialists.

3. My friend ____ a network manager in a large company some years ago, now he is a lecturer at a financial college.

4. Last year we ____ very busy preparing for tests and exams.

5. Working from home ___ a new way of life for a large number of IT specialists.

6. There ___ many helpful office application programs today.

7. Computer ____ one of the most wonderful inventions of mankind.

Task 2

Поставьте глагол to have в нужную временную форму (Present, Past, Future) и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Most office workers ____ nine to five jobs.

2. The Academy ____ a computer centre with twenty computers.

3. ____ we ____ exams in History of Russia next year?

4. Two years ago we ___ not ____ this office application program.

5. Our Agricultural Academy ___ two large departments – full-time and extra-mural.

6. ___ we ___ a practical in Higher Mathematics next Monday or next Wednesday?

7. They ___ not ____ a contract with the city administration now.

Task 3

Вставьте нужный предлог и переведите предложения.

1. We are students ___ the faculty ___ Applied Informatics.

2. I am an office worker. I am at work ___ nine ___ five every week ___ Monday ___ Friday.

3. You can find a lot of information ___ this topic ___ specialized journals.

4. We will have final examinations ___ four years.

5. It’s a very interesting project. Tell me ___ it.

6. I study all the week, I have classes even ___ Sunday.

7. ___ the end ___ the semester (term) I usually have a few tests and exams.

Task 4

Раскройте скобки и поставьте глагол в соответствующее время группы времен Simple. Переведите предложения.

1. I work from home - I (receive) and (send) processed data to the main office,

2. Some years ago I (finish) college and (to start) working as a computer operator.

3. In the near future we (install) a better software.

4. The old antivirus program (not to provide) good protection from all the viruses that can come from the Web.

Task 5

Вставьте походящие по смыслу модальные глаголы (can, could, must, may, might) и переведите предложения. Помните, что у модальных глаголов есть заменители (have to, has to, had to, am/is/are to, was/were to), которые придется употребить в некоторых временах.

1. Everyone ___ be very attentive with financial documents.

2. Last year when he finished the Academy he ___ take a post-graduate course.

3. As an extra-mural student I ___ attend lectures and practical classes every day. (модальный глагол в отрицательной форме).

4. This PC is faulty. ___ ask a technician to fix it?

5. ____ we find some new information on this topic in the Web?

6. It is 2 p.m. They ___ be at the lecture of Philosophy now.

7. IT specialists ___ update their professional knowledge regularly.

Task 6

Заполните таблицу отсутствующими (в сравнительной или превосходной степенях) формами прилагательных и переведите их.

Fill in the blanks with absent comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives or participles and translate them.

Model: strong – stronger – the strongest

Сильный – более сильный – самый сильный

Efficient – more efficient – the most efficient

Эффективный – более эффективный - самый эффективный
 

Task 7

Translate the text. Переведите текст.

How to choose the right computer

1. When you want to buy a personal computer (PC), the first question you must ask yourself is “What will I use it for?” If you are going to use it for studying, for office work, for Internet and for games, may be, you should buy a really powerful modern PC.

2. The power of the computer depends on the speed and the capacity: the speed of the processor and the capacity of the memory and the hard disk.

3. The speed of the processor shows how fast the computer processes data. Speed is usually given in megahertz and gigahertz. The faster the processor, the more powerful the computer.....

 

Task 8

Прочитайте текст и найдите в нем английские эквиваленты следующим русским словам и словосочетаниям. Read the text and find the equivalents to the following Russian words and expressions.

Task 9

Answer the questions. Дайте ответы на вопросы по тексту.

1. What does the power of the computer depend on?

2. Which parameter of the computer tells how fast the computer works?

3. Is the speed given in megahertz and gigahertz?

4. Why must users look for the biggest numbers of speed and memory capacity?

5. Do we measure RAM in kilobytes or megabytes?

Task 10

В каком параграфе (укажите номер параграфа) текста “ How to choose the right computer” говорится о:

Which paragraph of the text “ How to choose the right computer” tells about:

a) The storage space in the computer;

b) Hard disk memory;

c) The general recommendation when choosing a computer;

d) Units of measurement which we use to measure speed?

Task 11

Прочитайте и переведите письмо.
 

Dear Mr. Tanner,

We are a large manufacturing company in Barcelona.

We would like to place a large order for your processor chips.

The problem is we need the chips quite urgently.

Could you deliver them by the end of next month? If the time is OK for you, could you send us the quotation asap?

I am the contact person in charge of all details.

Looking forward to your reply.

Carle Ferran

Purchasing Manager