Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: "Uses of computers"

I. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций (Passive Voice); подчеркните эти конструкции в английском предложении.

1. Absolute accuracy (точность) cannot be received with this instrument, you should take the mean (средний) value of several observations. 2. Cambridge Science Park was established in 1970 by Trinity College which has a long scientific tradition going back to Isaас Newton. 3. High-quality computers are being produced by this company. 4. Computers are supplied with various programs designed primarily to assist the user to run jobs or to optimize system performance. 5. Much is being said and written these days about information systems. 6. Raw data and figures are not very useful until they are processed.

II. Перепишите и переведие следующие предложения, обращая внимание на модальные глаголы (Modal Verbs с. 35); подчеркните их в предложении.

1. The level of accuracy in measurements may differ greatly in this case.
2. Data need to be easily understood and consistent through time. 3. You ought to be more responsible. 4. The doctor should be very attentive while examining the patient. 5. The shopping centre owners may be able to lower their insurance rates by following the safety engineer’s suggestions. 6. All these components are interrelated and cannot exist without each other. 7. This professor’s lecture must be attended by all means.

III. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них Infinitive; определите его функцию в предложении:

1. Recently many local authorities in the UK and in Europe have invested in GIS technology to achieve corporate planning. 2. The Bank’s role is to act as adviser to the Government, and to carry out agreed monitory policy decisions in the markets. 3. For the map to be legible the amount of data represented in the map must be limited. 4. To criticize is more pleasant than to be criticized. 5. The detailed information on competitors is likely to be useful to a production team in a plant. 6. The first challenge in every project has now become to design the best combination of tools and techniques to acquire, manage and disseminate spatial data at the desired level of quality within the given delays and allowed budgets. 7. To feed, clothe, house and otherwise care for these millions of additional Americans will require the production of millions of tons of minerals, food, and fiber, most of which must come from our own land, upon which many other claims have already been laid.

IV. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения. Подчеркните Participle I; определите его функцию (определения, обстоятельства 
и части сказуемого):

1. Standing in the heart of modern London, the Tower reminds (напоминает) Londoners of many historical events that took place in their country.
2. The expedition exploring Siberia found rare minerals lying deep under the ground. 3. The world is becoming more crowded and resources are becoming more scarce. 4. Many of the fastest growing job categories are now in service industries. 5. An automatic machine sorting the letters, the post office’s services are much easier to perform. 6. Having written a test paper, they were invited to attend this professor’s classes. 7. Today, the Old Royal Observatory is open as part of the museum, illustrating the history of astronomy.

V. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения. Подчеркните Participle II; определите его функцию: (определения, обстоятельства
и части глагола-сказуемого).

1. The investigations analyzed resulted in an interesting discovery.
2. When required these data will be applied in our practical work. 3. Later the Zeiss workshop was transformed into an industrial enterprise which now is a world leader in optics. 4. Having lost the plan of the district she could not find the street she needed. 5. The clergy and the nobility, attached to their privileges and fearing the spread of education and science, actively opposed the reforms of which M. Lomonosov was a lifelong champion. 6. Since World War II the British government has spent billions to provide the working class with adequate and inexpensive shelter. 7. A program is a series of instructions written to produce the desired output.

VI. Перепишите и переведите следующие предложения, обращая внимание на Gerund; подчеркните герундий в английском предложении. Сложные формы герундия переводятся придаточными предложениями.

1. When he left school, he decided to get serious about computing. 2. I prefer doing things in a proper way. 3. Strategic planning includes defining the company’s long-term and specific objectives. 4. Stuffing means filling jobs positions with the right people at the right time. 5. Job analysis is a systematized procedure for collecting and recording information about jobs. 6. Surveyor’s information is essential to planning the wise use of our land and discovering and managing the natural resources it contains. 7. Aerial and satellite imagery provides one means of quickly examining large land areas and of identifying mineralization that may be indicated by differences in geologic structure or in rock, soil, and vegetation type.

VII. Задание: переведите текст ‘Uses of computers’ устно с. 37–38; выполните лексико-грамматический анализ по заданиям, предложенным преподавателем.

USES OF COMPUTERS

1. Computing technology abounds (изобиловать). We use it in many ways, from visible to invisible; spectacular (эффектный) to routine; video games and special effects for film and television to microwave ovens, electronic cameras, and automobile ignition systems. Organizations generate and retain large amounts of data concerning many different things. Their key concern is how to manage and provide selectivity and accessibility by storing data electronically. Once stored, data may be retrieved in an infinite number of combinations. In business, too, computers and information systems occupy a special place, for they make possible the smooth and efficient operation airline reservations offices, hospital records departments, accounting and payroll functions, electronic banking, telephone switching systems, and countless other operations, both large and small. ....