Exercise 1. Answer the questions

1. What is the Internet?

2. Where did it begin?

3. What was the Internet originally designed for?

4. What does the packet switching technology let you do?

5. What country are most of the Internet host computers in?

6. Why is the Internet so popular?

7. What is the most popular Internet service?

8. Why do businessmen from developing countries like using the Internet for communication needs?

9. Whom do you have to pay for sending e-mail messages?

10. How can you make money using the Internet?

11. What is the most important problem, connected with the Internet?

12. When the encoding programs are especially useful?

13. What do banks use the Internet for?

Exercise 2. Correct the sentences.

1. Million of people use the Internet.

2. The Internet were designed for military purpose.

3. The Internet provides you with the important informations.

4. There are a special technology called packet switching.

5. If one computer on the network will be broken, information will just find another route.

6. Iraqi computer network are not knocked out during the Gulf War.

7. The most the Internet host computers in the United States.

8. The Internet host computers are located in more than 100 coun­try.

9. Nobody know exactly how many people use the Internet.

10. The popularest Internet service is e-mail.

11. A lot of people has access to the Internet.

12. Some people uses the Internet only for e-mail messages.

13. There is a lot of popular Internet services.

Exercise 3. Insert the correct preposition where needed.

1. You can find all kinds of information … the Internet.

2. More and more companies are using the internet … conduct their business.

3. Do you have access … the Internet?

4. Can you contact him … email?

5. Send … me an e-mail when you have any news.

6. I haven't had time to check my email … this morning.

7. The website allows you … take a virtual tour of the art gallery.

8. A message flashed up … my computer screen.

9. The information is stored … computer.

10. Shoppers can send in their orders … computer and pick up their goods later.

11. Some people make money … the Internet.

12. Can you send this e-mail message … me right now?

13. It is possible … get into any of the computers.

14. We kept working in spite … the fatigue.

15. Almost all the information being sent … the Internet is transmitted without any form of encod­ing.

16. There are games that can be downloaded free … the Internet.