Internet and Modern Life

ВАРИАНТ 1

Задание 1. Составь мини диалог

Прочитай фразы. Подбери к каждой фразе подходящую ответную реплику. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 4 балла.

- Hello, Ann. Haven't seen you for ages. How are you getting on?

- (1)

- Why? Has anything happened? You look rather tired.

- (2)

- Have you changed your job? I remember you didn't have to get up at such an early hour of the morning.

- (3) 

- Cheer up, dear. There are only 4 days left to the end of it.

-(4)

(a) - I say, the problem is I have to get up very early these days and as you know I'm not an early riser

(b) - Thank you. See you later

(c) - Hello, Susan. Frankly speaking, so-so.

(d)- Oh, no, certainly, not. But my boss has asked me to start my office hours at 7.45 this month.  

Задание 2. Составь предложения из предложенных слов. Каждое предложение оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 4 балла.

 l. Not far, we, from, the park, live.

 2. Is, all, why, crying, the baby, time?
 3. Talking, what, he, about, is?

 4. To, how, she, go, does, work?

Задание 3. Выбери подходящее по смыслу слово. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 5 баллов.

 Radio also introduced government regulation into the (1) _____. Early radio stations went on and off the air and wandered across different frequencies, often blocking other (2) _______ and annoying listeners. To resolve the problem, Congress gave the government power to regulate and license(3) ________. From then on, the airwaves — both(4)_______ and TV — were considered a scarce national resource, to be operated in the(5) _____ interest.

Stations, public, media, radio, broadcasters.

 Задание 5. Подбери к слову перевод. Каждое соответствие оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 8 баллов.

1. rain                                                     a)  экосистема

2. cloud                                             b) наводнение

3. depletion                                       c)   тьма

4. downpour                                     d)  жара

5. ecosystem                                     e) дождь  

6. flooding                                        f)  истощение

7. gloom                                                g) тьма ливень

 8. heat                                              h) туча

Задание 6. Установи соответствие между пословицей и переводом. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 4 балла.

1.  A light purse is a heavy curse.                 a) Кому на месте не сидится тот добра не наживет.

2. A rolling stone gathers no moss.               b) Знать как свои пять пальцев.

3. To be busy as a bee.                                       с) Хуже всех бед, когда денег нет.

4. To know something like the                      d) Вертеться как белка в колесе.

palm of one`s hand.

Задание 7. Закончите следующие предложения, употребив каждый глагол дважды: один раз в Present Simple, а другой - в Present Continuous. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 4 балла.

  have

a. He ______ four cars, all of them Rolls-Royces.

b. I _______ lunch with my mother tomorrow.

Think

с. What ________ you _______ of Stephen Spielberg's latest film?d. You're day-dreaming. What ___________ you __________ about?

 Задание 8. Напишите три формы глаголов. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 9 балла.

Ring, clean, take, go, come, wash, make, drive, get.

 Задание 9. Закончи предложение. Правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл.

 Speaker’s Corner is situated in ……………………..
a) Kensington               b) Covertgarden

c) Hyde Park                 d) White hall                   
Задание 10. Прочитайте текст, ответьте на вопросы. Используйте краткие ответы. Каждый правильный ответ оценивается в 1 балл. Максимальное количество 3 балла.

Internet and Modern Life

The Internet has already entered our ordinary life. Everybody knows that the Internet is a global computer network, which embraces hundreds of millions of users all over the world and helps us to communicate with each other.

The history of Internet began in the United States in 1969. It was a military experiment, designed to help to survive during a nuclear war, when everything around might be polluted by radiation and it would be dangerous to get out for any living being to get some information to anywhere. Information sent over the Internet takes the shortest and safest path available from one computer to another. Because of this, any two computers on the net will be able to stay in touch with each other as long as there is a single route between them. This technology was called packet switching.

Invention of modems, special devices allowing your computer to send the information through the telephone line, has opened doors to the Internet for millions of people.

Most of the Internet host computers are in the United States of America. It is clear that the accurate number of users can be counted fairly approximately, nobody knows exactly how many people use the Internet today, because there are hundreds of millions of users and their number is growing.

Nowadays the most popular Internet service is e-mail. Most of the people use the network only for sending and receiving e-mail messages. They can do it either they are at home or in the internet clubs or at work. Other popular services are available on the Internet too. It is reading news, available on some dedicated news servers, telnet, FTP servers, etc.

In many countries, the Internet could provide businessmen with a reliable, alternative to the expensive and unreliable telecommunications systems its own system of communications. Commercial users can communicate cheaply over the Internet with the rest of the world. When they send e-mail messages, they only have to pay for phone calls to their local service providers, not for international calls around the world, when you pay a good deal of money.

But saving money is only the first step and not the last one. There is a commercial use of this network and it is drastically increasing. Now you can work through the internet, gambling and playing through the net.

However, there are some problems. The most important problem is security. When you send an e-mail, your message can travel through many different networks and computers. The data is constantly being directed towards its destination by special computers called routers. Because of this, it is possible to get into any of the computers along the route, intercept and even change the data being sent over the Internet. But there are many encoding programs available. Not with-standing, these programs are not perfect and can easily be cracked.

Another big and serious problem of the net is control. Yes, there is no effective control in the Internet, because a huge amount of information circulating through the net. It is like a tremendous library and market together. In the future, the situation might change, but now we have what we have. It could be expressed in two words— an anarchist's dream.

Questions:

 1.What is the Internet?
 2. What is modem?
 3. What are other popular services available on the Internet?