Fairly, rather

(в некоторых случаях возможны альтернативные варианты)

1 fairly, rather; 2 fairly, rather; 3 rather; 4 rather; 5 rather;
6 rather; 7 fairly; 8 fairly, rather; 9 fairly; 10 fairly; 11 fairly;
12 rather; 13 rather; 14 rather.

Vocabulary training

1. Match the words with their definitions:

1-21; 2-13; 3-19; 4-20; 5-18; 6-17; 7-8; 8-15; 9-10; 10-5; 11-12; 12-4; 13-2; 14-7; 15-3; 16-1; 17-11; 18-9; 19-14; 20-6; 21-1.

Reading comprehension

1; 3; 2; 5; 4.

UNIT 2

1 of; 2 in, at; 3 for; 4 by; 5 on, into; 6 out; 7 to; 8 off; 9 on;
10 to; 11 by; 12 at; 13 into, with; 14 from; 15 of, in, with; 16 without, for; 17 with, out of; 18 up; 19 about.

1. Mainframe can service several hundred users.

2. Software includes a collection of programs.

3. Scanners are used for copying texts and pictures.

4. A computer can’t be without CPU and computer memory.

5. A byte usually contains eight bits.

6. Several peripheral devices can be attached to a computer.

7. Volatile memory stores data while the computer is switched on.

Software (1); processing (5); gweeps (7);scanner (3); pixel (4); hardware (2);bug (6).

1 simple; 2 negative; 3 manage; 4 destroy; 5 expensive; 6 go forward; 7 common; 8 disconnect; 9 impossible; 10 small; 11 changing (quickly); 12 internal memory; 13 inflexible, rigid; 14 loose; 15 informal; 16 native.

1 turn on; 2 direct; 3 carry out; 4 provide for; 5 aim; 6 regulate; 7 join; 8 do; 9 invent; 10 include; 11 situate; 12 revolve.

1 bug-free; 2 antidote; 3 artware; 4 DDT; 5 hacker, box; 6 gweeps.

1 –; 2 the, a, the; 3 the, the –; 4 a, –, the; 5 –, the, a;
6 the, –, the, the; 7 –, the, a; 8 –, the; 9 a; 10 the; 11 a, the, –, the; 12 a, the.

Vocabulary training

1.Identification of words

1-24; 2-17; 3-15; 4-9; 5-25; 6-4; 7-20; 8-14; 9-3; 10-5; 11-9;, 12-13; 13-18; 14-8; 15-23; 16-22; 17-7; 18-12; 19-10; 20-2; 21-1; 22-6; 23-11; 24-16; 25-21.

3.Reading comprehension

1; 3; 5; 4; 2.

4.Computer terms in use

1-4; 2-14; 3-7; 4-8; 5-3; 6-1; 7-5; 8-9; 9-2; 10-11; 11-10; 12-13;
13-12; 14-6.

UNIT 3

1 about; 2 in; 3 in; 4 into; 5 by, over, in; 6 at, in, in; 7 to, of, in; 8 out; 9 in, by, in; 10 in, of; 11 over, for, of; 12 through, of, in; 13 in; 14 during.

1. The first multy-purpose computing device was never completed.

2. The mashine was more of an electronic calculator.

3. Nobody knows who deserves the credit for this idea.

4. The instructions are stored in the same medium as data.

5. The second generation saw the first supercomputers.

6. The memory was large enough to hold the instructions and data.

7. The first electronic machines were useful in applied science.

8. The firs programs were written out in the machine code.

9. In the beginning software technology was very primitive.

10. Programs known as assemblers performed the translation task.

Computing (1); calculator (1); computers (2); technology (3); contribution (4); magnitude (5); medium (6); slow (7).

1 following; 2 analogous; 3 subtraction; 4 division;
5 degradation; 6 narrow; 7 be incapable; 8 unreliable; 9 unfinished; 10 lose; 11 close; 12 begin; 13 the last; 14 slower; 15 small; 16 old; 17 be unable; 18 powerless.

1 development; 2 computer; 3 build; 4 important; 5 requirement; 6 common; 7 establish; 8 finished; 9 modernize; 10 focus;
11 be alike.

1 the; 2 the; 3 a, the, the; 4 a; 5 the, the; 6 the, the; 7 the; 8 the; 9 –, the, the, the, a, the; 10 the, the.

DO and MAKE

1 do; 2 make; 3 do; 4 make; 5 done; 6 made; 7 make; 8 make; 9 making; 10 did; 11 do, do.