VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Exercise 1.Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:

Решать сложные проблемы, хранить информацию в своей памяти, блок управления, выполнять вычисления, почти постоянная скорость, специализированная и универсальная вычислительная машина.

Exercise 2.Выберите подходящее слово или словосочетание.

1. A computer is a kind of ______ (a typewriter, a table game, a counting machine)

2. We use computers to _______ (play games, solve problems, save money)

3. The text tells us about ______ (special-purpose computer, all-purpose

computer, calculators, general-purpose computers)

4. There are _____ main parts of a general-purpose computer. (many, five, ten, two)

5. The smaller the computer, the ______ it works.

(more effectively, slower, better, faster)

6. The purpose of output devices is to display _________ .

(nice pictures, diagrams, words, results of calculations)

7. Computers fulfil the tasks much ______ that people.

(cleverer, better, worse, faster)

Exercise 3.Не путайте!

By means of – с помощью, to mean – означать, значить, means – средства

Переведите предложения

1. These means control the computer operation. 2. The abbreviation PC means personal computer. 3. He checks the results by means of calculator.

Exercise 4.Не путайте!

Some–некоторые, несколько, немного, the same–тот же самый, одинаковый

Переведите предложения

1.Some examples of computer hardware are shown in Fig. 4. 2. The arrangement of letter keys on a keyboard is the same as on a typewriter. 3. Modern minicomputers can be more powerful than some of the mainframes still in use. 4. CD-ROM drives use the same technology as music CDs and CD players. 5. Multi-user software allows several users to access the same data at the same time. 6. In some banking systems, the customer keys in his identification number using the phone keys. 7. Ink-jet printers can print text with the same quality as laser printers. 8. Some people prefer command-driven menus. 9. DVDs look the same as CDs. 10. Commands for different software packages are rarely the same. 11. Sound can be annoying to some people so it is best to make sound an option. 12. The operating system takes care of the printing and the word processing at the same time.