1. I suppose her to be an experienced software engineer able to perform the task efficiently. 2. The chief engineer demanded the workers to observe the safety rules. 3. The IT project outcomes were considered to meet the expectations. 4. We expected him to mention the latest data in his report. 5. They saw him perform the experiment in a matter of minutes that contributed to his reputation of the best scientist in the group. 6. We know silver to bethe best of conducting materials. 7. We expect the article to be publishednext year. 8. I believe him to have changed the direction of the research in compliance with the new requirements. 9. The professor assistant promised to carry out all the necessary preparations for the research. 10. We watched the robot performmany operations.
V. Give the Russian equivalents of the following nouns and adjectives. Pay attention to the words they were derived from:
Investigation (investigate – расследовать), suggestion (suggest – предлагать, советовать), conducting (conduct – проводить, сопровождать), responsibility (responsible – ответственный).
VI. Arrange in pairs the words with а) similar meaning, b) contrary meaning:
а) to expect, calculating machine, information, to fulfill, to fix, data, to suppose, to perform, to adjust, computer;
b) extensive, essential, to allow, small, to store, unimportant, to forbid, to throw away.
VII. Match each English word with the correct Russian equivalent:
| to access accessible access accessing to apply application applied applying | иметь доступ применять доступный применение доступ прикладной имеющий доступ применяющий/применяемый |
VIII. In the text find the multifunctional verb to be and define its meaning.
IX. In the text find the words having the following meanings:
a) practical use; b) to do, to perform; c) the action of mathematical calculation; d) the fact of coming into existence; e) to become or make larger, to develop; f) a way of dealing with a situation or problem.
X. Read the text and find the answer to the question: What will developing computerized models of materials for pupils or students make it possible?
Will the Computers Think Instead of Us?
1. One of main characteristics of the present – day global «computerization» is the boom in domestic computers. The desk computer is expected to function as your personal librarian, carry out simple optimization computations, control your budget or diet, play several hundred games, etc. Further development of the computer is believed to lead to a situation in which most of the knowledge accepted by mankind will be stored in computers and made accessible to anyone with a home computer.
2. Communication between man and computer will not replace man’s creative abilities but will expand them. It is natural that the advent of minicomputers with extensive memories and possibilities will lead to a new higher level in information culture. The creation of the domestic computer industry will allow a lot of problems in culture and education to be solved. Among other things, we shall be able to organize the educational process in the countryʼs colleges and universities and also in the system of school education on a new basis.
3. Working out computerized models of materials studied by schoolchildren or students will allow us to see the results of this instruction on a display screen, make understanding of the material very simple and make the development of a creative approach to the studying of knowledge and its application easier.
4. As for the information in various traditional branches of knowledge the application of electronics will allow side by side with the traditional printed material to have the contents of books, magazines and articles fed into the computer memory, where this will be analysed, arranged in a certain order, stored and produced on request as a printed computer programmer.
5. Traditionally, the computer in business is used to process data. Now the computer takes on new kinds of jobs. It has become more involved in business operations as an essential tool in making decisions at the highest administrative level.
