Контрольная по английскому PERSONAL COMPUTERS
I. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие независимый причастный оборот.
Проанализируйте и определите тип придаточного предложения. Переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. Money has a number of functions with medium of exchange being the principal function.
2. John looked through the window, his glance traveling towards the bridge.
3. The work being finished, the two girls went into the shop.
4. Just now, with the harvest coming on, everything looks its richest.
5. We began to talk, but my attention distracted by my surroundings, I took small notice of him.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие предикативный герундиальный оборот.
Переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. I insist on your making the boy behave himself.
2. What is the real reason for his behaving in such a strange way?
3. Thank you for your letting me know about this fact.
4. We are tired of your complaining.
5. The child was afraid of his friend, being punished instead of him.
III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие инфинитивный оборот. Определите тип инфинитивного оборота. Переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. For me to hear him was disturbing.
2. He had said enough for me to be alarmed.
3. She believed him to have left for San Francisco.
4. The practice has been found to require new capital investments.
5. I’d love you to come with me too.
IV. Перепишите следующие условные предложения. Определите тип условного предложения, переведите письменно данные предложения на русский язык.
1. If it hadn’t been so cold yesterday we might have gone to the skating-rink.
2. If he could ski he wouldn’t have stayed in town when we went to the woods.
3. I could have lended you money yesterday if you had asked me for it.
4. If I were you, I would have told him the truth long ago.
5. Unless entirely reliable, information cannot make a basis for sound decisions.
V. Прочитайте и письменно переведите следующий текст.
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
Personal computers are also called microcomputers or home computers. The most compact are called laptops. They are portable and work on built-in batteries.
Personal computers are designed for use at homes, schools, and offices. At home they can be used for home management (balancing the family finances, for example) and for playing computer games, watching films or listening to music. Schoolchildren can use computers for doing their homework and many schools now have computers for independent learning and computer-literacy studies. In the office personal computers may be used for word processing, bookkeeping, storage and handling of necessary information.
Personal computers were made possible by two technical innovations in the field of microelectronics: the integrated circuit, or IС, which was developed in 1959 and the microprocessor that first appeared in 1971. The IС permitted the miniaturization of computer-memory circuits, and the microprocessor reduced the size of a computer's CPU to the size of a single silicon chip.
Because a CPU calculates, performs logical operations, contains operating instructions, and manages data flows, a complete microcomputer as a separate system was designed and developed in 1974.
In 1981, IBM Company offered its own microcomputer model, the IBM PC that became a necessary tool for almost every business. The PC's use of a 16-bit microprocessor initiated the development of faster and more powerful personal computers, and its use of an operating system that was available to all other computer makers led to a standardization of the industry.
In the mid-1980s, a number of other developments were especially important for the growth of personal computers. One of these was the introduction of a powerful 32-bit CPU capable of running advanced operating systems at high speeds.
New voice-controlled systems are now available, and users are able to use the words and syntax of spoken language to operate their personal computers.
Данная контрольная по английскому создана для студентов, которые изучают информационные технологии.
