№1)
The History of The Computer Development.
c) The
first modern (3) digital computer was developed in the 1940s for military
purposes during World War II. These computers were of large size and it took
hours to perform complex (4) mathematical operations on them.
b) In the 1970s, the first personal computers
were sold. They were faster and more powerful. It became possible for many
people to use them for personal, business, and (2) academic needs.
a) By the mid-1990s,
laptop computers had been developed. Now it can perform millions of (1) calculations
per second. Specialists say that computers will become smaller and more
powerful.
d) Bill Gates, the (5) founder of Microsoft says: “Now that
computers are small, powerful, cheap, and affect every part of our lives, the
next step will be the formation of a network connecting all of these computers
to each other. On this network computers will (6) be joined together to
communicate with us and for us”. In Gates’s vision, the increased level of
communication made possible by computer networks will bring many (7) benefits
in the areas of business, education, and social interaction, producing
widespread (8) renewal.
e) Some social critics believe that computer future
is not as optimistic as Bill Gates (9) predicts. They say it will be a social
problem because it will lead to an environmental degradation, decline of
cities, reducing of real human (10) interaction, increasing of social division
etc.
№ 2). Questions.
1 This text is about the computer development.
2 I think the title can be: The
History of the Computer Development.
3 The first modern digital
computer was developed in the 1940s for military purposes during World War II.
4 People can use computers for interaction, for personal
business, and academic needs.
5 Bill Gates says that the next step will be the formation of a
network connecting all of these computers to each other. On this network
computers will be joined together to communicate with us and for us.
6 Some social critics believe that computer future is not as optimistic
as Bill Gates predicts. They say it will be a social problem because it will
lead to an environmental degradation, decline of cities, reducing of real human
interaction, increasing of social division etc.
№3
Dialogue. (ответы на вопросы к диалогу)
1 The first modern digital
computer was developed in the 1940s for military purposes during World War II.
2 These computers were of large size and it took hours to perform
complex mathematical operations on them.
3 Laptop had been developed by the mid-1990s.
4 Bill Gates is the
founder of Microsoft. He predicts that the next step will be the formation of a
network connecting all of these computers to each other. On this network
computers will be joined together to communicate with us and for us.
5 (Some social critics believe that computer future is not as optimistic
as Bill Gates predicts.) Critics say it will be a social problem because it
will lead to an environmental degradation, decline of cities, reducing of real
human interaction, increasing of social division etc.
6 As for me I believe in happy computer future.
№ 4).
Ответ – абзацы текста d)
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