Раздел 3 (задания по грамматике и лексике)
Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами. В4–В12 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию В4–В12.
Computer Dreamer Who Invented the Mouse
Douglas C. Engelbart was 25, just engaged to ______ (MARRY) and
thinking about his future when he had a dream in 1950 that
_________ (CHANGE) the world.
He had a good job working at a government aerospace
laboratory in California, but he wanted to do something
________ (MUCH) with his life, something of value that might last,
even outlive him. Then it came to him. In a single stroke
he ________ (HAVE) what might be safely called a complete
vision of the information age.
The angel in his dream spoke to him of technology’s
potential _________ (EXPAND) human intelligence, and from it he
made out a career that indeed had lasting impact. It led to a
host of inventions that became the basis for the Internet
and the modern personal computer.
In ________ (LATE) years, one of those inventions was given a
warmhearted name, reminding of a small, furry creature
given to scurrying across flat surfaces: the computer
mouse.
Computing was in its infancy when Dr. Engelbart entered
the field. Computers were ungainly room-size calculating
machines that could ________ (USE) by only one person at a
time. Someone would feed them information in stacks of
punched cards and then wait hours for a printout of
answers. Interactive computing was a thing of the future,
or in science fiction. But it was growing in ________ (DR. ENGELBART)
restless mind.
In his dream, he saw himself ________ (SIT) in front of a large
computer screen full of different symbols. The screen, he
thought, would serve as a display for a workstation that
would organize all the information and communications
for a given project.
Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами. В4–В12 так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию В4–В12.
Computer Dreamer Who Invented the Mouse
Douglas C. Engelbart was 25, just engaged to ______ (MARRY) and
thinking about his future when he had a dream in 1950 that
_________ (CHANGE) the world.
He had a good job working at a government aerospace
laboratory in California, but he wanted to do something
________ (MUCH) with his life, something of value that might last,
even outlive him. Then it came to him. In a single stroke
he ________ (HAVE) what might be safely called a complete
vision of the information age.
The angel in his dream spoke to him of technology’s
potential _________ (EXPAND) human intelligence, and from it he
made out a career that indeed had lasting impact. It led to a
host of inventions that became the basis for the Internet
and the modern personal computer.
In ________ (LATE) years, one of those inventions was given a
warmhearted name, reminding of a small, furry creature
given to scurrying across flat surfaces: the computer
mouse.
Computing was in its infancy when Dr. Engelbart entered
the field. Computers were ungainly room-size calculating
machines that could ________ (USE) by only one person at a
time. Someone would feed them information in stacks of
punched cards and then wait hours for a printout of
answers. Interactive computing was a thing of the future,
or in science fiction. But it was growing in ________ (DR. ENGELBART)
restless mind.
In his dream, he saw himself ________ (SIT) in front of a large
computer screen full of different symbols. The screen, he
thought, would serve as a display for a workstation that
would organize all the information and communications
for a given project.
Answers & Comments
Computer Dreamer Who Invented the Mouse
Douglas C. Engelbart was 25, just engaged to ______ (be MARRied) and
thinking about his future when he had a dream in 1950 that
_________ (would change/has CHANGEd) the world.
He had a good job working at a government aerospace
laboratory in California, but he wanted to do something
________ (more) with his life, something of value that might last,
even outlive him. Then it came to him. In a single stroke
he ________ (HAd) what might be safely called a complete
vision of the information age.
The angel in his dream spoke to him of technology’s
potential _________ (EXPANDing) human intelligence, and from it he
made out a career that indeed had lasting impact. It led to a
host of inventions that became the basis for the Internet
and the modern personal computer.
In ________ (LATEr) years, one of those inventions was given a
warmhearted name, reminding of a small, furry creature
given to scurrying across flat surfaces: the computer
mouse.
Computing was in its infancy when Dr. Engelbart entered
the field. Computers were ungainly room-size calculating
machines that could ________ (be USEd) by only one person at a
time. Someone would feed them information in stacks of
punched cards and then wait hours for a printout of
answers. Interactive computing was a thing of the future,
or in science fiction. But it was growing in ________ (DR. ENGELBART's)
restless mind.
In his dream, he saw himself ________ (SITting) in front of a large
computer screen full of different symbols. The screen, he
thought, would serve as a display for a workstation that
would organize all the information and communications
for a given project.