unit 15
COMPUTERS
TEST I
I. Choose the correct words to complete each sentence. Use the correct form
of the word.
1. Robots
are used to perform (make / perform I study) many dangerous
jobs.
CD-ROM is used for ............................... (connect / perform / store)
information on many subjects.
3. Police use DNA fingerprinting to ................................ (identify / read /
transmit) criminals.
2.
4.
Computers are used to...............................(access / do / send) the Internet.
Satellites are used for...............................(make / transmit / write) radio
programs.
6. Home computers are used to .,.............................. (do / make / have)
budgets.
II. Complete the conversation. Use the words and expressions in the box.
5.
am
neither
will
can
so
would
do
too
like it a lot
Sherry:
can't stand them
favorite kind of food
I feel tired tonight. I really don't want to cook.
Whitney: Neither do I. Say, do you like Thai food?
Sherry:
It's delicious. I.............1...................
Whitney: I do, ..............2................. It's my ..............3.............. Let's call
Chiang Mai Restaurant for home delivery.
Sherry:
Great idea! Their food is always good. I eal there a lot.
Whitney: ............4................ do I. Well, what .................5...........you like
tonight?
Sherry:
I'm in the mood for some soup.
Whitney: So ..............6............... I. And I think I ............7.........have spicy
chicken and special Thai rice. Sherry: OK, let's order. Oh,
wait a minute, I don't have any money.
Whitney: Neither.............8.................I. What should we do?
Sherry:
Well, let's look in the refrigerator. Hmm. Do you like boiled eggs?
Whitney: I...............9.................
Sherry:
Actually, neither...............10...............I.
III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, present perfect or
past simple.
1.
"Where 's your key?" "I don't know. I've lost (lose) it"
2.
Mary...........................(go) to Australia for a while but she's back again
now.
3. "Where 's Ken?" "He............................ (go) out. He'll be back in about
an hour."
4. Look! There's an ambulance over there. There...........................(be) an
accident.
5. They're still building the new road. They ................................
(not/finish) it.
6. The police...........................(arrest) three people but later they let them
go.
7.
"Is Helen still here?" "No, she................................(just/go) out."
8.
What do you think of my English? Do you think I .................(improve)?
IV. Put since or for.
1.1 haven't seen Tom since Monday.
2. Sarah has lived in London..................................1985.
3 The house is very dirty. We haven't cleaned it.....................................ages.
4.1 haven't had a good meal.................................. last Tuesday.
5. Kevin has been looking for a job.....................................he left school.
6...........................Christmas, the weather has been quite good.
7.
We've known each other..................................ages.
8.
She's been in France................................the last three weeks.
V. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use present perfect or past
simple.
1.
It / not / rain / this week.
2.
The weather / be / cold / recently.
3. It / cold / last week.
4 . 1 / not / read / a newspaper yesterday.
5 . 1 / not / read / a newspaper today.
6.
Ann / earn / a lot of money / this year.
7.
She / not / earn / so much / last year.
you / ever /be /to / Hanoi?
VI. Fill in each gap in the passage with a suitable word from the box.
8.
socket
joystick
program mouse
monitor
keyboard
printer
function
screen disk
A computer has a.............................(1) similar to that of a typewriter. It is
possible to give the computer commands by means of the.............................
(2) keys above the letter keys. The machine has a.............................(3) at
the
back so that you can connect it to a .............................. (4), which has
.................... (5) like a television. We often use a ............................. ((■)
which someone has written. All the information is stored on
........................... (7), and at the side of the computer there is
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...........................(8). A...............................(9) is used to copy the information
on to paper. The object like a car gear is useful for playing games on
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computer and is called a...........................(10)
V I I * . R e a d t h i s n o t e f ro m G i s e l a t o H el m u t . F i n d a n d c o r re c t s i x
mistakes in the use of present perfect with already and yet.
Helmut - I'm in a hurry. I haven't went shopping already, but I'll do it on
the way home. Rita have already had dinner and she's already had her bath.
Have you call Mr. Jacobson yet? He's called already three times today. Hi*
daughter has gotten her flu shot yet. Is it too late? See you later.