ICT Unit 2 Review test

лічильник, вимірювальний прилад

вимагати, потребувати

конденсатор

Match the words with their definitions

порівнювати, зіставляти

блок, пристрій, одиниця

обчислювальний прилад

Match the words with their definitions

Fill in the gaps with the words or word combinations

1. A          [add, subtract, invented, process, collates, meter] is a device that measures and records the quantity, speed or degree of something.
2. Computers have given banks the possibility to          [subtract, invented, process, collates, meter, add] millions of transactions at the speed of light.
3. The active catalogue system gathers and          [subtract, invented, process, collates, meter, add] information about parts so that engineers can access all the information in one place.
4. The two basic mathematical operations pupils learn at primary school are to          [subtract, invented, process, collates, meter, add] and          [subtract, invented, process, collates, meter, add] small numbers.
5. Alexander Bell          [subtract, invented, process, collates, meter, add] telephone in 1897.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form

Carol: Hi Nigel! How are you?

Nigel: Fine. fine. It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? So tell me about yourself.

Carol: Well, for the time being, I                   (work) in a language school in Cairo but I want to change my job as soon as I      (find) a better-paid one.

Nigel: I see. What               (do / you) here in London?

Carol: I           (have) a holiday.

Nigel: That’s lovely. And what              (think/you)of Cairo?

Carol: Actually. I like it very much. It    (be) a very exciting place.

Build 3 questions to the underlined words

They have bought a new laptop.

Build 4 questions to the underlined words

You are reading the notes very carefully

Build 3 questions to the underlined words

My cousin wants to study IT at university

Read the text. For questions (1–6), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Student life and technology

By Debra Mallin, a business student at Greyfort University

Last Saturday, as my grandfather drove me and my sister home from dinner to celebrate his birthday, he got frustrated at not being able to remember the name of the singer of a song he’d just heard on the radio. Without a second thought, I grabbed my smartphone, searched for the song and found the name, Bob Dylan. For me and my friends, this is a completely natural course of action, but it totally astonished my grandfather, who didn’t understand how I had checked the information so quickly. My sister and I laughed and explained, but afterwards, it made me think about how much I depend on technology.

1. What does the writer illustrate by describing the incident in the car?

Read the text. For questions (1–6), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

The list of the ways I use technology is endless: writing, planning, socialising, communicating and shopping, to name a few. When I reflected on its impact on my education, I saw that, for my fellow students and I, technology has been significant in many ways. Returning to the story of my grandfather and the smartphone, he had asked me more about how I used it and about university life. He said he thought we had an easy life compared to previous generations. My sister caught my eye and we exchanged a smile. But whereas she was thinking our grandfather was just being a typical 65-year-old,I could see his point.

2. What did the writer think of her grandfather’s comment, mentioned in the second paragraph?

Read the text. For questions (1–6), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Not only are we lucky enough to have the same educational benefits as those of previous generations, we have so many more as well. We still have walk-in libraries available to us, and I can see why some students choose to find and use resources in these distraction-free locations. However, the only option for studying used to be sitting in these libraries with as many books from your reading list as you could find, yet now a single search for your chosen study topic online can immediately provide access to a huge range of resources. At universities, the interaction between students and university staff is an other area that has changed considerably with developments in technology. We can have face-to-face time with our tutors when we need it, and also communicate using our electronic gadgets from the comfort of our homes, or on the bus. The most popular means of doing this is via instant messaging or social media – email is often considered too slow, and it has become unacceptable for messages to be unanswered for any length of time. While this puts an extra strain on the university’s academic support team, who usually have to answer the queries as they come in, we students are greatly benefited.

3. What does the writer say about getting study resources from libraries?

Read the text. For questions (1–6), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Not only are we lucky enough to have the same educational benefits as those of previous generations, we have so many more as well. We still have walk-in libraries available to us, and I can see why some students choose to find and use resources in these distraction-free locations. However, the only option for studying used to be sitting in these libraries with as many books from your reading list as you could find, yet now a single search for your chosen study topic online can immediately provide access to a huge range of resources. At universities, the interaction between students and university staff is an other area that has changed considerably with developments in technology. We can have face-to-face time with our tutors when we need it, and also communicate using our electronic gadgets from the comfort of our homes, or on the bus. The most popular means of doing this is via instant messaging or social media – email is often considered too slow, and it has become unacceptable for messages to be unanswered for any length of time. While this puts an extra strain on the university’s academic support team, who usually have to answer the queries as they come in, we students are greatly benefited.

4. What disadvantage of new technology does the writer mention in the third paragraph?

Read the text. For questions (1–6), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

It’s important that we remember to appreciate how much the advances in technology have given us. Electronic devices such as tablets, smartphones, and laptops are now standard equipment in most classrooms and lecture halls, and why shouldn’t they be? The replacement of textbooks with tablets allows students the luxury of having up-to-date, interactive and even personalised learning materials, with the added benefit of them not costing the earth.

5. What is the purpose of the question ‘Why shouldn’t they be?’ in the fourth paragraph?

Read the text. For questions (1–6), choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

When we compare the student life of the past and that of the present day, it is tempting to focus on the obvious differences when it comes to technology. In actual fact, students are doing what they’ve always done:embracing the resources available and adapting them in ways which allow them to work more efficiently and to live more enjoyably. The pace of change in technology continuously gathers speed, so we have to value each innovation as it happens.

6. What is the writer’s conclusion about students today in the final paragraph?