Контрольное задание № 3 Вариант 5

I Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Помните, что объектный и субъектный инфинитивные обороты переводятся придаточными предложениями.

1. The foul-weather results appear to be dependant upon the conductor heating.

2. A free-coil arrangement wound for attraction and repulsion was found to be the answer to the problem of interrupting large current.

3. We believe the programming to have been done very skillfully so you may rely on the results.

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский зык следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод независимого причастного оборота.

1. The reflected signal having been received, the distance to the object was counted.

2. The speed of light being extremely great, we cannot measure it by ordinary methods.

3. Numerous experiments having been carried out at the orbital stations, it became possible to develop new methods of industrial production of new materials.

III. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод придаточных условных предложений.

1. If the operators use some additional components, they will actuate the relay.

2. If one of metal plates is charged positively and other negatively, an electric current will appear between them.

3. If we had not failed with our last experiment, we might have done most of the work by now.

IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите данные предложения на русский язык. Подчеркните инфинитивы и причастия и определите их функции.

1. To increase the speed, the designers have to improve the aircraft shape and engine efficiency.

2. Computers are used to perform series of mathematical operations.

3. Having been tested under different conditions, the devices were put to use.

V. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующие предложения на русский язык. Обратите внимание на сложный герундиальный оборот.

1. We know of silver and copper being very good conductors of electricity.

2. The new method could be used with great advantage without the equipment being overheated.

3. Einstein’s being awarded the Nobel prize in physics soon became widely known.

VI. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст со словарём на русский язык.

THE FUTURE OF COMPUTERS

Almost all of today’s computers process information serially, one element at a time. Massively parallel computers — consisting of hundreds of small, simple, but structurally linked microchips — break tasks into their smallest Units and assign each unit to a separate processor. With many processors simultaneously working on a given task, the problem can be solved much more quickly. One design, called the Thinking Machine, uses several thousand inexpensive microprocessors and can outperform many of today’s supercomputers.

Some researchers predict the development of biochips, protein molecules sandwiched between glass and metal, that would have a vastly greater storage capacity than current technology allows. Several research labs are even now studying the feasibility of biocomputers that would contain a mixture of organic and inorganic components.

Several hundred thousand computer-c6ntrolled robots currently work on industrial assembly lines in Japan and America. They consist of four major elements: sensors (to determine position or environment), effectors (tools to carry out an action), control systems (a digital computer and feedback sensors), and a power system. As computers become more efficient and artificial intelligence programs become more sophisticated, robots will be able to perform more difficult and more human-like tasks. Robots currently being built by researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University have been used in scientific explorations too dangerous for humans to perform, such as descending into active volcanoes or exploring nuclear sites in which radiation leakage has occurred.

As exciting as all of the hardware developments are, they are nevertheless dependent on well-conceived and well-written software. Software controls the hardware, uses it efficiently, and forms an interface between the computer and the user. ~ 1500