- •Contents
- •Introduction to the student
- •To the teacher
- •Unit one. Towns and cities
- •1. Reading Comprehension text 1. Town Planning
- •1. Read the following sentences and decide what sentence expresses the main idea of the text.
- •2. Find the correct headings of the paragraphs.
- •3. Choose the one best answer a, b, c to the statements.
- •4. Make up the summary of this text using the nessesary phrases. You can find them at the end of this textbook. Text 2. Design of the Complete Town
- •1. Read the following sentences and decide what sentences express the main point of the text.
- •2. Find the correct headings of the paragraphs.
- •3. Find the correct endings to the following statements according to the text.
- •4. Make up the summary of this text using the nessesary phrases. You can find them at the end of this textbook. Text 3. The City of Pompei
- •1. Find the correct endings of the following sentences.
- •2. Make up the summary of this text using the nessesary phrases. You can find them at the end of this textbook. Text 4. The lost city
- •1. Answer each of the following questions in a sentence.
- •2. Make up the summary of this text using the nessesary phrases. You can find them at the end of this textbook.
- •2. Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Chicago
- •2. New York
- •3. Half the World in Cities
- •3. Vocabulary Focus
- •1. Fill in the gaps in the following text with a suitable word. Mind that more than one variant is possible. Living in the City and in the Country
- •4. Speaking Practice
- •1. Answer the following questions about your street.
- •2. Add the correct missing answers. You find them after the dialogue. The City and the Country
- •5. Writing Skills City and Country Life
- •Unit two. Computer and computer equipments
- •1. Reading Comprehension Text 1. The Abacus
- •Text 2. The Era of Mechanical Computation
- •Text 3. Early Computers
- •Text 4. Computers Today
- •2. Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Match words with their definitions.
- •2. Look at the pictures below. Write down the names of computer equipment.
- •3. Choose the right word.
- •4. Find the words.
- •5. Choose the right word.
- •6. Find the right word. Computer and You
- •7. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. Birth of the Computer
- •8. Put the correct word from the box after each definition.
- •9. Find the words.
- •Internet
- •10. Choose the right word.
- •3. Vocabulary Development
- •1. Find the proper words coming from the words in brackets to complete the sentences. The Birth of Internet
- •4. Speaking Practice
- •1. Answer the following questions. Do You Know Your Computer?
- •5. Writing Skills
- •1. Put in order. Computer Science
- •Unit three. Famous buildings
- •1. Reading Comprehension text 1. Mystery of Stonehenge
- •1. Read the article, ‘Mystery of Stonehenge’ below then answer the eight reading comprehension questions that follow.
- •2. Find the correct headings of the paragraphs.
- •3. Choose the right word. Read the statements after the text and find out if they are true or false.
- •Text 2. Big Ben
- •1. Read the statements and find out if they are true (t) or false (f).
- •2. Choose the correct answer.
- •4. Choose the right word. Use your research skills to answer the questions after the text.
- •Text 3. The Eiffel Tower part 1
- •1. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •Text 4. The Derzprom
- •2. Choose the correct answer a, b or c to make up sentences below.
- •3. Choose the correct answer a, b or c.
- •4. Answer the questions below.
- •5. According to the text write down the correct ending of the following sentences.
- •9. Further on the author informs us that ___________________________________ .
- •Text 5. Best of Megastructures
- •1. Choose the best answer.
- •2. Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Read the text and do tasks after it. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
- •2. Study the words below. Then do the exercises for the reading the text ‘London Eye’.
- •I. Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow it.
- •The London Eye – an Eye-Opening Experience
- •The London Eye
- •3. Vocabulary Development
- •4. Speaking Practice
- •5. Writing Skills
- •Unit four. Tunnels and canals
- •1. Reading Comprehension text 1. How to Buil the Tunnel
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •Text 2. The Panama Canal
- •2. Practice asking and answering the following questions with your partner. Then write the answers in complete sentences.
- •3. Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.
- •4. Discussion questions
- •Text 3. The Chunnel
- •2. Practice asking and answering the following questions with your partner. Then write the answers in complete sentences.
- •Text 4. The Channel Tunnel
- •2. Read and decide which of these events are the most interesting to you. Other Interesting Crossings
- •2. Vocabulary Exercises
- •Chunnel or Brunnel?
- •Important Facts
- •Fascinating Facts
- •3. Vocabulary Focus
- •Tunnel Planned between Russia and usa
- •1. Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •2. Match the following synonyms from the article.
- •3. Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible).
- •4. Answer the questions. Student a’s questions
- •Student b’s questions
- •Discussion questions
- •4. Speaking Practice
- •The Thames Tunnel
- •5. Writing Skills
- •Central Artery / Tunnel Project (Big Dig)
- •Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
- •Holland Tunnel
- •New York Third Water Tunnel
- •Seikan Tunnel
- •Unit five. Underground
- •The Construction of London Underground
- •1. Choose the correct answer a, b or c.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with one of the words given in the box.
- •How Built the First Underground
- •2. Vocabulary Focus The Budapest Metro
- •3. Writing Skills
- •Underground in Kharkiv
- •Unit six. Parks and gardens
- •1. Reading Comprehension Disneyland
- •2. Practice asking and answering the following questions with your partner. Then write the answers in complete sentences.
- •2. Vocabulary Exercises
- •3. Writing Skills
- •Unit seven. Bridges
- •1. Reading Compehension text 1. The Golden Gate Bridge
- •Text 2. The World’s Longest Bridge
- •Text 3. Vasco da Gama Bridge
- •1. Read an engineer’s report about the Vasco da Gama bridge in Portugal and choose the correct answer.
- •2. Correct eight notes in the notes about the bridge.
- •Text 4. Ice Bridge Ruptures in Antarctic
- •2. Vocabulary Focus
- •3. Vocabulary Exercises
- •Brooklyn Bridge
- •4. Writing Skills
- •10 Необычных мостов со всего мира
- •What is a summary?
- •Синтаксичні струкрури, які використовуються в анотації
- •Найбільш вживані кліше для написання анотації:
- •Sources
- •Навчальне видання
- •61002, М. Харків, вул. Революції,12 хнамг
2. Vocabulary Exercises
1. Match words with their definitions.
A.
1. |
icon |
A. |
controls the location of the cursor on the display |
2. |
surf |
B. |
programs on a computer |
3. |
software |
C. |
to receive material from the internet onto your computer |
4. |
mouse |
D. |
to look at internet pages |
5. |
to download |
E. |
program which can harm your computer |
6. |
internet |
F. |
the world wide web |
7. |
network |
G. |
a picture representing a program |
8. |
virus |
H. |
two or more computers directly linked |
B.
1. |
programmer |
A. |
icon that connects directly to a filer folder or … |
2. |
pop-up |
B. |
marks where you are going to type on the computer |
3. |
shortcut |
C. |
we use it to type into a computer |
4. |
printer |
D. |
hardware that puts materials from computer to … |
5. |
keyboard |
E. |
another word fro computer screen |
6. |
hardware |
F. |
message or screen that appears without direct |
7. |
cursor |
G. |
person who makes or modifies computer |
8. |
monitor |
H. |
Equipment which makes up a computer |
2. Look at the pictures below. Write down the names of computer equipment.
3. Choose the right word.
A. About Computer
links menu mouse pointer printer screen word processor
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A small object which you use to move the pointer around the screen: a ____________ .
The cursor acts as a ____________ to point to what you want the computers to do.
The ____________ prints the text.
The part you look at when you watch TV or use a computer : ____________ .
This equipment is used by secretaries, writers and other people to produce a text: a ____________ .
A modem ____________ a computer with other computers through the telephone.
A list of things you can ask the computer to do : a ____________ .
B. Using computer
database document memory modem spreadsheets template terminals toolbar word processor
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1. The ____________ save me a lot of time when I’m doing the accounts. 2. We have a huge ____________ with detailed information about all our customers. 3. The three most important kinds ____________ that your PC can create are word processor, database and spreadsheet. 4. You can’t get onto the internet unless your computer has a ____________ . 5. Most computers have enough ____________ to store a vast amount of information. 6. Many people only use their computer as a ____________ all they do is write letters and reports on it. 7. It’s usually quicker to use the icons on the ____________ than to keep using the menu. 8. The central computer in this office serves thirty-two ____________ . 9. If you write a lot of similar letters, you can save a lot of time by using a ____________ . |
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