1) What types of devices use 'computers on a chip'? How can they be used? 2) What are smart machines designed for? 3) What are the advantages of multimedia? 4) How can computers help the disabled? 5) What expands the interactive connectivity? 6) Why must people power be exercised?
Choose the best way to complete each sentence.
1) The tiny devices are able to control complex operations and …
a) they make life a little easier and a little more pleasant.
b) they can replace people in the future.
c) they have transformed the way many tasks are performed.
2) Distance learning and videoconferencing are …
a) the best way to study.
b) concepts used for study by people in remote locations.
c) used only by big corporations.
3) Computer users and computer professionals will decide …
a) how much hardware, software, and networks will influence our lives.
b) how long it’s possible to use computers in our lives.
c) how many ways of our life improvement exist.
7. Read Text 3 and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F):
1) Computers give no access to any kind of information.
2) The first great electronic computer was the size of a large house, was limited in power and was unreliable.
3) Most large businesses have become completely independent on computers.
4) In many offices and organizations computer messages have replaced messages written on paper.
5) Sometimes the wrong people can make use of the information available in the wrong way.