Ex. 22. Put special questions to the underlined words. Begin with the question-words in brackets

1. In 1981, only 213 computers were connected to the Internet. [When?]

2. The new software will be installed on 850 desktop computers. [How many?]

3. Arithmetic operations are performed in the arithmetic-logic unit. [What unit?]

4. The Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. [Whom?]

5. A fax machine is used for sending and receiving copies of original documents via a phone line. [What?]

6. Access to this information is denied to journalists. [Whom?]

7. The movie will be released on video in June. [When?]

8. The compact discs were co-invented by Philips Electronics N.V. and Sony Corporation for audio recordings in 1980. [What…for?]

Ex. 23. Use the verbs in the required tense/voice form. Translate the sentences.

1. The ‘bar code’ [ to print – Present Indefinite Passive] on products for sale and [ to contain – Present Indefinite Active] information that a computer can read.

2. The results of the public opinion poll on this question [ to display – Future Indefinite Passive] on the Internet.

3. The computer [ to program – Present Indefinite Passive] to warn users before information [ to delete – Present Indefinite Passive].

4. In 2001, Microsoft [ to release – Past Indefinite Active] a new operating system known as Windows XP, the company’s first operating system that [ not / to base – Past Indefinite Passive] on MS-DOS.

5. The automatic engine driver [ to be – Present Indefinite Active] a small computer with transducers. All the necessary data of train operation – distance, time of covering each section of the route, speed limits, etc. [ to program and to feed – Present Indefinite Passive] into the computer’s memory.

6. The world’s first programmable computer [ to design – Past Indefinite Passive] by the English mathematician and inventor, Charles Babbage in the 19^th century. The programs for this machine [ to write – Past Indefinite Passive] by mathematician Ada Byron. For this reason, she [ to consider – Present Indefinite Passive] the world’s first programmer.

7. Hundreds of thousands of people [ to need – Future Indefinite Passive] to manufacture, operate, program and manage new computer equipment.

8. The first digital computer called ENIAC [ to build – Past Indefinite Passive] in the 1940s. It [ to have – Past Indefinite Active] more than 18,000 glass tubes inside and [ to weigh – Past Indefinite Active] more than five elephants.

Ex. 24. Say the same: