Экзаменационная работа по английскому языку. II-й семестр

Задание 1.Выберите правильную форму глагола.
1. No city has cables lay directly.
a. lay
b. are laying
c. laid
2. Computers are used to perform series of mathematical operations.
a. are used
b. are using
c. have used
3. To reduce power losses, thick wires should be used.
a. Reducing
b. To reduce
c. Having reduced
4. For information to be transmitted, it must be attached to a radio – frequency carrier wave.
a. to be transmitted
b. will be transmitted
c. transmitted
5. Various installations are being used to transform electric power into mechanical and heat power.
a. have been used
b. are using
c. are being used
6. The experiment is reported to be continued .
a. reports
b. is reporting
c. is reported
7. A computer is known to possess four main parts.
a. has been known
b. is known
c. knows
8. The atmosphere proves to extend several hundred kilometers above the Earth.
a. proves
b. has been proved
c. is proved
9. Transistor batteries have been expected to be used in systems that have to operate on weak signals, for example, in ultra-long-distance space communications.
a. expected
b. have been expected
c. were expected
10. Materials having very high resistance are called insulators.
a. having
b. have
c. are having
11. A cable conduit is an arrangement is built in the ground.
a. building
b. is built
c. built
12. Having performed calculations, a computer displays results.
a. Having performed
b. Performed
c. Performing
13. A faulty cable running_ between two manholes is to be replaced.
a. having run
b. running
c. runs
14. Having been tested under different conditions, the devices were put to use.
a. having been tested
b. testing
c. tested
15. The device is faulty, one cannot rely on its readings.
a. is
b. being
c. to be
16. RAM stands for Random Access Memory, information being transferred into and out of any single byte of memory.
a. being transferred
b. transferred
c. have transferred
17. Other factors having been constant, the current is known to be directly proportional to conductivity.
a. be
b. being
c. having been
18. A barometer is used for measuring the atmospheric pressure.
a) measuring
b) measures
c) measurement
19. Is any metal capable of being drawn into a wire.
a) drawing
b) being drawn
c) having drawn
20. We know the atmospheric pressure decreases as altitude increases.
a) decreases
b) is decreasing
c) to decrease
21. Quantum electronics have been developed, it became possible to produce clock that measure time with an accuracy of one second per 300 years.
a) having been developed
b) have been developed
c) being developed
22. Without the Sun there would be no light, no heat, no energy of any kind.
a) will be
b) would be
c) will
23. Oxygen is an element of greatest importance to the Earth as all living things will die without it.
a) would die
b) will die
c) will be dying
24. If automatic checking of different kinds hadn’t been built into the computer it Couldn’t operate operate with extraordinary reliability.
a) Couldn’t operate b) can’t operate c) can’t operating

25. If the operators had used some additional components, they would have been able to actuate the relay
a) used b) have used c) had used


Задание 2. Прочтите текст и выполните задания к тексту
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS)

ЗАДАНИЕ N 1
Are the following statement true, false or no information about it:
Interest in creating MEMS appeared on in the late 1990s.
• false
• true
• no information

ЗАДАНИЕ N 2
Are the following statement true, false or no information about it:
The order in which the electronic and mechanical components should be built is a technical issue in MEMS fabrication.
• false
• true
• no information

ЗАДАНИЕ N 3
Are the following statement true, false or no information about it:
Another early application for MEMS was in inkjet printheads.
• false
• true
• no information
ЗАДАНИЕ N 4
Are the following statement true, false or no information about it:

The nanoelectromechanical systems are sensitive to defects arising from their fabrication.
• false
• true
• no information

ЗАДАНИЕ N 5
Укажите, какой части текста (1, 2, 3, 4) соответствует следующая информация:
MEMS can be used to develop products that are useful in many spheres of people’s lives.
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

ЗАДАНИЕ N 6
.
Укажите, какой части текста (1, 2, 3, 4) соответствует следующая информация:
Even though the interest in creating MEMS grew in 1980s, their commercial use and development started much later.
• 2
• 4
• 3
• 1

ЗАДАНИЕ N 7
Ответьте на вопрос:
What are the barriers to the further commercial expansion of MEMS?
• The lack of research and the absence of funding are the main obstacles.
• The cost of MEMS, nonstandardization of design and modeling tools, and the need for more reliable packaging are the obstacles in the way of the further commercial penetration of MEMS.
• The question of order in which to build the electronic and mechanical components and the need for more reliable packaging are the barriers that stop the further commercial penetration of MEMS.
• The only barrier to the further commercial penetration of MEMS is their high cost.

ЗАДАНИЕ N 8
Определите основную идею текста
• The only problem concerning MEMS is the technical issue of fabrication.
• Humanity cannot survive without MEMS technologies.

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