Задание 1

Выберите правильную форму глагола из двух предложенных.

1. I … that the situation is out of control.

A. see        

B. am seeing

2. If I … you $5, what will you buy?

A. will give         

B. give

3. Her eyes are red. …?

A. Is she crying

B. Has she been crying

4. George was angry. He …for Nora for two hours.

A. had been waiting

B. was waiting

5. Students ….their books and did the exercise.

A. opened

B. had opened

6. The workers say that they ….. a district by the beginning of this year.

A. will build up

B. will have built up

Ответ:

1 - a

2 - b

3 - b

4 - a

5 - a

6 - b

Задание 2

Подчеркните сказуемое в предложении, определите его видовременную форму и переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. These robots are used in space projects, nuclear reactor stations, and underwater exploration research.

2. Earlier robots were usually blind and deaf.

3. In the meantime, the robotics revolution is already beginning to change the kind of work that people do.

Ответ:

1 are used - present simple passive

2 were blind and deaf - past indefinite

3 is beginning to change - present continuous

Задание 3

Укажите, какой частью речи является выделенная форма:

a) герундием (Gerund);

b) инфинитивом (Infinitive);

c) причастием настоящего времени (Participle I);

d) причастием прошедшего времени (Participle II).

Переведите предложения.

1. A welding tool used by a human worker weighs about 100 pounds or more and is difficult to handle.

2. Robots shine at installing chips in printed circuit boards because of a capability that robots have that people don’t.

3. Newer types of robots are fitted with video cameras and other sensing devices.

Ответ:

1 - participle I

2 - gerund

3 - participle II, participle I

1. Сварочный инструмент, используемый рабочим, весит приблизительно 100 фунтов или больше, и тяжело регулируем.

2. Роботы, обладая способностью, которой не обладают люди, вносят сиянием при монтаже правления печатной схемы.

3. Более новые типы роботов оснащены видео камерами и другими устройствами манипуляции.

 

Задание 4

Read the text. Then read the titles. Which of the following titles is the best?

1. New Models of Robot in Stock Now.

2. Humans Against Robots. Who is the Best?

3. Artificial Intelligence - Reality or Fiction?

4. The Robotics Revolution.

Ответ:

4 - the Robotics revolutions

Задание 5

Read the text again. Choose the best sentence from the list below to complete each gap. Many of the robots in use today do jobs that are especially difficult for human workers. These are the types of jobs that require great strength or pose danger. 1 ____. A welding tool used by a human worker weighs about 100 pounds or more and is difficult to handle. As mechanical supermen, robots may be called upon to do anything from moving heavy components between workstations on a factory floor to carrying bags of cement. Spray painting is another task suited to robots because robots do not need to breathe. 2 ____. Robots are better at this task, not because they are faster or cheaper than humans, but because they work in a place where humans cannot.

Third in the list of useful jobs for robots is the assembly of electronic parts. Robots shine at installing chips in printed circuit boards because of a capability that robots have that people don’t. 3 ____. This automatic accuracy is particularly valuable in this kind of industry because locating and fixing mistakes is costly.

Earlier robots were usually blind and deaf but newer types of robots are fitted with video cameras and other sensing devices that can detect heat, texture, size, and sound. 4 ____.

In their efforts to expand the range of robotic applications, researchers are looking beyond traditional designs to examine a variety of potential models from the biological world. The industrial arm is a classic example. Scientists have been able to model robots to imitate the vertebrate spine of a snake in order to paint the interior of automobiles. 5 ____.

The challenge of equipping robots with the skills to operate independently, outside of a factory or laboratory, has taxed the ingenuity and creativity of academic, military, and industrial scientists for years. Simply put, robot hands - like robot legs, or eyes, or reasoning powers - have a long way to go before they can approach what biological evolution has achieved over the course of hundreds of millions of years. Much more will have to happen in laboratories around the world before robots can be compared to nature’s handwork.

In the meantime, the robotics revolution is already beginning to change the kind of work that people do. ............