Research on the Internet

1. The Internet is widely used and accessible to hundreds of millions of people in many parts of the world. It can provide practically instant information on most topics, and has a profound impact on the way ideas are formed and knowledge is created.

2. Finding information on the World Wide Web needs an Internet search engine such as Google, Alta Vista or Excite. Search engines have a text box where you type in a keyword or words. A search engine is a software program that reads the keywords in the text box and searches the Internet for Web pages, websites and other Internet files that use them. These documents are shown on the computer screen in a results listing .

3. When carrying out searches, you should usually be specific and brief in your choice of words. If the keyword is too general, or includes too many different meanings, the result listing may not be useful. Different search engines categorize information in different ways, which changes the way they store and retrieve it.

4. Before you start, you should be aware of the problem you look for. That’s why start with broad initial research, for example at Wikipedia. This will give you a broad sense of what categories and related topics are out there, and give you possible directions to aim your research.

Then you should experiment with several keywords, from 3 to 5, using such a search engine, as Google. But that’s not all. You should be very patient and use slower and more specific search engines after that, for example, Scirus (for scientific searching), if you want to get a really profound look at the problem.

5. You should also filter and validate the content you find. Carefully consider the author/source, and the date of publication. Be suspicious of personal web pages, and any commercial pages that have a lot of s pelling errors, grammar errors, too many blinking emoticons . These are all red flags that the author is not a serious resource, and does not care about the quality of their publishing.

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V. Прочтите 3 абзац текста и вопрос к нему. Из приведенных вариантов ответа укажите номер предложения, содержащего правильный ответ на поставленный вопрос:

How should one choose keywords?

a) it’s better to choose brief and specific keywords because they narrow the search;

b) keywords should be very general to get more results;

c) one should use sentences instead of keywords.

Вариант 5

I. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык. В разделе (б) обратите внимание на перевод пассивных конструкций.

а) 1. A computer virus behaves similar to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells.

2. Tomorrow I will send you a copy of my report.

б) 1. Programs downloaded without a fee are called freeware.

2. What antivirus program was installed on your computer?

II. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните Participle I и Participle II и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. More and more machines are designed to take over the tasks previously performed by people.

2. This computer has the main processing chip called a “Pentium 4’.

3. In the last ten years police have installed speed traps on many busy roads.

4. Coming off a factory assembly line, a new computer can do nothing.

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