Not all websites are created equal

Using websites is like talking to friends. While we all have friends that are truly knowledgeable and can be very helpful, we all also have friends who are often wrong, but never in doubt. Some of our friends may tell us things that have mixtures of truth and fiction at the same time. Most people know to be skeptical of what some of their friends tell them and we should hold websites to the same standards. However, there are a few guidelines that can help you to separate the informative from the misleading.

Commercial websites that are trying to sell a product cannot be trusted to tell you the truth about issues related to that product. You may be able to gain understanding of a product and be able to compare products using these sites, but any claims should be highly suspect. Never forget they are trying to sell you something. Selling you something is the website’s goal, not educating you.

Websites sponsored by particular commercial, political, or other entities should be viewed with suspicion as well. Like commercial websites, these sites also have a goal of “selling” you something, it just may be a particular belief rather than a physical product. Check the “about us” page to see who sponsors the website. You are more likely to get high-quality information from websites affiliated with universities, government agencies, and some news organizations or non-profit associations devoted to public education.

Beyond these categories, we enter realm of news and magazine websites, blogs, and Wikipedia. All of these reporting platforms are valuable and can be trustworthy. Many respectable news and magazine websites now employ bloggers, hired because they are good journalists, with editors in some cases reviewing blog posts prior to publication. So blogs may be of equal or higher quality than many paper publications.

9. Выделите суффикс слова, определите по суффиксу часть речи, переведите слова письменно:

1. publication 2. journalist 3. respectable 4. editor 5. valuable 6. blogger 7. education 8. political 9. sponsor 10. commercial 11. informative 12. highly 13. helpful 14. knowledgeable 15. skeptical 16. suspicion 17. information 18. government

10. Подберите синоним из второй колонки к словам в первой колонке:

Переведите письменно третий абзац текста.

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА 4

Вариант 3

Напишите предложения полностью, соединив части предложений из колонки А с частями предложений из колонки В.

Расставьте глаголы в предложения по смыслу.

help, look, painted, wanted, make, typed, said, spoke, mind, be*2, came

1) If you really ……… to help, you could ……… a cup of tea to everybody.

2) If you ……… to the receptionist nicely, she would ……… you mush more.

3) Would you ……… if I ……… a few words.

4) It would ……… very nice if you ……… .

5) If we ……… the walls, the office would much better.

6) It would ……… much faster if I ……… .

3. Прочитайте предложение, выберите правильный вариант ответа.

1) I really wish I ……… help you, but I can’t.

а. could b. can c. had been able to

2) I wish I ……… that. She was really hurt.

а. hadn’t said b. had been saying c. said

3) I wish you ……… to me. If you had followed my advice, you wouldn’t lost your job.

а. listen b. had listened c. to listen

4) The weather is so nice! I wish I ……… now.

а. didn’t work b. hadn’t worked c. hadn’t been working

5) I wish I ……… a camera! I could take a picture of this beautiful sunset then.

а. had own b. owned c. had owned

6) I wish I ……… old enough to go to the nightclubs.

а. were b. had been c. have been

Перепишите предложения в сослагательном наклонении, используя его правильный тип и сохраняя смысл первоначального предложения.

1) I don’t have enough money so I can’t afford a Ferrari. If I …

2) I don’t have enough time so I won’t be able to travel around the world. If I …

3) I am busy so I won’t attend the meeting tomorrow. If I wasn’t …

4) He doesn’t have a home computer so he can’t read his e-mails at the weekend. If he …

5) She doesn’t have my phone number so she won’t be able to c all me. If she …

6) I don’t give presentations because I get very nervous. If I didn’t …

7) We don’t spend enough on marketing in my company, so sales are poor. If we …

8) I have too much to do so I can’t come to dinner. If I …

5. Прочтите и переведите текст письменно. Выполните задание № 6, 7 к данному тексту.

Wikipedia as the source of information

Wikipedia can be very valuable. Although Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, it has a large group of active moderators/editors who remove erroneous information and protect some controversial websites from being altered too often or rapidly. Additionally, Wikipedia now flags pages that have fewer citations or might have poorer quality information with warning messages at the top of the page. Multiple approaches work together to ensure the overall accuracy of Wikipedia pages. Thus, in its current form, Wikipedia is a fairly trustworthy source of information.

Соедините слова из левой колонки с их определениями из правой колонки.

Выпишите из текста предложения, содержащие модальные глаголы.

8. Прочтите и переведите текст устно. Выполните задание № 9,10,11 к данному тексту.

Advantages and disadvantages of The Internet

The Internet is undoubtedly the most crucial technology of the modern world, the useful application has not only made our lives easier than ever before but it also plays a very important role in the future developments.

Everyone is of course very well known that the Internet has the global advantages than just a few concentrated ones. With the introduction of the the Internet the global communication has become a matter of just the finger tips of the users. The the Internet has brought about the various different, innovative communication means like the emailing, chatting, and the voice conversation system over the the Internet.

These systems have not only made the communication easy but also the daily lives interactions following the business of people living on the other sides of the world. The other blessings of the the Internet include the umpteen resources that we can get on anything at all over the net and also the entertainment via the games, websites, and media access which was never so easy before.

Everything has the negative aspect to it and so does the the Internet, the biggest threat of the the Internet is the security threats. The security over the the Internet cannot be guaranteed due to the major hacking techniques and theories, even the interaction between the two strangers can lead to friendship and then serious cases of murders and serial killers plots which have become increasingly popular because of the the Internet launch.

Despite of a few major problems the advantages of the the Internet use clearly outweigh the few disadvantages.

Найдите данным словосочетаниям английские эквиваленты в тексте и запишите их.

важная роль, будущее развитие, инновационные средства коммуникации, бесчисленные ресурсы, отрицательная сторона, наибольшая угроза, серьезный случай, основные проблемы, современный мир

10. Подберите синонимы из второй колонки к словам в первой колонке:

Переведите письменно второй и третий абзац текста.

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА 4

Вариант 4

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