Escola E.B. 2,3 nº1 de Loulé
PROVA GLOBAL DE: Inglês
Ano de Escolaridade: 9º
Professor: Isabel Casaca
Ano Lectivo: 1999/2000
Duração de Prova: 50m
Read the
text carefully.
This expression used to mean that some one was knocking on the door.
However, nowadays it may have a different meaning. As a matter of fact, it can
mean that somebody is trying to communicate via the Internet.
“The world at
your fingertips” – that’s how one schoolgirl describe her first session
using a computer to access the information superhighway. While sitting in her
classroom at a computer, she was able to pick any place on the globe and then
ask for more information about it in words and pictures. She went on a video
tour of the White House and listened to a welcome message from the President of
the USA.
With equal ease, she could call up the share prices index and get
up-to-date financial information or contact the meteorological office for a
weather forecast.
The information superhighway is a combination of computers, cables and
telephone lines that gives access to a multitude of resources. The resources
include newspaper, reference books and services such as banking, making travel
arrangements and booking tickets.
At the moment, few schools have the necessary equipment. You need a
powerful computer with the appropriate software and a modem, which connects it
whit a telephone line; you also need to belong to the Internet, which gives you
an electronic (e-mail) address. But like businesses, schools are finding that
the costs are coming and the range of services available is growing all the
time. There are over 30 millions Internet users worldwide.
Before you connect yourself onto the Internet, you might like to know
some of the vocabulary that has been created around it. The people you chat to
through the Internet screen are known as Netties. Going from one computer
destination to another, while you are researching a topic, for instance, is
calling surfing.
It seems that the Internet and the information superhighway will grow and
influence all you lives.
Source:
Current, n. 1, 1995
(Abridged
and Adapted)
Words
via –
by way of
fingertips
– end of the fingers
to pick
– select
call up
– have access to, obtain
share
prices index – the list that informs the public about the current value of
investments in companies/governments, etc.
up-to-date
– the most recent, present
resources
– supply of goods, services
connects
– links
coming
down – being reduced
available
– obtainable, that they can use
chat –
conversion
as a
matter of fact – in fact, the fact is that
A-
Find the words
in the text that have the following meaning.
1.
A means of
getting information/communication through telephone lines and a computer
2.
Electronic
machine which stores information.
3.
To know the
weather forecast you contact this service.
4.
Combination of
computers and telephone lines used to get access to several services
5.
People who use
the Internet.
B-
Match the
information in A whit B according to the text.
|
A |
B |
|
A)
using the Internet B)
because they can provide a lot of services and store information. C)
to the information superhighway at school. D)
Acess to newspaper, banking, travels arrangement, etc. |
C-
Answer the
following questions about the text.
1.
Bearing in mind
the Internet world, what can the expression “anybody home” mean?
2.
What’s the
information superhighway?
3.
Name some of
the resources it can provide you.
4.
In Internet
language, what do you call people who communicate through this system?
D-
Bill Gates is
one of the men who controls new information technologies. Complete this
interview with him by writing the questions.
Reporter:
1________________________________________________?
Bill
Gates: I was born in Seattle.
R:
2______________________________________________________?
BG: I
wrote my first programs when I was 13.
R:
3______________________________________________________?
BG: I
had to give up my studies at Harvard because Microsoft Company took up all of my
time.
R:
4______________________________________________________?
BG:
Microsoft controls the market of Personal Computers.
R:
5______________________________________________________?
BG: Yes,
computer industry is extremely competitive.
E-
Complete with
the correct question-tag.
1.
Bill Gates is
one of the masters of the Universe__________________
2.
He wrote his
first program when he was 13_____________________
3.
He didn’t
finish his studies at Harvard University________________
4.
Microsoft
controls the market of personal computers_____________
5.
Bill Gates will
be able to rule the Information Age_______________
F-
Complete each
of the sentences is such way that they have the same meaning as the sentence
printed above them.
1.
Some Companies
charged Bill Gates with anticompetitive business practices. Bill Gates
_____________________________________.
2.
“I don’t
like travelling much. Actually, I’m trying to stay at home longer. I will be
able to participate in a lot of videoconferences.” Bill Gates said
___________________________________.
3.
“How many
hours does Bill Gates work a day?” He asked
____________________________________.
4.
Bill Gates
control new information technologies. New information technologies
__________________________________.
G-
Choose one of
the following topics and write about 60 words on it.
1.
Computers and modern life – you may considerer the following questions as
guide lines, if you like:
-
Are you interested in computers?
-
Have you got one in you home?
-
Are there any computers in your school to be used by students?
-
What do you use computers for?
-
How do you think computers are changing our lives? (work / entertainment
/ education)
2. What
are your plans for the future? You may follow the guide lines that are given:
-
Lots of young people want to find a job. What about you?
-
If you could choose any job in the world what you it be? Why?
-
What do you expect from your future job?
Have
a good work!