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    Section 1:

    Hardware
    1.1 Hardware

    1. battery
    2. cable
    3. desktop computer 3
    4. digital camera 7
    5. docking station
    6. fax machine
    7. laptop computer (or
    notebook)
    8. mobile phone
    9. mouse
    10. PDA (Personal
    Digital Assistant) 12
    11. plug
    12. printer
    13. projector
    14. scanner 14
    15. socket

    6 8

    13

    10
    1 15

    5 2 11

    6
    For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (978 07475 6622 9).
    1.2 Some useful verbs

    A. Match the verbs with the nouns.


    1. recharge a. digital photos
    2. click on b. faxes
    3. dial c. a number on your mobile phone
    4. give d. a presentation
    5. move e. something with the mouse
    6. print out f. the battery
    7. send and receive g. the mouse
    8. take some h. twenty pages

    B. Choose the best verb.


    press the "Start" button.
    9. To turn on the computer, __________
    a. touch b. press c. switch

    finished of ink.
    10. The printer has __________
    a. finished b. ended c. run out

    working at the moment.


    11. Unfortunately, my scanner isn't __________
    a. working b. going c. doing

    insert the CD ROM.


    12. Please __________
    a. insert b. introduce c. inject

    plugged in
    13. The projector isn't working because it isn't __________.
    a. plugged b. plugged in c. plugged into

    to change
    14. The batteries in my digital camera are nearly dead. They need __________.
    a. to change b. exchanging c. changing

    watch a computer screen for eight hours a day.


    15. I have to __________
    a. see b. look at c. watch

    de-plug it from the wall socket.


    16. Switch off your computer, and __________
    a. de-plug b. unplug c. non-plug

    17. I turned off the photocopier and extracted


    ___________ the plug.
    a. pulled out b. extracted c. took away

    Hit
    18. __________ any key to continue.
    a. Kick b. Smash c. Hit

    7
    For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (978 07475 6622 9).
    1.3 The workstation

    CD drive / DVD drive


    CRT monitor
    flat panel monitor 1. tower
    floppy disk drive
    key
    keyboard 2. power button
    mouse
    power button
    monitor
    screen
    stand
    tower
    wire / cable 3. floppy disk drive

    4. CD dive / DVD drive

    5. screen
    6. wire / cable

    7. keyboard 8. mouse

    9. key 10. flat panel monitor 11. CRT monitor

    12. stand
    8
    For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (978 07475 6622 9).
    Rearrange the letters to make things which can be part of a workstation.
    tucmepor ___computer____
    13. trirpen printer
    _______________
    14. nasecnr scanner
    _______________
    15. kesd desk
    _______________
    16. hacir chair
    _______________
    17. nopelethe telephone
    _______________

    Choose the best word.


    mouse carpet
    18. The mouse moves on a __________.
    a. mouse mat b. mouse carpet c. mouse table

    inches
    19. TV and computer screens are usually measured in __________.
    a. feet b. miles c. inches

    adjust the height of your chair


    20. Before you start work, __________
    a. adjust b. change c. rearrange

    loudspeakers
    21. To get sound from your computer, plug in a pair of __________.
    a. loudhailers b. loudspeakers c. loud voices

    modem
    22. The computer is connected to the telephone line via a __________.
    a. module b. modem c. mod

    expansion
    23. You can increase the functions or performance of a computer with an __________. card
    a. extension card b. exploding card c. expansion card

    bluetooth
    24. Mobile phones and PDAs can communicate with computers via __________. ®
    a. Bluebeard ® b. Blueberry ® c. Bluetooth ®

    electrical opening
    25. There's a spare __________ in the workstation…
    a. electric hole b. power point c. electrical opening

    charger
    26. …so you can plug in your mobile phone __________.
    a. charger b. power c. electrification

    memory reader
    27. SD cards can be read in a computer's __________.
    a. storage reader b. memory reader c. card reader

    9
    For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (978 07475 6622 9).

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