самостоятельная работа по английскому языку в 9 классе по теме "СМИ" (раздел 3 урок 7, учебник В.П.Кузовлева и др. "Английский язык")
тест по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

1. Vocabulary. Fill in the gaps with the words.

The Internet

            From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the Internet was a communication and research tool used almost exclusively for academic and                        . This changed  with the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989.   The first people to coin the term                were two scientists, Vinton Cerf (known as "father of the Internet") and his colleague Bob Kahn, who in 1974 devised a means by which data could be transmitted across a global-network of computers.    An Oxford graduate, Tim Berners-Lee, set up the first "www server" (a Server receives and ____________) to store the archive of the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Switzerland.        The first e-mail ever sent was in 1972 between computers in two_______.

            Today individuals, companies, and institutions use the Internet in many ways. Businesses use the Internet to provide access to complex databases, such as__________.    Companies carry out  electronic commerce, including advertising, selling, buying, distributing products. Businesses and institutions use the Internet  __________conferencing and other forms of communication that enable people to telecommute, or work from a distance.  The use of electronic mail over the Internet has greatly speeded ___________between companies, and between other individuals. __________________use the Internet to broadcast audio and video, including live radio and television programs.  Scientists use the Internet to communicate with colleagues, to perform research, to distribute lecture notes and course materials to students, and to publish papers and articles.  Individuals use the Internet for communication, entertainment, ____________, and to buy and sell goods and services.

              1 -"internet",     2 - sends messages,     3 - American universities,     4 - communication,

5 - military purposes,     6 - financial databases,     7 - finding information,

8 - for voice and video,     9 - media and entertainment companies

2. Grammar. Report Ted’s opinion about the Internet.

I can find everything only on the Internet, but I can find just as much in books, magazines or on

the TV. Some people haven’t got personal computers and do not know

how to work on them. As for entertainment, the television is much better!

I love my telly and I couldn’t live without it.  Now I listen to the radio more.

My brother and I are big fans of the radio.