1. Mark the statements T (true), F (False), NS (Not Stated).
Hobby is what people like doing in their free time. Most people choose a hobby according to their likes and dislikes. There are a lot of different hobbies. For some teenagers there is nothing more important than dancing. It’s really good fun and enjoyable. Some teenagers come home and do nothing because they are tired. They like to sit in front of the TV set and watch films. They are a bit of coach potatoes. But a lot of teens go in for sports. It is very good for your health. Sport makes you healthy and fit. If you are not a sporty person, it is a good idea to take up walking. It is just really relaxing to get back to nature, breathe in some fresh air, see some beautiful scenery. You come back really refreshed. The young generation is fond of computers. Some teenagers spend hours playing computer games. They are really addictive. But the Internet is a really good way to spend your free time. You can send e-mails to friends from different countries and even talk to them. There are plenty of other activities such as travelling, reading, skateboarding or shopping. Teenagers also like going to the cinema and watching action films and comedies. But the most popular hobby is, of course, listening to music. So teenagers have different hobbies. Hobby makes our life more interesting and helps us make lots of friends.
Some teenagers watch TV a lot because they have nothing to do.
2) False
The young generation dislikes computer.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

Hobby is a favorite pastime.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
For some teenagers dancing is the most important thing.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Playing computer games is very bad for teenagers’ health.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Some teenagers like watching different films.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated

1. For the last generation, Silicon Valley and Tokyo have been working to design computers that are ever easier to use. There is one thing, however, that has prevented the machines from becoming their user-friendliest: you still have to input data with a keyboard, and that can require you to do a lot of typing and to memorize a lot of elaborate commands.

2. Enter the clipboard computer, a technology that has been in development for the last 20 years but took hold in the mass market only in 1993. Clipboard PCs – which, as their name suggests, are not much bigger that an actual clipboard – replace the keyboard with a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and an electronic stylus. Users input data by printing individual letters directly on the screen. There are two technologies at work in a clipboard PC: one allows raw data to get into the computer to figure out what data means. The first technology relies principally on hardware and varies depending on the particular computer. In one system, marketed under the name GRIDPad, the computer’s LCD screen is covered with a transparent conductive coating. Voltage is sent across the glass in horizontal and vertical lines forming a fine grid, the voltage is slightly different. When the stylus – which is essentially a voltmeter- touches the screen, it informs the computer of the voltage at that point. The computer uses this information to determine where the stylus is and causes a liquid crystal pixel to appear at those coordinates. The position of the stylus is monitored several hundred times a second, so as the stylus moves across the glass, whole strings of pixels are activated.

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Beginning to tell you about my favourite newspaper, firstly I would like to stress that the mass media and especially press play very important role in our lives.Needless to say that the mass media have done and continue doing much to excite and to maintain our interest in every aspect of the life in Russia. But I want to draw your attention to the work of press and its role in the life of society.The press is one of those few means of getting information, which exists in almost all parts of the world. Reading different newspapers and magazines, we learn about recent political, economical and cultural events in Russia and abroad, about international relations and progressive views, about ordinary and extraordinary things and cases. That is why I think it necessary that people should read newspapers and magazines.As for me, my favourite newspaper is “Moskovskiy Komsomolets” (“MK”, in brief). I am sure you have heard about this newspaper and have had a chance to read it. I suppose, it gives us a great amount of information and quickly and vividly reflects current and important events on its pages.The principal vital and actual problems are always discussed by the reporters of “Moskovskiy Komsomolets” and this feature attracts me much. On the pages of “MK” we also can find broad daylights of the political life of the country – this is another good tradition and positive particularity which is liked by its readers.For all items and saturation coverage of occasions this newspaper offers a lot of columns and headings with brief and interesting headlines.It goes without saying that the most exciting reports and latest news are always published on the first page of “MK” so that the readers could familiarize with them at once. To my mind, it’s very convenient!Recently a great amount of advertisements have appeared on the news pages and on the pages of “MK” too. I consider this is wrong: advertisements occupy the space which could be used for news or reviews and must be published only as special separate periodicals. They reduce the quality of the newspaper as a source of information and affect its prestige, and this point should be taken into account.On the whole my favourite newspaper meets my requirements and I hope that it will be printed in future.