Задание 17.1. Какие из приведенных ниже утвер¬ждений верны / неверны? Аргументируйте свой от¬вет, опираясь на текст.
1) There are still not so many users of the Internet.
2) There is information on all sorts of topics on the internet, including education and weather forecast.
3) People can communicate through e-mail and chat programs only.
4) Internet is a tens of thousands of networks which exchange the information in the same basic way.
5) You can access information available on the World Wide Web through the Web browser.
6) You need a computer (hardware) and a special pro¬gram (software) to be a WWW user.
7) You move from site to site by clicking on a portion of text only.
8) Every time the user wants to move somewhere on the web he/she needs to step by step enter links and addresses.
9) Films and pictures are not available on the Internet.
ТЕКСТ
Millions of people around the world use the Internet to search for and retrieve information on all sorts of top¬ics in a wide variety of areas including the arts, business, government, humanities, news, politics and recreation. People communicate through electronic mail (e-mail), discussion groups, chat channels and other means of in¬formational exchange They share information and make commercial and business transactions. All this activity is possible because tens of thousands of networks are con¬nected to the Internet and exchange information in the same basic ways.
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the Inter¬net. But it's not a collection of networks. Rather, it is information that is connected or linked together like a web. You access this information through one interface or tool called a Web browser.\The number of resources and services that are part of the World Wide Web is grow¬ing extremely fast. In 1996 there were more than 20 mil¬lion users of the WWW, and more than half the infor-mation that is transferred across the Internet is accessed through the WWW. By using a computer terminal (hard¬ware) connected to a network that is a part of the Inter¬net, and by using a program (software) to browse or re¬trieve information that is a part of the World Wide Web, the people connected to the Internet and World Wide Web through the local providers have access to a variety of information. Each browser provides a graphical inter-face. You move from place to place, from site to site on the Web by using a mouse to click on a portion of text, icon or region of a map. These items are called hyper¬links or links. vEach link you select represents a docu¬ment, an image, a video clip or an audio file somewhere on the Internets. The user doesn't need to know where it is, the browser follows the link.
All sorts of things are available on the WWW. One can use Internet for recreational purposes. Many TV and radio stations broadcast live on the WWW. Essentially, if something can be put into digital format and stored in a computer, then it's available on the WWW. You can even visit museums, gardens, cities throughout the world, learn foreign languages and meet new friends. And of course you can play computer games through WWW, competing with partners from other countries and continents.
Just a little bit of exploring the World Wide Web will show you what a much of use and fun it is.
2) There is information on all sorts of topics on the internet, including education and weather forecast. This is true, on the Internet you can find all the information you need in a wide variety of areas including education and weather forecast.
3) People can communicate through e-mail and chat programs only. This is false because people can communicate not only through e-mail and chat programs but also through discussion groups and other means of informational exchange.
4) Internet is a tens of thousands of networks which exchange the information in the same basic way. This is true, that's why it's possible for all these activites like sharing information and making commercial and business transactions to happen.
5) You can access information available on the World Wide Web through the Web browser. This is true because WWW is a part of the Internet but it's not a collection of networks. Rather, it is information that is connected or linked together like a web.
6) You need a computer (hardware) and a special pro¬gram (software) to be a WWW user. This is true because without hardware and software you can't get connected to a network that is a part of the Internet and browse or retrieve information that is a part of the WWW.
7) You move from site to site by clicking on a portion of text only. This is true because each browser provides a graphical inter-face: text, icons or region of maps. These items are called hyper links.
8) Every time the user wants to move somewhere on the web he/she needs to step by step enter links and addresses. This is false, the user doesn't need to know where it is, the browser follows the link.
9) Films and pictures are not available on the Internet. This is false because many TV and radio stations broadcast live of the WWW. Essentially, if something can be put into digital format and stored in a computer, then it's available on the WWW. So pictures are also available on the Internet.