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Activity 2. Fill in the table with derivatives:
Activity 3. Match the words to make collocations. Make your own examples with them:
Activity 4. Fill in the gaps with the missing prepositions: 1. Quantum computers are now _____ the forefront of the industry development. 2. New computers will be able to process and store information _____ an unprecedented rate. 3. Currently there is not enough computational power to pull ____ true artificial intelligence. 4. Future devices will interact _____ us _____ a neural level. 5. The optimistic scenario is that _____ the advent of quantum computers the world will become more democratic. Activity 5. Define the following words: quantum computers, mainstream, parallel processing, neural networks, MRAM, gigaflop, Super Powers, exponential. GRAMMAR FOCUS Activity 6. Paraphrase the sentences using the Passive Voice: 1. Future quantum computers will make today’s desktops and laptops seem like wooden pegs and balls attached to sticks by strings. 2. In the near future, computers will use nanotechnology to shrink the size of silicon chips, increasing speed and power with parallel processing. 3. When DARPA meets Sony and the brain-computer barriers come tumbling down, everyone will be able to command computers, robots, bionics and other quantum based electronics using only our minds. 4. Tomorrow’s teraflops, petaflops, exaflops will replace today’s gigaflops. 5. Future computers will allow us to communicate with others from a distance just by thinking. Activity 7. Put the verb into correct Future Tense, active or passive: 1. Quantum computers _____ (utilize) power of magnetic forces at a subatomic scale. 2. Future computers _____ (base) upon qubits. 3. They _____ (give) enough computational power to pull off true artificial intelligence. 4. 0’s and 1’s _____ (process) simultaneously in a process known as superposition. 5. In the future the Super Powers _____ (endanger) by the next generation of computers. WHILE-READING Activity 8. Read the text and mark the statements true (T), false (F) or not given (NG): 1. Computers of the future will differ from modern ones mainly in size. ___ 2. New computers will be developed on the basis of Artificial Intelligence. ___ 3. Quantum computers will be comparatively inexpensive. ___ 4. The author is pessimistic about the future scenario for mankind development. ___ 5. Superposition is the ability of computers to process 0’s and1’s at the same instant. ___ жүктеу/скачать 2,47 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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