Home Vocabulary Exercises

1. Arrange the following words into your own sentences

1. All, electronics, on, television, are, radio-receiving, based, tape-recording.

2. Circuits, design, engineers, electronics.

3. Are, to, circuits, generate, also, waveforms.

4. In, chips, toward, is, creating, directed, the, smaller, research, electronics.

5. Ones, are, digital, replacing, analog, systems.

6. Of, in, the, communication, greatest, is, field, application, the, electronics.

7. Mass, of, television, the, rapidly, is, into, media, most, developing, one, popular.

2. Fill in the blanks with the words given below

1. It is hardly possible to name a sphere of science, engineering or the national economy where electrical engineering … is not used.

2. Despite its diversity, electrical engineering can be divided into four main … .

3. Television, radio-receiving, tape-recording are all based on … .

4. Prior to the 1960s, circuits consisted of separate electronic … .

5. There has been a revolutionary … toward integrating electronic devices.

6. Digital systems are replacing … ones.

7. … is the technology of constructing electronic circuits and devices in extremely small packages by various techniques.

(trend, microelectronics, equipment, analog, branches, devices, electronics)

III. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions given below

1. Electrical engineering can be divided … four main branches.

2. Electronics deals … the research, design, integration and application … devices.

3. Television, radio-receiving, tape-recording are all based … electronics.

4. Much … the research … electronics is directed … creating even smaller chips.

5. Radio communication is a means … contact … industrial centres.

6. Television is rapidly developing … , one … the most popular mass media.

7. Microelectronics is the technology … , constructing electronic circuits and devices … extremely small packages … various techniques.

(by, in, toward, of, with, into, on, between)

4. Translate into English

1. Электроника имеет отношение с развитием, дизайном, применением и производством систем и устройств, которые используют электроэнергию.

2. Едва ли возможно назвать сферу науки, техники или национальной экономики, где электротехническое оборудование не используется.

3. Несмотря на своё разнообразие, электротехника может быть разделена на 4 основные области.

4. Электроника имеет дело с исследованием, дизайном и применением приборов.

5. Радио коммуникация играет важную роль в нашей жизни.

6. Радио коммуникация это средство связи между промышленными центрами.

7. Радиоэлектроника - это радиотехника и электроника одновременно.

8. Микроэлектроника – это технология конструирования электронных схем и приборов.

9. Микроэлектроника сегодня имеет дело с конструированием, изготовлением и применением интегральных схем.

10. Мы не можем представить нашу жизнь без электроники.

Text Comprehension Exercises

1. Listen to the text “Radio Engineering and Electronics” and answer the following

questions

1. Is electrical engineering the largest and most diverse field of engineering?

2. What is electronics? 3. What does radio electronics embrace? 4. Microelectronics

today deals with designing, fabrication and applying of integrated circuits, doesn’t it?

II. Listen to the text again and say which of the following replies is correct

1. a) Electrical engineering is the largest and most diverse field of engineering. b) Electrical engineering is the largest and most diversified of national economy. c) Electrical engineering is the largest and most diverse field of electronics.

2. a) Electrical engineering can be divided into four main branches. b) Electrical engineering can be divided into two main branches. c) Electrical engineering can be divided into ten main branches

3. a) Much of the research electronics is directed toward creating bigger chips. b) Much of the research electronics is directed toward creating even smaller chips. c) Much of research electronics is directed toward robotics.

4. a) The significance of radar can hardly be overestimated. b) The significance of radar can hardly be noticed. c) The significance of our research can hardly be mentioned.

5. a) Microelectronics is the technology of constructing electronic circuits and devices in extremely big packages. b) Microelectronics is the technology of constructing electronic circuits and devices in extremely small packages. c) Microelectronics is the technology of storing electronic circuits and devices in different packages.

Text Exercises

1. Read the text and find in it English equivalents of the following words

and word combinations

Громоздкий, иметь дело с, двоичное число, бытовая электронная

аппаратура, электротехническое оборудование, волоконная оптика,

электролитография, порождать, передавать, конденсатор, несмотря на

многообразие, поэтому есть смысл верить в то, что…, до 1960-х, сотни

тысяч, и тому подобно, прикладная физика, отдалённый, крошечный, едва

ли возможно, передовой

II. Read the text and answer the following questions

1. What is electrical engineering concerned with? 2. In what parts can electrical engineering be divided? 3. What does electronics deal with? 4. What is based on electronics? 5. What specific tasks do electronic engineers perform? 6. Why are circuits used? 7. Where are control systems used? 8. The greatest application of electronics is in the field of communications, isn’t it? 9. What is radio communications? 10. What is radio electronics? 11. Where is radio electronics used? 12. What does cybernetics study? 13. What does microelectronics deal with today?