i wamLis dra slesdall eybal sall gllell sacl Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Radés Département Technologies de Informatique DEVOIR DE SYNTHESE I- Reading Comprehensi 1- Pick out details from the text showing that the following statements are false. a/ Like humans, computers can think of methods to solve problems even though these methods are not programmed in advance. (marks) b/ Each computer program can solve all types of problems, which makes our machines very resourcéfil ¢/ The exact meaning of thinking is to understand what the others mean and try to find the appropriate solution to each problem apart. d/ By designing computers which behave naturally, we will endanger the role of humans in society and at work. 2. Answer the following questions, a State the two faults which prevent computers from being as natural as humans. Ist fault: 2nd fault: b/ How can we make our machines more creative and useful? 3.Complete the following paragraph wi words from the text. (write one word in each blank) Because our computers do not comprehend us and are unable to for themselves, we are obliged to no. them whenever we have a slightly different task. In order to make them more practical to us, we have to transmit more knowledge about ourselves and about the way We ... . our ideas, which will enable computers to understand what ‘we mean when we /~- With them.wanlss dea slidsll cobal yall allel saeall Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Rades Département Technologies de informatique NE RIEN ECRIRE DANS CETTE ZONE ‘- Language and written expression (8 maris) 1- Choose the appropriate opti "The email is a (wonderful / wonder / wondering) way to communicate with our employees,” Dr Tachikawa noted. "But it cannot (replacing / replaced / replace) face-to-face communication .” He continued, " It is a good practice (so that / besides / because) it allows workers to relax and speak (freely / free / freedom); they get to meet each (another / other / others) in the company and talk about things in a way they cannot in a regular office setting. We regularly wine parties (who / when / where) staff at various levels gather and talk the blanks ards from the list, exceeds increasing native users competence _ stored The global spread of English over the last 40 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several Ways: bY the rn soon umber of of the language; by its depth of penetration into societies; by its range of functions. One out of five of the world's population speaks English with some degree of ‘Over 70 per cent of the world's scientists read English. About 85 per cent ofthe world's mail is written in English, And 90 per cent of all information in the world's electronic systems is... vw in English, At present, the number of people speaking “English asa second or foreign language...cnn err the number of, oe speakers, 3- Put the words between brackets in the right tense or form, Without sunlight there could be no form of life as we know it and all men’s basic needs can be (ultimate) Jronnnnnnsisonnnn tfaged back to the sun. In the first place, by its light and (warm)... the sun ‘provides man with water, for the heat of the sun causes the dump air over the seas (rise) seones and form clouds, which cool at a high altitude and consequently fall as rain. One result of rainfall is the formation of lakes and rivers, from which man (take) ...... = his water supply and which can be used for hydroelectric power.PFO alse daa sl sidesll plat all gllell macall Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Rades Département Technologles de informatique NE RIEN ECRIRE DANS CETTE ZONE Writing (6 marks) 1- There are four mistakes in the following paragraph. Identify the mistakes and correct them, mistake | correction " Instead of servants, you will have a computer system,” Professor John Litter said. "You will call the computer, L 1- explanation your wishes and they will be did, Visitors can be | 2- cco | 2- announced by computer. The heating will be at exact the right | 3- 43 temperature all the time. Your energy use would be reducing | 4-.0..0.20u.. | 4 when the money starts to run out.” 2- Reordes scrambled sentences to get a coherent paragraph. a/ These two recent events confirm that even in the age of continuously improving Internet security and anti-virus software, b/In May, @ new virus appeared and spread quite rapidly around the globe. c/ The year 2000 was an eventful one for the history of hacking. 4/ These commercial sites lost untold millions in sales. e/ This virus is called the "I Love You" virus, f/ In the second week of February some of the most popular Intemet sites #/ hackers remain a threat. by (CNN, Yahoo, E-bay and Datek) were subjects to one of the more recent tricks in hacking, The correct order i 2 3 4 3 6 7 8wanlss Aga slidsll aslal all gllell saeall Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Radés Département Technologies de informatique I NE RIEN ECRIRE DANS CETTE ZONE The Text 1- Why don't computers have common sense? Why don't they leam from experience? Machines lack some special quality that only a human brain possesses. Most present-day programs work only one way. If something goes wrong, they get totally stuck. 2- One fault is that our programs still use an outdated strategy, so we need to find the best way to solve a problem and write a program accordingly. Although this might seem sensible, each program can only solve some particular problem. That means a total loss of resourcefulness. Here's what I think our brains do instead: consider several different methods, each of which might have a good chance to succeed, When one method fails, the brain switches to another. 3- A second fault is that we have misconceived how we ought to aim our programs: instead of telling computers what to do, we should tell them about our intentions and goals. If they could understand what we mean by and if they were more able to think for themselves, we would not always have to reprogram them for every slight different task. To make our computers ‘more useful to us, they will need to understand what we mean when we interact with them, and the secret of knowing what something means lies in how we interconnect our ideas, If you understand something in several ways, you can turn ideas in your mind until you find one that works for you. That's what we mean by thinking, 4- So instead of blaming our computers for their faults, we must make our machines more resourceful. First, we must give them more common sense by supplying them with more knowledge. Then we must keep them from getting stuck by giving them more ways to think: some ways like what we call our emotional states. Once our computers have more common sense, then everything else in our world will change, When our future machines are as brainy as we are, they could replace all our present work, except for the jobs we wish to retain. Everything in our world would change: our work, our leisure and all our ambitionsMid-term English Test S2 Level: TI L1 ALL CLASSES Teacher: Bazmaoui Yasmine ‘Authorized Documents: |_lyes [X/No Authorized Calculator:|_lyes [<]No Date : 21/05/2021 Comprehension questions : (8marks) 1) Briefly give the main idea of the text in a full sentence. (2marks) ll) Tick the right answer from the following sentences: (6marks) 1. Information technology is changing principally because of: a! the changing needs b. “new technological advances 2. According to the author the first computers —_ were: a. calculators b. humans1 3. Development of information technology is the result of: a.’ advances in computing systems b." development of machinery in general 4. Computing systems are taking the form of clouds means: a. computers have become smaller b. "computing power are becoming disembodied. Good luck OO @@ [met] Number of pages: 3Language: (12marks) 1) Choose the best meaning for each sentence: (2marks) a. I'm planning to live abroad: I might live abroad ¢ I'd like to live abroad + I'm going to live abroad b. I'm thinking of having a holiday on space. «I might have a holiday on space + I'm going to have a holiday on space + I'm planning to have a holiday on space 2) Fill in the gaps with won't and these verbs in the box: (3marks) Use send be A. THERE... ceeceeeseeseesereeseeees@8 Many countries. b. We. soonesseseeuny letters by post c. Cars... petrol. 3) Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets: (3marks) a. Iwant to go to Canada. (why) b. Could you do the washing up? (il) c. Let's go out this evening. sa..(Shall) 4) Change the incorrect words in the following : (4marks) a. Are you going to leamed anything new? b. When you are going to retire? d. I might not spending a lot more time out of the house. Good luck O@@@Information Technology Information Technology (IT) is the application of computers and internet to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. IT is considered a subset of information and communications technology (ICT) and has evolved according to the needs. It is worthwhile noting that the term IT is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Several industries are associated with information technology, including computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecom equipment, engineering, healthcare, e- commerce, and computer services. Thanks to the continuous development of computers, the original computing systems became minicomputers and later personal computers tock the lead, Nowadays, mobile phones are dethroning the personal computer and computing is evolving faster to become disembodied more like a cloud, becoming accessible more easily Whenever needed. Information technology has transformed people and companies and has allowed digital technology to influence society and economy alike. It has, in this sense, shaped societies and adapted itself to people's needs. If you want a brief history of Information Technology, here is one. Humans were the first "computers". Then, machines were invented to carry out the computational tasks. Now these machines have given way to new form of information technology. Information has become disembodied accessible from anywhere through cloud technology. Recent advances in IT is the consequence of the development in computing systems. Humans have been storing, retrieving, manipulating, and communicating information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in about 3000 BC, but the term information technology in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review, authors Harold J. Leavitt and Thomas L. Whisler commented that "the new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology (IT)."" Their definition consists of three categories: techniques for processing, the application of statistical and mathematical methods to decision-making, and the simulation of higher-order thinking through computer programs ‘Source: Wikipedia Good luck OOO @