Match the definitions to the notions.

paging	a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer
swapping	an operating system architecture where the entire operating system is working in kernel space and is alone in supervisor mode
kernel	the near-minimum amount of software that can provide the mechanisms needed to implement an operating system (OS)
microkernel	the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level
monolithic kernel	an older form of memory management, similar to paging
a device driver	one of the memory-management schemes by which a computer can store and retrieve data from secondary storage for use in main memory

4. Answer the following question:

1) What is an operating system?

2) What is an operating system made up?

3) What is the central part of an operating system?

4) What types of kernels are there?

5) Does a computer user interact with the kernel?

6) What tasks are commonly done by operating systems?

7) What do the examples of popular modern operating systems include?

SPEAKING ENGLISH

Read the story.

Drawing Does not Help

A Frenchman was travelling in Italy. He could not speak any Italian and it was extremely difficult for him to make himself understood. Once on a rainy day he entered a restaurant to have lunch, for he was hungry and thirsty.

He wanted to order some mushrooms, which he was very fond of. So he called up the waiter and ordered a dish of mushrooms in French. The waiter could not understand a word. What was the poor Frenchman to do?

Suddenly a brilliant idea struck him. "If I show him the picture of a mushroom he will certainly understand what I want," he said to himself. So he took a piece of paper and a pencil out of his pocket and drew a picture of a mushroom on it. The waiter looked at it, nodded his head and ran out of the room. A few minutes later he came back with an umbrella.

6. Answer the following questions:

1) Who was travelling in Italy?

2) Could he speak Italian?

3) Why was it not easy for him to make himself understood?

4) What did he go to a restaurant for?

5) What did he want to order?

6) Was he fond of mushrooms?

7) What bright idea struck him?

8) What did he draw?

9) Could he draw well?

10) Why did the waiter bring him am umbrella?

Close your textbook and try to write down this story.

8. Give some examples illustrating the following proverbs:

1) To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth.

2) To fall out of frying pan into the fire.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

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