IV. Find the sentence expressing the main idea in each paragraph.

V. Match the headings to the correct paragraph:

1. The hacker’s rules.

2. The AI Lab innovations.

3. The formation of the group.

4. MIT students.

5. Writing a new program.

VI. True or false?

1. Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach. Those who cannot teach, HACK!

2. The first hackers were interested in railroad circuitry.

3. The first hackers studied at MIT.

4. The point of a hacker’s work was to create a faster and smaller code.

5. Hackers had their own Ethic Code.

6. TMRC stands for Toy Machinery Railroad Car.

7. Hackers sabotaged the work of the AI Lab.

8. An elegant computer was, to a real hacker, awe-inspiring.

9. At AI Lab hackers wrote a computer program for every other task.

10. Hackers were quite prolific in innovations.

11. Hackers were given free reign on the two AI Lab professors.

VII. Put the proper words into sentences:

programming, insights, innovation, ethic, instructions, exhilaration, endeavor, awe-inspiring, encompass, freshmen, authority, bogus, mistrust.

1. Decentralization results in... to the chief.

2. Holding the door for a lady is the question of...

3. This still life isn’t Picasso’s; it’s a...

4. The report you’ve presented doesn’t... some of the problems.

5. If you can survive both in the jungle and the desert, a... Indian youare.

6. The... in how hardware works is obligatory for a good programmer.

7. Each... is another step to a new technological revolution.

8. In 1961 the Soviet Scientists’... to conquer the space was a success.

9.... without any reason proves one’s carelessness.

10. Iron grip boss expects you to carry out all his...

11. Annually MIT gains over 5000...

12.... should cause... terror in your heart.

VIII. Answer the questions:

1. What is the Russian for hacker?

2. Are hackers good or bad?

3. What examples of computer abuse do you know?

4. Do we need hackers?

5. Should we store personal information in computer files?

6. Do you think hackers have their own Ethic Code today?

7. Computer- related crimes have diminished, haven’t they?

IX. Give the synonyms of the following words:

Freshman, access to, authority, reign, pride, innovation, bogus, endeavor, exhilaration, insights, to encompass, to promote, bonafide, awe-inspiring, mere, efficient.

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