Упр.5 Unit 7 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс

Задача

The extract from the book Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon shows the work of a policeman.

What helped him in his work?
Fill in the scheme about computers with the information from the story.
People can get on the list in computers in different situations. Find the following cases:
- a person has a paper giving official permission to drive a motor vehicle;
- a person has a written statement of the details of an agreement with an insurance company;
- the amount of money borrowed so as to buy something expensive, and interest on it paid over a period of years.
Add some other cases which were mentioned in the text. Explain them.
How many times could you be on a list? Why?
Find the examples of the following constructions. How do they characterise the situation?
The highlighted words describe the work of the computer. Guess their meaning through the context, and fill in the table.

Подробный ответ

1) Max was helped by his knowledge of computers. He was a genius with computers and could work with many programming languages and computer systems.

2) Scheme about computers:

Computers knew about a person if he/she had…	Explanation
a Social Security number	an official personal number
an insurance policy	a written agreement with an insurance company
a driver’s license	a paper giving official permission to drive a motor vehicle
a bank account	an account in a bank
paid taxes	paid money to the state
drawn unemployment insurance or welfare funds	received money from the state
a medical plan	was covered by medical insurance
made mortgage payment on a home	paid money for a house bought with a loan
owned an automobile or bicycle	had a car or a bike
been in a hospital	had been treated there
been in the military service	had served in the army
a fishing or hunting license	a permit to fish or hunt
applied for a passport, telephone or electricity	had applied for these services
been married or divorced or born	had records of family status or birth

3) The cases are:

driver’s license — a paper giving official permission to drive a motor vehicle;
insurance policy — a written statement of the details of an agreement with an insurance company;
mortgage — the amount of money borrowed to buy something expensive, usually a house, and paid back over a period of years with interest.

4) Other cases mentioned in the text:

if a person had a Social Security number;
if a person had paid taxes;
if a person had drawn unemployment insurance or welfare funds;
if a person had a medical plan;
if a person had made mortgage payment on a home;
if a person owned an automobile or bicycle;
if a person had been in a hospital or in the military service;
if a person had a fishing or hunting license;
if a person had applied for a passport, telephone or electricity;
if a person had been married, divorced or born.

5) You could be on a list many times, because computers stored information from different places and for different reasons. One person could have several records at once: for example, a bank account, a driver’s license, a medical plan, and so on.

6) Examples of constructions:

He was not interested in talking to the people at those places: he was interested in talking to their computers. — This construction shows contrast and emphasizes Max’s real interest.
It did not matter what language the computer had been taught, for Max spoke all of them. — This shows Max’s great skill and the idea that he could work with any computer language.
If one knew where to look, and if one was patient, all the facts were available. — This shows that information could be found, but only with patience and careful searching.

7) The highlighted words mean:

Word	Meaning from the context
sucking up	collecting, taking in
storing	keeping in memory
analyzing	examining carefully
remembering	keeping information in memory
spewing out	giving out quickly and in large amounts
whispering	telling quietly, secretly