Задания к тексту Automation (1, 2, 3)

Exercise 1

Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

 

  1. How do you understand the term “automation”?
  2. What devices are used to perform various operations much faster or better than could be accomplished by humans?
  3. What main factors pushed the development of automated manufacture?
  4. How do you understand the term “division of labor”?
  5. What are the main results of the division of labor for society?
  6. What were the main steps in the development of automation?
  7. Why the development of power technology gave rise to the factory system of production?
  8. How can you describe the transfer machine?
  9. What are the fields of industrial robots application nowadays?
  10. What was the initial goal of automation in auto industry?

 

 

 

 

Exercise 2

Заполните пропуски недостающими по смыслу словами, используя текст:

 

  1. Manufacture system designed to extend the capacity of machines is called … .
  2. Automated manufacture arose out of division of … and … of the factory.
  3. The division of labor is, the reduction of a manufacturing or service process into its smallest … steps.
  4. Another step necessary in the development of automation was … .
  5. As a result of the development of power transfer specialized machines were … and their production efficiency was improved.
  6. The development of … technology also gave rise to the factory system of production.
  7. The transfer machine is a device used to move a … from one specialized machine tool to another.
  8. Industrial robots were originally designed only to perform … tasks.
  9. The goal of the … … system was to make automobiles available to people who previously could not afford them.

 

Exercise 3

Соответствуют ли данные предложения содержанию текста:

 

  1. Automation is a system of manufacture designed to reduce the capacity of machines to perform certain tasks formerly done by humans.
  2. In the fields of communications, aviation, and astronautics automation is used in a very limited scale.
  3. Automated control systems are used to perform various operations much faster or better than could be done by humans.
  4. Power transfer and the mechanization of the factory were the main obstacles in the development of automation.
  5. The division of labor developed in the first half of the 19th century and was first discussed by the French economist Adam Smith.
  6. Mechanization was the next step necessary in the development of automation.
  7. The development of power technology gave rise to the factory system of production.
  8. The transfer machine is a device used to move workers from one place to another.
  9. In the 1920s the auto industry combined automation concepts into an integrated system of production.
  10. The goal of the assembly-line system in auto industry was to make automobiles more expensive and luxurious.