AI   SEMINAR 5 – ANSWER KEY

                                   The World of Inforamtion


Task 1

1.       library (building or room) vs. bookcase (furniture) vs. bookshop (store)

2.       donation (gift) vs. purchase (with payment)

3.       reading area (desk area) vs. stacks (area where the bookshelves are in a library)

4.       (electronic) database vs. (card) catalogue

5.       newspaper vs. magazine (dif. format) vs. periodical (issue frequency) vs. (scholarly)
journal

6.       publication (of any literature) vs. volume (part of a series)

7.       on-site reference (only viewed at library) vs. available on loan (can be taken off-site,
or home)

8.       bibliography (particular details listed at end of research) vs. publication details (all,
e.g. ISBN)


Task 2

1. A      2. D      3. B      4. B     5. C      6. A     7. B      8. A      9. D      10. A
11.C     12. C

13. A    14. B    15. D


Task 3


 1. G         2. E      3. D      4. F      5. A      6. B



Task 4


1. visit a website, go online, surf the internet, switch on your computer, download music, key in a
password, burn a CD


2. 1. switch on, 2. password, 3. go online, 4. surf, 5. visit, 6. download, 7. burn


Task 5



 1. This      2. Is      3. Only   4. OK   5. OK    6. Which     7. They    8. By    9.a       10.
OK

11. to         12. OK    13. One     14. About  15. such


Task 6


During the past decade, developments in THE computer industry have had an immense impact on
libraries. Not long ago, most libraries maintained A card catalogue of their holdings. Each time A
library added A book to its collection, someone typed A card telling THE title, author, and subject
of THE book, as well as other information. These cards were then filed alphabetically in the
drawers of A large cabinet. Library PATRONS who wished to find books on A particular subject
searched through the drawers of THE cabinet, and librarians held classes for PATRONS teaching them
how to use card CATALOGUES. Such A system now seems extremely unsophisticated. A library’s holdings
are now listed in A computer database. The database includes information on not only the subject,
author, and title of THE book but also its status (whether it is on THE shelves or checked out and,
if checked out, its due date). In addition, libraries now have databases with information about
ARTICLES found inside books and JOURNALS. Librarians continue to hold classes for PATRONS, but the
classes are now about how to use COMPUTERS.



Grammar

Exercise 1

a) If the international community had not helped, the library in Alexandria would not have
reopened.

b) If you wish / wished to consult microfilms or rare books, you will have to / would have to use
special reading rooms.

c) If it were not against copyright laws, I would copy the whole book.

d) If you had requested the book a month ago, you could have read it by now.

e) If the Ptolemies lived today, the new library would surprise them.

f) I wish I had known this place last semester.

g) If you do not understand the word, look it up in the dictionary. (imperative)

    or If you do not understand the word, you should / could look it up in the dictionary. (advice)

h) In recent years, the modernization of the library would not have been possible if the staff had
not been trained.

i) Egypt would be the right place for "an institution of dialogue, tolerance, understanding and
rationality" if its religious authorities did not keep banning books.

j) I have got lost. If only I had taken the right way to the Moravian Regional Library.



Exercise 2


1. If two atoms combine, they form a molecule.

2. If you have a difficult goal, you must work hard.

3. The government will respond if there is a military threat.

4. If the population were homogeneous, marketing would be easier.

5. If the company faced a financial crisis, the bank might lend it money.

6. I wouldn’t worry if I were you.

7. The production method would be popular if it didn’t consume so much energy.

8. People would get help if the public had an enlightened attitude toward alcoholism.

9. If the professor had drawn a better diagram yesterday, I would have understood the problem.

10. If the committee had assembled the necessary information earlier, they would have finished the
report last week.

11. The reporter would have been granted an interview yesterday if s/he had submitted a written
request.

12. The mayor wouldn’t have been reelected if she had advocated increased taxes last year.

13. If the companies had accepted a government mediator, the conflict would have been solved.