ISET - Inglés - Curso de Ingreso 2023

ENGLISH: INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

A. READING COMPREHENSION

1) Read the text and answer the questions:

Java
Java is a programming language originally developed by James
Gosling at Sun Microsystems (which is now a subsidiary of Oracle
Corporation) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun
Microsystems' Java platform.
The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has
a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities. Java applications
are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java
Virtual Machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.
Java is general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, and object-oriented, and
is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is
intended to let application developers "write once, run anywhere".
Java is considered by many as one of the most influential programming
languages of the 20th century, and widely used from application software to web
application.

A. Which programming languages have influenced most in Java?

B. Who developed Java?

C. When was it released?

D. What does JVM mean?

E. What is it said about Java in the 20th Century?

2) What do the underlined words refer to?

B. VOCABULARY

3) Write words / phrases for the following definitions:

1) A system where people can send messages to each other by computer. _ _ _ _ _

2) Computer system that allows millions of people around the world to exchange
information. _ _ _ / _ _ _
3) A person who enters other people’s computer programmes without permission.
______

C. SPEAKING

4) Write 5 words related to Informatics and language learning. Then, connect them in a
short spoken text.

D. WRITING

5) Write your opinion about any app/website/software you are familiar with and why you
like using it.

6) Write a 50-word paragraph introducing yourself and stating your expectations for this
course.