XVI. Find the passages in the text where the following ideas are expressed:

1. Independent work is a substantial share of student's time.

2. Student's scientific societies and conferences help them to acquire a researcher's skills.

3. Students have the extensive production practice before graduating from the Institute.

4. In most cases studies are combined with research in the field of new information technologies.

XVII. Read Text b and choose the sentence (1, 2, 3) which best expresses the main idea of the text.

Text B. The Principal Task of the Higher School

A large part of study time is devoted to fundamental subjects. This enables future specialists to acquire greater professional knowledge and skills, assimilate modern methods of scientific research, advanced production technology, its organization and management. This provides a basis for the study of special subjects and the organization of production practice as a necessary condition of the students's professional training.

To train highly-skilled specialist with a wide theoretical and political outlook is the chief task of the institutions of higher learning.

The higher school aims to turn out highly-educated specialists whose training is not restricted to the present-day requirements of a narrow branch of production, let alone a concrete enterprise or institution.

There is a great demand for skilled workers and specialists having mastered information technologies.

1. Students must master fundamental subjects.

2. To train highly-skilled specialists with a wide theoretical and political outlook is the principal task of the institution of higher learning.

3. The higher school aims to turn out highly-educated and skilled workers and specialists in economy, industry as well as in agriculture.

C. TEST

XVIII. Choose the English translation of underlined Russian words in the following sentences (для каждого предложения укажите номер выбранного перевода):

1. Окончив перевод, они отнесли его на кафедру иностранных языков.

2. Видишь того студента, который говорит с заведующим кафедрой?

3. Так как вопросы были трудными, никто не смог ответить на них.

4. Если погода позволит, мы поедем завтра за город.

1. the questions being difficult

2. weather permitting

3. speaking

4. having finished

XIX. Choose the English translation of the underlined Russian words in the following sentences (для каждого предложения укажите номер выбранного перевода).

1. Она не спешит, возвращаясь домой.

2. Переводя текст, Мэри всегда пользуется словарем.

3. Читая много, она многое узнает.

4. Вот разбитое стекло.

5. Прочитав книгу, она вернула ее в библиотеку.

1. reading

2. returning

3. having read

4. translating

5. broken

20. Choose the correct translation of the following sentences:

1. It was in 1989 that we could buy this car.

1. Это было в 1989 г., когда мы могли купить эту машину.

2. Только в 1989 г. мы смогли купить эту машину.

3. В 1989 г. мы смогли купить эту машину.

2. It is the hotel that I was advised to stay.

1. Именно в этой гостинице мне советовали остановиться.

2. Это гостиница, в которой мне советовали остановиться.

3. Это та гостиница, в которой я буду жить.

3. It was my brother who did not agree to sign this document.

1. Как раз мой брат не соглашался подписывать этот документ.

2. Это был мой брат, который не согласился подписывать этот документ.

3. Мой брат не согласился подписывать этот документ.