Test “university of great britain”

Task 1. Choose the appropriate verb form.

Example: Moscow Lomonosov University (knows, is known, have known) and worldwide famous.

1. Every year the graduates of special high schools and colleges _________ (are applied, apply, have been applied) to the University because it ________ (provide, provides, is provided) an excellent education.

2. Postgraduates __________ (carry on, carried on, are carried on) research with the help of their supervisors.

3. In Russia, students of all specialities _______(are having, have, have had) foreign languages on the curriculum as a compulsory subject.

4. The lecture hall ________ (are packed, is packed, packs) with students because the lectures are never boring.

Task 2. Rewrite the sentences with the Passive Voice.

Example: They are building a new road around the city. – A new road is being built around the city.

1. They will read this book next term.

2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

3. Dan told me that somebody had attacked him in the street.

4. She will have translated the article by the end of the day.

Task 3. Replace the underlined words/phrases with their equivalents.

All students at the PSU, when they want to become aspirants, are at the same level, because their abilities are estimated by teachers only at the entrance exam.

PSU provides different supplies of audio and video developed by outstanding scientists and presented in different buildings of the PSU situated at the territory of the University. The advantage of these resources is amazing especially when students and aspirants prepare their scientific work.

Task 4. Translate the sentences into Russian.

Example: The choice depends on the undergraduate’s interest. – Выбор зависит от интереса студента.

1. In order to become a member of the University a student must first be accepted as a member of a college.

2. The interested student can be sure of opportunity of hearing every political leader in Britain.

3. With the increased number of students it’s quite usual for two or more students to attend a tutor together.

4. In Oxford there are many annual inter-college competitions.

Module 2. Different Forms of Education

Task1. Read and learn the new words by heart.

Course	/ko:s/	курс
Access	/’ækses/	доступ
Campus	/’kæmpəs/	территория университета
Registered	/’redzistəd/	зарегистрированный
Capabilities	/’kiepə’bilitiz/	возможности
Audio	/’o:diəu/	аудиозапись
Resources	/ri’so:siz/	ресурсы, средства
Available	/ə’veiləbl/	наличный, доступный
Research	/ri’sə: t∫/	исследование
Unfortunately	/an’fo:t∫nitli/	к сожалению
Inequality	/’ini:’kwoliti/	неравенство
Recognize	/’rekəgnaiz/	узнавать, признавать
Amazing	/ə’meiziη/	потрясающий, невероятный
To design	/di’zain/	предназначаться
Account	/ə’kaunt/	настройка
Benefit	/’benefit/	польза, выгода
Scheduling	/’∫edju:liη/	составление графиков
Particularly	/pə’tikjuləli/	особенно
Opportunities	/əpə’tjunitiz/	возможности

Task 2. Complete the sentences with the words from the previous task.

1. On the _______one can easily find several buildings and the garden.

2. Learning a foreign language means to pay great attention to listening ______tapes.

3. Each University provides a lot of_______.

4. For the postgraduates it is very important to be involved in________.

5. Having studied hard the results are_______.

6. The Internet-rooms are ________for every student.

7. The _________to get a further education within one University are great.

Task 3. Read the text and complete the table after the text.

The WEB-BASED Distance Education

For the decades universities and colleges have been looking for ways of offering courses to students who do not have access to the university campus, usually because of physical distance. The World Wide Web (WWW) is beginning to see and develop activity in this regard and this activity increases dramatically every year. The Internet offers university courses to all registered students, complete with real-time seminars and exams and professors’ visiting hours. The Web is extremely flexible and its distance presentations and capabilities are always up-to date. The students can get the text, audio and video of whatever subject they are willing to have.

Many educational resources are available through the Web. Libraries are adding their catalogs and universities are posting information about degree programs in the Web. You can find research documents containing information about almost any subject. Very soon travelling to a library to find this information may become an out-of-day practice. Instead, students can find any information sources they need without leaving their desks.

The Internet may represent the most important educational resource in the world if every student has got a computer. This is not the case, unfortunately. The Internet, as it stands now, is an exercise in the expansion of inequality. By and large, the students who have got access to the Internet already have access to well-supported schools, well-paid teachers and well-stocked libraries. Students who do not have access to computers or the Internet often do not have else either. The problem of getting classrooms online is often made worse by the presence of board members, administrators and teachers who don’t recognize that the educational values of computers and online communications far exceed the cost. Web pages can offer access to a world of information around and exchange with other cultures and communities and experts in every field.

The possibilities of education on the Web are amazing. Many colleges and university classes presently create Web pages for semester class projects. Research papers on many topics are also available. Even primary school pupils are using the Web to access information and pass along news to other pupils. Exchange students can communicate with their classmates long before they actually arrive at their school.

There are resources on the Internet designed to help teachers become better teachers – even when they cannot offer their students the benefits of an on-line community. Teachers can use university or college systems or home computers and individual Internet accounts to educate themselves and then bring the benefits of the Internet to their students by proxy.

There are other Internet applications: scheduling, inter-personal communication, meeting, international conferences and congresses – can be particularly valuable to teachers, students and others with an interest in education. Many Internet and education specific resources make great inroads into creating information “on demand”.

Advantages	Disadvantages

Task 4. Translate the underlined sentences into Russian.

Task 5. Answer the questions.

1. Why did the Web–based Distance Education occur?

2. What does the sentence “The Web is flexible” mean?

3. Why is the Internet an exercise in the expansion of inequality?

4. In what way does the Internet benefit for the teachers?

5. Name the Internet applications.

Task 6. Study the way to paraphrase the sentences and do the paraphrasing of 3 sentences on your own.

For the decades universities and colleges have been looking for ways of offering courses to students who do not have access to the university campus, usually because of physical distance. The World Wide Web (WWW) is beginning to see and develop activity in this regard and this activity increases dramatically every year. The Internet offers university courses to all registered students, complete with real-time seminars and exams and professors’ visiting hours. The Web is extremely flexible and its distance presentations and capabilities are always up-to date. The students can get the text, audio and video of whatever subject they are willing to have.

Many years the higher educational establishments tried to find out the ways to provide education to the people who can’t get to the university campus. The World Wide Web helps to solve this problem. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

Task 7. Put the sentences in right logical order.

1. Everybody must understand the real benefit we can get from the Web.

2. The World Wide Web helps people of different abilities to get a good education.

3. There are many other Internet applications.

4. The possibilities for education on the Web are amazing – from the creation of your own Web page to the communication with other students from different countries.

5. The Web can provide the students with some educational resources, research documents and useful books.

6. The Internet can offer you a wide variety of resources for teachers to improve their skills.

Task 8. Retell the text «The Web-based Distance Education» (use the example on p. 15).

To improve your retelling it would be better to use the link phrases:

However, nowadays, to a large extent, I must say that, It is important to point out that, Let’s illustrate this point, firstly, secondly, thirdly and so on.