XVI. Choose the right answer.

1. The Examination Board have recently changed the _____ for the Diploma in History.

a)brochure b)compendium c)programme d)syllabus

2. It should be ________ that students are expected to attend classes regularly.

a)marked b)noted c)perceived d)reminded

3. The Headmaster is preparing the ________ for next term.

a)brochure b)catalogue c)pamphlet d)timetable

4. During their first teacher-training year, the students often visit local schools to __________ lessons.

a)examine b)inspect c)investigate d)observe

5. The school _________ is worn on the boys` caps.

a)badge b)figure c)label d)sign

6. He went to a school which __________ good manners and self-discipline.

a)blossomed b)cultivated c)harvested d)planted

7. There was a(n) _________ against the College`s new syllabuses.

a)bang b)outcry c)scream d)whistle

8. The tutorial system at Oxford and Cambridge is the _______ of many universities.

a)envy b)jealousy c)regret d)sorrow

9. Miss Green was not sure which profession to enter, but finally _________ for medicine.

a)accepted b)chose c)opted d)selected

10. Comprehensive schools _______ for all levels of ability.

a)cater b)cope c)look d)watch

11. Secondary schools offer a wide _________ of subjects.

a)field b)list c)range d)type

12. If you want to attend a course, you should study the college _________ for full particulars of enrollment.

a)programme b)prospects c)prospectus d)syllabus

XVII. Discussion point. Work in groups and invent your own system of education trying to discuss plusses and minuses of British, American and Ukrainian systems of education. Then share your ideas with the rest of the class.

XVIII. Read the text and answer the questions after it. Penalties against the fixed rules

There was no need to waste time in preliminary admonitions. Miss Dove`s rules were as fixed as the signs of the zodiac. And they were known. The penalties for infractions of the rules were also known. If a child introduced a foreign object – a pencil, let us say, or a wad of paper, or a lock of hair – into his mouth, he was required to wash out his mouth with yellow laundry soap.

If his posture was incorrect he had to go and sit for a while upon a stool without a back-rest. If a page in his notebook was untidy, he had to rewrite it. If he emitted an uncovered cough, he was expected to rise immediately and fling open a window, no matter how cold the weather, so that a blast of fresh air could protect his fellows from the contamination of his germs.

Again if he felt obliged to disturb the class routine by leaving the room for a drink of water (Miss Dove loftily ignored any other necessity) he did so to an accompaniment of dead silence. Miss Dove would look at him – that was all – following his departure and greeting his return with her perfectly expressionless, until he was back in the fold again. It was easier – even if one had eaten salt fish for breakfast – to remain and suffer.

1. What is your attitude to this text?

2. Do you think the problem of punishment is a serious one?

3. Make a table with two columns: for punishment in class and against punishment in class. (e.g. for – Punishment helps to do away with animal instincts such as greed, anger, idleness and discourtesy which lie in the depth of human nature. Against – it is no good to discipline children through fear). Then compare your notes with your partners`. Where do you have more sentences: in for or in against column?

4. What is your attitude to corporal punishment?

5. Do you think children should stay unpunished for their actions? If not, suggest your variants of punishment.

XIX. Practise your translation skills. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Я не могу не волноваться: скоро сессия! Нужно серьезно готовиться к экзаменам, иначе мне грозит переэкзаменовка!

2. Его не допустили к экзамену по истории.

3. Каждый студент должен принести зачетку на экзамен.

4. Ни в коем случае не пользуйтесь шпаргалками! Преподаватель сразу это увидит и выгонит вас с экзамена.

5. Какую оценку ты получил по философии?

6. Его успехи в учебе замечательны.

7. Декан похвалил этот студента.

8. Я с трудом справился с первым вопросом и не успел перейти ко второму вопросу в билете, как преподаватель сказал, что время, отведенное мне на ответ, истекло.

9. «Не подсказывай ему, а то снижу оценки обоим!», - сказал экзаменатор.

10. Через каких-нибудь три года я окончу университет и стану специалистом по международной информации.

XX. Fill the gaps with the necessary words from the table.

authority classes degree located special women bachelor`s co-educational freshmen school students year bodies co-ordinate graduates campuses courses junior sex university

The student body of a _________ or college is divided into __________ and undergraduates. Graduates have already received their __________ degrees, while __________ have not. The undergraduates belong to one of four _________ , according to their __________ of study. These are _________ , sophomore, ___________ , and senior classes. Most schools also admit ____________ students who take a number of _________ , but are not working towards a __________ . Students __________ vary considerably from _________ to school. Some institutions are _________ , with both men and _________ students. Others admit _________ of only one _________ . A ___________ institution has __________ men`s and women`s colleges. They are controlled by the same central _________ and are usually __________ on the same campus or nearby ___________ .