3. Listen to the text and answer the questions:

1. According to the speaker, what does not have to be repaid?

1. a loan

2. a grant

3. a salary

4. a credit

2. According to the speaker, how long must students attend the University of Missouri before they can receive a grant?

1. for two months

2. for two years

3. for one semester

4. for a year

3. According to the speaker, how much do undergraduates receive in support at the University of Missouri?

1. between one thousand and three thousand dollars

2. between one thousand and four thousand dollars

3. between one thousand and five thousand dollars

4. between one thousand and six thousand dollars

4. According to the speaker, how many free credits do graduate students at the University of Missouri get if they receive a grant?

1. seven

2. eight

3. nine

4. ten

5. According to the speaker, where is the University of Arizona situated?

1. in Washington

2. in California

3. in Columbia

4. in Tucson

4. Now go to the printed version of the text and follow the speaker when listening. After listening answer the following questions:

1. Three of the following are mentioned in the text as different kinds of financial aid to students in the US EXCEPT

1. wages

2. scholarships

3. fellowships

4. assistantships

2. According to the text, assistantships are two of the following EXCEPT

1. teaching undergraduates

2. free classes

3. jobs paid with money

4. assisting with research

Reading

5. Look at the phrase highlighted in paragraph 9 of the text. Mark two answer choices that are closest in meaning to the phrase close to.

1. closed

2. about

3. next to

4. approximately

6. Look at the word highlighted in paragraph 10 of the text. Mark the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word about.

1. approximately

2. above

3. below

4. exactly

7. Look at the word highlighted in paragraph 10 of the text. Mark the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word grade.

1. review

2. read

3. write

4. prepare

8. Look at the highlighted word in paragraph 10 of the text. Choose the word in the bold text that the word they refers to.

1. assistantships

2. jobs paid with money

3. graduate assistants

4. professors

Text: Studying in the US: Four Kinds of Financial Aid

1. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at financial aid that comes in ships: scholarships, fellowships and assistantships.

2. But first we talk about financial aid of another kind: grants. A grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be repaid.

3. Memorial Stadium at Mizzou

   One of our examples this week is the University of Missouri-Columbia, known as Mizzou (pronounced mah-ZOO). (1) Mizzou is a public university with more than one thousand five hundred international students this school year. (2)

4. Mizzou has a grant program for international students. The Curator's Grant-in-Aid program is for those who get good grades and take part in university activities. Graduate students who receive a grant get nine free credits to take courses. Undergraduates receive between one thousand and five thousand dollars in support. (3)

5. Students must have attended Mizzou for a year before they can receive a grant. And they must reapply for the awards each semester.

6. Some grants are called scholarships or fellowships. Scholarships are for undergraduates; fellowships are for graduate students. Awards may be based on financial need or on grades, talents or other requirements. The Global Heritage Scholarship at Mizzou, for example, is only for international undergraduates whose mother or father graduated from there.

7. The scholarship pays seven thousand five hundred dollars a year for tuition. Full tuition is currently almost nineteen thousand dollars.  

8. Tuition is about the same at another public university, the University of Arizona in Tucson. It offers an undergraduate scholarship for international students who earned high marks in high school. The program is open to all foreign students who have been admitted to the university. Winners receive between two thousand and ten thousand dollars a year to help pay tuition.

9. Seventy international students are currently receiving the scholarship. The University of Arizona has more than two thousand international students this academic year. The school had close to forty thousand students during the fall term.

10. Assistantships are jobs paid with money or free classes. Graduate assistants help professors for about twenty hours a week. They may teach undergraduates, grade papers and tests, and assist with research.

comprehension

9. Now read the whole text and decide whether these statements are true (T❒) or false (F❒):

1. The University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Arizona in Tucson are private universities. T❒ F❒

2. There are no international students in the University of Missouri-Columbia. T❒ F❒

3. Mizzou has no grant programs for international students. T❒ F❒

4. Grants are received only in the form of money. T❒ F❒

5. Scholarships or fellowships are forms of grants. T❒ F❒

6. Graduate assistants may assist professors with research. T❒ F❒

7. Many international students are currently receiving scholarship in the University of Arizona. T❒ F❒

10. The following sentence can be added to the text: The total student population is more than thirty thousand. Where would it best fit in the text? Possible sentence positions are marked with (1), (2), (3).