10. Match the following verbs with the appropriate nouns.

to carry out	new courses
to direct	laboratories
to introduce	experiments
to equip	research
to establish	contacts

11. Answer the following questions.

1. What was the main task of Technical Schools?

2. What new course did they introduce?

3. What did Technical Schools establish contacts with?

4. Why were Technical Schools transformed into independent insti­tutes?

5. What called for training of more highly-qualified specialists and the establishment of new educational institutions?

12. A. Find in the right column Russian equivalents of the following word combinations.

b. Find in the left column English equivalents of the following word combinations.

to carry out research	подготовка современных специалистов
to direct scientific activity	техническое образование
to take an active part in	новый учебный курс
technical education	принимать активное участие
the training of up to date specialists	проводить исследования
new course in	направлять научную деятельность

13. Find in each line the word with has the most general meaning.

1. engineer, chemist, geologist, specialist, economist

2. coal, mineral resources, oil, iron, gas, ferrous metal

3. oil industry, gas industry, extractive industry

4. the sun, atom, gas, energy source, coal, oil

14. Make up sentences.

1. traditions, our, interesting, has, university, many

2. an, plays, of, role, people, life, the, music, important, in

3. this, did, university, why, enter, you?

4. sport, is, what, favourite, your?

15. Translate the following sentences using the following word combinations:

there appeared; to establish close contacts with; to carry out research; to train engineers and technicians; to call for specialists;

1. Bысшие учебные заведения готовили инженеров и тех­ников для различных отраслей промышленности.

2. Ученые проводили научные исследования в различных отраслях техники.

3. Учебные заведения устанавливали тесные контакты с промышленными предприятиями.

4 Быстрое развитие промышленности в стране требовало подготовки высококвалифицированных специалистов.

5. В стране появились новые специальные учебные заведения.

16. Express your agreement or disagreement using the following phrases.

I don’t think so; on the contrary; to my mind; in my opinion; as far as I know; as is known; in fact

1. The task of Technical Schools was to train civil engineers only.

2. Technical Schools established contacts with representatives of all branches of industries.

3. There were only Russian books in the libraries of such educational institutions.

4. The rapid industrial development of the country led to the establish­ment of new higher schools.

5. There were a lot of higher educational establishments which trained technicians and engineers.

6. Scientific research Institutes never appeared in our country.