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3.8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs:

Grades in American Universities and Colleges

While the quantity ... a student academic work is measured ... credits or units, the quality ... the work is measured ... grades (often called «marks» … other countries). … the United States grades are very important.

A student’s grades receive considerable attention … competition … scholarships and fellowships, … admission … graduate schools and, … some cases, … jobs.

… the first session … a class, the professor should discuss the gra-ding system.

… most institutions, there are four passing grades «А», «В», «C» and «D» (and shades ... between). There is usually one failing grade: «F». «Incomplete» («Inc.» or «I») indicates that work ... the course has not been completed due ... circumstances that the professor understands and accepts. If the work remains unfinished ... a specified period ... time (usually, the next term), the grade will then be changed ... «F».

Some courses may be offered ... a «pass/fail» basis. This means that no letter grade is given. Work is judged to be either satisfactory («pass») and credit is given or unsatisfactory («fail») and no credit is given ... the class.

3.9. Complete the sentences choosing the following suitable words and phrases:

tests term

final examination objective

professor exams

notes types

«take home» exam classes

instructor «quizzes»

Examinations

Nearly every class has a ... at the end of the ... . Most ... also have «mid-term» examinations as well as frequent tests or ... (short tests). The examinations and ... demonstrate whether or not students are doing the work that has been assigned to them; they also are a measure, for both student and ... , of how much and how well the student is learning. Almost all examinations are «closed book» ... – that is, students are not allowed to look at their books or their ... during the test. Occasionally, an ... will give an «open book» exam, such as a «take home» exam. A ... is given to you to take home and complete, usually within a few days' time. There are two main ... of examinations, ... examinations and subjective examinations.

3.10*. In this text there are some unnecessary words which do not fit the sense of the text. Find these words in the numbered sentences and cross them out:

1. The tuition at a private college can be of 20,000 – 25,000 dollars in a year. 2. A state university can be of one-tenth of that. 3. Besides students need have to pay for housing, food, books, transportation and other things what they may need. 4. In order to pay the tuition fee some people have to borrow money by taking out of a loan. 5. The universities and colleges always hand out a surprisingly few scholarships, which gives either bright students from large families a much chance to study there. 6. There are different types of loan scholarship: full scholarships, those that to pay both tuition and a monthly paid allowance, or those that only pay tuition. 7. Many students do work in order as to pay their living expenses.

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