Life at College

To (0) ..B.. a university in Britain, you should have good exam results at school, but sometimes you might also have to go for (1) ... . University education is free for all British citizens and students also receive (2) … . The amount depends on how much money your parents earn.

Most eighteen and nineteen-year olds in Britain are fairly (3) … and they usually choose a college far from their home town. The first week at University is a daunting one – a new place to live, new friends to (4) … and so on. These new students are called “(5) …” and you can see them walking around the (6) … trying to find their way around.

Students have (7) … with a new way of learning, which is very different from school. As well as lectures there are also (8) … where the students themselves have to give a paper – that is the students lead the class or discussion.

The University campus is like a small town with shops, a travel agent, canteens, coffee-shops, bars, halls of residence, libraries, a sports centre, and, of course, all the lecture (9) … and administration offices.

Students usually have about 12 hours of lectures and seminars a (10) … and the rest of the time they do some (11) … study at home or in the library. They have to write (12) … and seminar papers. They have a different (13) … system: they have (14) … and above 70% is called First Class, 60-69% is called Upper Second Class, then there is Lower Second Class, Third Class and Pass.

Most university courses last for 3 or 4 years and at the end students have to take written exams called “(15) …” , which decide the final mark of their degree.

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1	A an interview	Ba meeting	Can occasion	Dan action
2	A a grant	Ba scholarship	Ccash	Dready money
3	A controlled	B independent	Cseparate	Dconfident
4	A do	Bproduce	C force	Dmake
5	A new comers	Bbeginners	Cfreshers	Drecruits
6	A camp	Barea	Chostel	Dcampus
7	A cope	Bsucceed	Cdo	D arrange
8	A occupations	B studies	Cpursuits	Dseminars
9	A classrooms	Bhalls	Ctheatres	Dareas
10	A day	Bweek	C month	Dyear
11	A separate	Bsecret	C public	Dprivate
12	A essays	Bcompositions	Cstories	Dnovels
13	A showing	Breducing	Cmaking	Dmarking
14	A amounts	Bshares	Cpercentages	Dprofits
15	A races	Bfinals	Csets	D games

Oxbridge

Oxford and Cambridge are the two oldest and (0) ..A.. prestigious universities in Britain. They are often called collectively Oxbridge to (1) … elitarian education. Oxford is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from (2) … the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge, where they (3) … what became the University of Cambridge.

Oxford and Cambridge universities consist (4) ... a number of colleges. Each college has its name, its coat of arms. There are now 38 colleges at the University of Oxford. Among the oldest colleges are University College, All Souls and Christ Church. Cambridge University also includes more than 30 colleges. The oldest college is Peterhouse and the most (5) … is Robinson College. Each college offers teaching in a wide (6) … of subjects. Within the college one will normally find a chapel, a dining hall, a library, rooms for undergraduates, fellows and the Master.

The (7) … system is one of the ways in which Oxford and Cambridge differ from all the other English universities. (8) … student has a tutor. He plans work, suggests the books to read and sets work to do. Each week a student goes to him in his rooms, perhaps with two or three other students, and he discusses the work that a student has done and sets the next week’s work.

The normal length of the (9) … is three years, after which the students take the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). Some courses, such as languages or medicine, may be one or two years longer. The degrees are awarded at public degree ceremonies. Oxford and Cambridge cling to their traditions, such as the use of Latin it degree ceremonies. Full academic dress is worn at examinations.

The universities have over a (10) … societies and clubs, enough for every interest one could imagine. Sport is part of students' life at Oxbridge. The most popular sports are rowing and punting.

0	A most	Bmuch	Cmany	Dmore
1	A understand	Bdisplay	Cexplain	Ddenote
2	A visiting	Battending	Cstudying	Dcoming
3	A established	Bmade	Cfound	Ddisclosed
4	A in	B with	C for	D of
5	A nowadays	Blast	C recent	Dyoung
6	A row	Brange	C difference	Dline
7	A tutorial	Blecture	Cseminar	Dexaminational
8	A all	B one	Cevery	Dno
9	A examination period	B degree course	Cprimary education	Dpost-graduate studies
10	A hundred	Bdozen	Cthousand	Dfifty