3)Japan's universities are divided into three categories. (what, how)
4)There are 1,994,615 students in universities throughout the country. (how many)
5)The academic year is from April to March. (when)
6)Summer vacation differs according to the university. (what)
7)General subjects, foreign languages and physical education classes are generally taken in the first and second years. (when)
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THE BELORUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
The Belorussian State University is a centre of culture and science, the major higher educational establishment in the Republic of Belarus. It is the oldest University in our Republic. It was founded in 1921 and 1,010 workers and peasants were admitted to its two faculties.
The republic's first University rapidly grew and developed and in the prewar period a number of independent higher schools for medicine, pedagogic, national economy appeared on its basis.
During the Great Patriotic War the University was razed to the ground by the Nazi invaders. In the post-war years the University was quickly restored and in a short period of time it turned into one of the largest institutions of higher education of the country.
At present the University has 9,750 students, 125 Departments (chairs), 1,441 teaching staff, including 211 full Professors, 935 Associate Professors and Doctors.
There are 13 faculties at the University at present: Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Geography, Biology, Philology, Journalism, History, Economy, Law, International Relations which train specialists in 17 professions and 50 specializations. It has day and correspondence departments where thousands of students study. They attend lectures and seminars. All the students study foreign languages. Students' practical work is given much attention to.
The University course lasts five years. An academic year is divided into two terms, each ending in an examination session. Those who pass the exams successfully get a scholarship.
The students of the University can do any sport and any recreational activity.
A lot of students carry out research work in various laboratories which are equipped with up-to-date devices.
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Every year hundreds of young specialists begin working in different branches of national economy, science, education, in mass media, prosecutor's offices and courts.
In 1967 the Belorussian State University was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour for its contribution to the development of science and academic training.
The Belorussian State University is a major world University centre, a member of the International Universities Association. At present the BSU has links with over 100 higher educational establishments and research centres of the world. The University participates in a number of international projects like TEMPUS, INTAS, COPERNICUS, and ASE.
Its seventy-fifth anniversary the University celebrated as an internationally recognized classical university integrating essential features of the educational, scientific and cultural centre. The staff is proud of the University traditions and achievements but at the same time it realizes the necessity of serious reforms aimed at preserving the accumulated intellectual potential and promoting progressive development of the Belorussian University in future.
PROGRESS TEST
I. Choose the most appropriate variant to complete the sentences.
1. Novopolotsk is situated in a very picturesque place on the ___ River.
a) Neman |
c) Thames |
b) Dvina |
d) Dnepr |
2. The first page of history of my native town dates approximately ___ |
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years back. |
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a) 45 |
c) 65 |
b) 50 |
d) 450 |
3. On December 14th, ___ the Polotskiy settlement was renamed |
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Novopolotsk Town. |
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a) 1959 |
c) 1958 |
b) 1963 |
d) 1962 |
4. Every ___ out of 107,400 inhabitants studies. |
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a) first |
c) second |
b) fourth |
d) third |
5. The ___ contributes greatly to the relaxed atmosphere of the town. |
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a) university |
c) park |
b) square |
d) Hotel «Belarus» |
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6. Polotsk State University was founded in ___.
a) 1963 |
c) 1958 |
b) 1968 |
d) 1990 |
7. Polotsk State University trains ___ in many specialized fields |
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a) engineers |
c) doctors |
b) teachers |
d) drivers |
8. The study is arranged on ___ educational levels. |
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a) four |
c) five |
b) two |
d) three |
9. The University offers ___ |
Master’s programmes in different fields. |
a) 16 |
c) 18 |
b) 17 |
d) 19 |
10. The library was opened in ___. |
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a) 1958 |
c) 1978 |
b) 1968 |
d) 1988 |
II. Match Russian equivalents for the following words on the right.
1. settlement (n) |
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житель |
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2. landscape (n) |
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доступный |
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3. to require (v) |
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стажировка |
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4. to contribute (v) |
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разрабатывать |
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5. staff (n) |
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ландшафт |
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6. probation (n) |
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доступ |
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7. achievement (n) |
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применение |
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8. to update (v) |
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существенный |
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9. native (adj) |
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большинство |
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10. tournament (n) |
10. |
поселок |
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11. refectory (n) |
11. |
модернизировать |
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12. picturesque |
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требовать |
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13. ravine (n) |
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приобретать |
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14. proof (n) |
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штат сотрудников |
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15. notable (adj) |
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студенческая столовая |
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16. available (adj) |
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делать вклад |
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17. dweller (n) |
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18. majority (n) |
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выдающийся |
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19. application (n) |
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овраг, лощина |
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20. to gain (v) |
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живописный |
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21. to elaborate (v) |
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достижение |
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22. essential (adj) |
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турнир |
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23. access (n) |
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доказательство |
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1. fame (n) |
a. a piece of work that is given to someone as a part of their |
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2. ravine (n) |
b. a short pleasure trip for a group of people; |
3. probation (n) |
c. a place where such as a concert or a meeting is arranged |
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to take place; |
4. to host (v) |
d. to finish doing something especially when it has taken a |
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long time; |
5. outing (n) |
e. not doing something as your job, but only for pleasure or |
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interest; |
6. amateur (adj) |
f. a building or other large structure that is built to remind |
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people of an important event or famous people; |
7. assignment (n) |
g. the state of being known about by a lot of people because |
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of your achievements; |
8. dweller (n) |
h. a company, organization or business; |
9. venue (n) |
i. a person or animal that lives in a particular place; |
10. majority (n) |
j. a deep narrow valley with steep sides; |
11. proof (n) |
k. to provide the place and everything that is needed for an |
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organized event; |
12. enterprise (n) |
l. most of the people or things in a particular group; |
13. to complete(v) |
m. a fixed period of time in which you must improve your |
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work or behave well so that you will not have to leave your |
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14. monument (n) |
n. facts, information, documents etc that prove something is |
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IV. Define the tense.
1)Does your cat drink milk?
2)We have already discussed this problem.
3)When we arrived the performance had just begun.
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4)The teacher is listening to the pupils at the moment.
5)We will go to the country next week.
6)The students are translating the sentences from English into Russian now.
7)I haven’t seen you for ages.
8)The train leaves at 12.30. every morning.
9)We had got to the theatre by 6 o’clock.
10)It was raining the whole day yesterday.
11)I will translate the article tomorrow.
12)What were the children doing the whole evening?
13)I had lived in Kiev before I moved to Minsk.
14)I saw your brother yesterday.
V. Use the correct tense in these sentences.
1)Someone (to knock) at the door. Shall I answer it?
2)You (to be) here before? – Yes, I (to spend) my hol idays here last
summer.
3)How often you (to buy) milk? – Twice a week.
4)I know that my friend (not yet to come).
5)Why you (to put on) your coat now? – I (to go) for a walk.
6)I (not to hear) the thunder last night because I (to sleep).
7)My brother and sister (to argue) about something when I (to walk) into
the room.
8)The lecture (not yet to begin) and the students are talking in the classroom.
9)Where is Tom? – I (not to see) him today.
VI. Change from the active into the passive.
1)Her mother drives her to school every day.
2)The teacher sent him out of the class.
3)They will have finished the work by tonight.
4)Someone had warned her that she might lose her job.
5)Who discovered America?
6)Who answered the phone?
7)Who did they give the prize to?
8)The lecturer bored the students with his long lecture.
9)During the summer the cafe was employing more waiters every week.
10)The University library lends its readers nearly 2 million books every year.
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УЧЕБНЫЙ МОДУЛЬ III
THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS. GREAT BRITAIN
Цели:
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Вы должны знать: |
Вы должны уметь: |
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1. Грамматика: |
– использовать знания грамматики и лек- |
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типы вопросов |
сики при чтении и переводе текстов ука- |
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артикли с географическими названиями |
занной тематики; |
и именами собственными |
– вести беседу и рассказать о Республике |
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степени сравнения прилагательных |
Беларусь и Великобритании. |
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2. Лексика |
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Ключевые слова и сочетания по теме |
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«Республика Беларусь», «Великобритания» |
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ENTRY TEST
Part A: Choose the correct variant
1.I (not/understand) that man because I (not/know) English.
A.not understand, don’t know
B.don’t understand, not know
C.don’t understand, don’t know
2.… you visit my parents very often?
A.Does
B.Do
C.Are
3.Don’t make so much noise. Father just (to fall asleep).
A.has just fallen asleep
B.just fell asleep
C.had just fallen asleep
4 Somebody … waiting for you in the hall. I don’t k now who he is.
A.are
B.was
C.is
5.A liar is someone who (not/tell) the truth.
A.not tell
B.don’t tell
C.doesn’t tell
6.Will you go to the cinema? No, I (to see) this film before.
A.saw
B.have seen
C.has seen
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7.He (to have) an exam tomorrow.
A.has
B.will have
C.is having
8.Something (to smell) very good.
A.smell
B.is smelling
C.smells
9. Where … you (to go)? I (to go) to the University . I always (to go) to the University at 8 o’clock.
A.do … go, go, go
B.are … going, am going, go
C.are … going, am going, goes
10.Jim (to repair) his car for two hours already.
A.is repairing
B.has been repairing
C.has repaired
11.Bees (to make) honey.
A.made
B.make
C.are making
12.What … you (to do) now?
A.do … do
B.have … done
C.are … doing
13.Who … (to do) it?
A.did do
B.did
C.has did
Part B: Insert the correct article
Three men came to 1.__ New York to have 2.__ good time. They came to 3. __ very large hotel and took 4. __ room there. Their room was on 5.__ 45th floor. In 6. __ evening 7. __ friends went to 8. __ cinema and came back to 9. __ hotel very late.
«I am very sorry», said 10. __ clerk of 11. __ hotel, «but 12. __ lifts are not working tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to you room, we’ll make 13. __ beds for you in 14. __ hall». «No, no», said one of 15. __ friends, «no, thank you. We don’t want to sleep in 16. __ hall. We’ll w alk up to 17. __ our room».
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Then he turned to his friend and said: «It’s not easy to walk up to 18. __ 45th floor, but we’ll make it easier. On 19. __ way to 20. __ room I’ll tell you some jokes; then you, Andy, will sing us some songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories». So they began walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes; Andy sang some songs.
At last they came to 21. __ 35th floor. They were tired and decided to have 22. __ rest. «Well,» said Tom, «now it is you turn, Peter. After all 23. __ jokes, I’d like to hear 24. __ sad story. Tell us 25. __ long and interesting story with 26. __ sad end». «27. __ story which I’m going to tell you», said Peter, «is sad enough. We left 28. __ key to our room in 29. __ hall».
Part C: Make up sentences with the following words
1.is/ best/ she/ friend/ my.
2.learn/ different/ students/ our/ subjects.
3.is/ the/ country/ the/ in/ world/ what/ largest?
4.reading/ is/ my/ of/ best/ son’s/ fond/ friend.
5.wealth/ health/ better/ is/ than.
Part D: Point out the numbers of sentences which are Passive
1.He is said to be very famous.
2.The text has already been written.
3.Why weren’t you there?
4.English is spoken all over the world.
5.I’m working now.
6.What do you do?
7.What are you doing?
УЧЕБНЫЙ ЭЛЕМЕНТ 1
«THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS»
Warming-up:
−What famous Belarussians do you know?
−Do you know the origin of the word “Belarus”?
−Why do people love their Motherland?
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I. Vocabulary Work
1. Pronounce the following words and memorize them:
achievement (n) ancient (adj) annual (adj) auroch (n) average (adj) battle (n) branch (n)
bush (n)
coal/brown coal/slate coal (n) clay (n)
deposit (n) devastation (n) district (n) flax (n)
inalienable (adj) independence (n) invader (n)
loam (n) meadow (n) nuclear (adj)
ox – oxen (pl) (n) peat (n) plentiful (adj) protection (n) quarter (n) recognition (n) region (n) severe (adj) significant (adj) soil (n) supremacy (n) to adopt (v)
to appear (v)
−достижение
−древний
−ежегодный; годичный, годовой
−зубр
−средний
−битва, сражение
−ветвь, ветка; отрасль
−куст
−уголь/бурый уголь/ горючий сланец
−глина
−залежь
−опустошение; разорение
−район
−лен
−неотчуждаемый; неотъемлемый
−независимость
−захватчик, оккупант
−суглинок; плодородная земля
−луг; низина,
−ядерный
−бык, вол
−торф
−изобилующий, обильный
−защита
−четверть
−признание
−область
−строгий; суровый; требовательный
−значительный, важный, существенный
−почва
−верховенство; верховная власть
−принимать
−появляться
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to poison (v) to possess (v) unified (adj) urban (adj) wealth (n)
widespread (adj) yoke (n)
−отравлять, заражать
−владеть, иметь, обладать
−объединенный
−городской
−богатство
−широко распространенный
−иго
2. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning: center, basin, politics, economy, culture, urban, region, continental,
catastrophe, flora, fauna, authority, agriculture, to specialize, production, to cultivate, antiquity, manuscript, hypothesis, historian, progress, fascist, industry; sovereign; sovereignty.
3. Study the following word combinations:
− сравнительно мягкий − вычислительная техника
− внутренняя и внешняя политика − защита окружающей среды − тяжёлая промышленность − высшее учебное заведение − независимое государство − ведущая отрасль − минеральный источник − ядерная катастрофа
− с одной стороны/с другой стороны − принцип господства права − среднеспециальное учебное заведение − государственный язык − густой лес
− быть под влиянием, воздействием − быть покрытым − граничить с − состоять из
− сотрудничать с − делить на
− получить признание
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