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II Comprehensive check

Complete the following sentences:

1. Population of Australia is_______________________________________________.

2. Australian English uses many words that___________________________________.

3. Public education is administered__________________________________________.

4. Aborigines came to Australia ____________________________________________.

5. Aborigines never over-pick fruits and vegetables and leave some________________ ______________________________________________________________________.

6. They did not build houses because they were constantly moving_________________

______________________________________________________________________.

7. They knew how to dig to find water in_____________________________________.

8. Some Aboriginal words entered English: ___________________________________.

9. The Aborigines had highly developed______________________________________.

10. Australia has a National Opera Company and_______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________.

III Make up 5 questions of the different types to the text.

I Reading

a) Read the following text

Put down the unknown words (with their transcription and translation) into your vocabulary. Be ready to translate the text orally.

b) Find and write out all irregular verbs given in the text. Remember three forms of them

Britain’s Two Oldest Universities Oxford

Oxford was an important town even before the University came into existence. The university traces its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century, when the first charter was granted by the Pope. This dating would make its duration now equal to 900 years, comparable to Plato's Academy (ca. 400 BC - 529 AD). After a dispute between students and townsfolk broke out in 1209, some of the academics at Oxford fled north-east to the town of Cambridge, where the University of Cambridge was founded. The two universities have since had a long history of competition with each other.

The college of Oxford corporate institutions with special rules and privileges came into being during the Middle Ages, but at first only graduates were full members of them and it was not until the 16th century that all undergraduates were admitted to them. The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries saw many quarrels between the students and the townsfolk. Subsequently the King gave his support to the University which gained considerable influence over the town and its trade.

The ground on which Oxford is built is actually a peninsula, bounded on the west and south by the Thames.

Academic life in Oxford is full and varied. Some of the occasions are solemn, some exciting. The three principal annual events are Commemoration Day, Congregation Day and Convocation Day.

Every college of the University has its own library, and many of them are very large and comprehensive. The principal museums of Oxford are the Ashmolean, and the University Museum. The motto of the University of Oxford is Dominus Illuminatio Mea, which means "The Lord is my Light".

Oxford is not only one of the oldest university cities of Great Britain, but a thriving industrial town as well.