VIII. Answer the questions.

1. Why does the author compare college life with a merry-go-round? Do you agree with this comparison? What would you compare college life with? Suggest your ideas.

2. What is the difference between a full-time and a part-time student?

3. When does an applicant become a first year student?

4. What official documents do you receive when you become a student?

5. What happens if a student can not cope with the work load of college? What would you advise to avoid such problems?

6. How do you understand the word ‘diligent’? Who can be called a diligent student?

7. Have you ever played truant? For what reasons?

8. Have you ever cheated during the exams? How did you do that?

9. When are students usually expelled from college?

10. When do students graduate with honors?

PRACTICE

IX. Memorize the following collocations.

difficult/ easy examination

entrance/ final examination

prepare for/ revise for/ study for an examination

do/ sit/ take/ re-sit an examination

do well in/ pass/ do badly in/ fail an examination

examination paper/ question/ grade/ mark/ result / certificate

good/ high/ bad/ low/ poor mark

get/ give smb. a mark

advanced/ intermediate/ introductory course

graduate/ postgraduate/undergraduate course

do/ take a course

enroll on/ join a course

complete a course

attend/ go to/ study at a university

apply for/ enter/ graduate from a university

university staff/ lecturer/ professor

university course/ degree/ education

university term/ year/ vacation

brilliant/ good student

full-time/ part-time student

first-year/ second-year student

do/ carry out/ conduct a research

do/ study for/ take a degree

do/ write an essay/ assignment

get/ obtain/ acquire a qualification

get/ receive an education

X. Make up a story/ a dialogue of your own using the active vocabulary.

XI. Look at the phrases below. Underline the ones that complete sentence 1 and circle the ones which complete sentence 2. You can circle and underline the same phrase if necessary.

1. A good teacher (is) .................

2. A good student (is) .................

1. gets good grades

2. a good listener

3. good at explaining things

4. works hard

5. uses modern methods

6. uses traditional methods

7. makes good progress

8. concerned about the welfare of the students

9. always marks homework on time

10. gives a lot of homework

11. doesn’t give much homework

12. pays attention in class

13. doesn’t talk much

14. talks a lot

15. hands homework in time

16. works hard

17. never plays truant

18. pays attention all the time

XII. Use these words to complete the text below.

passed

sat

doing

graduated

got

applied

primary

secondary

university

nursery

college

degree

When I was very young I went to a playgroup and then a ............. school. When I was five, I started at the local ............ school. School is compulsory in Britain for everybody between five and sixteen years old, but in lots of other countries children don’t start until they are seven.

My primary school was mixed, but when I was eleven, I went to an all-boys ......... school. My favorite subjects were maths and English. After 5 years at secondary school, I decided to go to sixth form ...........,

In my last year in the sixth form I ............. exams in four subjects – maths, physics, chemistry, and geography. I ............... them all and ............. A grades in maths and physics.

I ............. for a place at ............. to study astronomy. It was a three-year ............. course. I .............. with first class honors. I thought about ............. a postgraduate degree, but decided it was time to get a job and earn some money.

Note: Most people go to state schools but some parents pay to end their children to private schools. In England the best known private schools are called public schools. Sometimes students live for the whole term at their boarding school. The most traditional are still single-sex schools but most are now co-educational.