Саратовский государственный технический университет

Энергетический факультет

Специальность: ЭПП

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Дисциплина: Иностранный язык.

Контрольная работа №1, 2

Проверил: преподаватель

Должность

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Студент группы: ЭПП

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2006

Контрольная работа №2

Перед выполнением контрольном работы .(итучите следующие разделы грамматического справочника: 1.2.3, 1с2.4, 1Л, 3.2, 5.5,

Раздел 1. Чтение

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Higher Education in Britain

1.There are now 46 universities in the United Kingdom: 35 in England, 8 in Scotland, 2 in Northern Ireland and one in Wales.

2. All British Universities are private that is not state - controlled institutions. Students have to pay fees and living costs, but every student may receive personal grant from the local authority of the place where he lives.

3. British Universities can be divided into three main groups: the old universities, the redbrick universities, which include all the provincial universities of the period 1850-1930, as well as London University; The new universities, founded since the Second World War.

4. In the group of old universities Oxford (1167) and Cambridge (1209) are the oldest ones. A number of well-known scientists and writers, among them Newton, Darwin and Byron were educated in Cambridge.

5. These two universities differ greatly from all the others in general organization, traditions, history, etc. They are based on colleges (law, music, natural science, economics, agriculture, engineering, commerce, etc), each college having about 300 students. The teachers there are called "dons" (старший преподаватель университета).

6. The course of study at a university lasts three or four years. In general Bachelor's degree, the first academic degree, is given to the students who pass their examination at the end of the course.

7. Bachelor of Arts, for history, philosophy, language and literature, Bachelor of Science or Commerce or Music.

8. Some universities have extra-mural departments. Besides universities there are 30 polytechnics, numerous colleges for agriculture, art, design, law, a few hundred technical colleges with part-time and full-time education.

9. In British Universities students prepare themselves in specialized fields of knowledge by three categories of academic activity - lectures, tutorials and examinations.

10.It is common for students to leave home to study and only 10-15% of all university students live at home while they study.

1.How many Universities are there in the United Kingdom?

1.There are now 46 universities in the United Kingdom.

2. Are British Universities private or state?

2.All British Universities are private.

2. What are the oldest Universities in Great Britain?

3. Oldest Universities in Great Britain are all the provincial universities of the period 1850-1930.