Colleges and universities in the USA

1. Young people in the USA get higher education in colleges and universities. Students choose " major" subject and make many courses in this subject.

2. After four years of study students get the degrees of Bachelor of Science (B. Sc), Bachelor of Philosophy (B. Phil.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A., if they study Greek or Latin). After a year or two of further study they get a master's degree. If they go on in their study and research, they will get a still higher degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D).

3. Higher education trains people to become teachers, engineers or to do other professional work.

4. College students often continue their study at universities. Not all the students get grants. The minimum period of study is two years (in this case they don't get the degree of Ph. D.), three or even four years.

5. Many cities have colleges and universities that hold evening classes as well as daytime classes. People who work in the daytime can get higher education attending evening classes.

Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 4.

3. Выберите нужную форму глагола to be и переведите предложения на русский язык:

1. School education in the USA (is, was, will be) free.

2. They (are, were, will be) second-year students last year.

3. History (is, was, will be) the first lesson tomorrow.

4. Напишите предложения в вопросительной, а затем в отрицательной форме и переведите их на русский язык:

1. They have five lessons every day.

2. We had four exams last term.

3. Students will have a lecture on history tomorrow.

Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, в Past Indefinite Tense (прошедшее неопределенное время)

1. Не (to get) a degree in chemistry last year.

2. I (to pass) my entrance exams successfully a few days ago.

3. They (to read) many books on management last term.

6. Составьте три предложения, используя слова, данные в колонках, и переведите их на русский язык:

There is 2, 600 universities in the USA

There are many students at the university

a large library

7. Заполните пропуски предлогами по смыслу:

1. There are three terms ……..…. a school year.

2. University classes start ……......... September.

3. All children from 6 to 16 go ………. school in America.

Контрольная работа № 1 Вариант 2

1. Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. When do pupils take their " О" level exam?

2. How many " A" levels are enough to go to university?

" O" LEVEL AND " A" LEVEL EXAMINATIONS

1. Pupils at secondary schools in England (that is, pupils between the age of twelve and eighteen) have two main exams to worry about. They take the first one when they are about fifteen. It's called " O" (ordinary) level.

2. Many pupils take " O" level in about seven or eight different subjects. There are a lot of subjects to choose from carpentry to ancient languages.

3. For a lot of jobs it's quite enough to have four or five " O" levels and usually these include English and Mathematics.

4. Some pupils leave school when they are fifteen. But if they stay at school, they go to the sixth form and start working for the second main exam: " A" (advanced) level. It's a difficult exam, so pupils don't usually take it in more than three subjects.

5. Three " A" levels are enough to go to university. But if they want to go to such universities as Oxford and Cambridge they take special exams as well. If you don't want to go to university, you get a good job with two or three " A" levels.