II. Choose the right word.
(A)
1. A nursery school is a school for [a) babies, b) infants]. 2. My favourite [a) professor, b) teacher] at school is Mr Watkins. 3. Our teacher always sets us a lot of [a) housework, b) homework]. 4. What will you be doing in the summer [a) vacation, b) vacancy]? 5. Class 2 are waiting for me in the [a) classroom, b) lesson]. 6. We have a very good school [a) canteen, b) restaurant]. 7. When did you [a) take, b) give] your exam? 8. There are 15 students in our English [a) class, b) grade]. 9. I’m [ a) attending, b) following] English classes. 10. Sit [a) on, b) at] your desk and get on with your work. 11. I made too many [a) faults, b) mistakes] in my essay. 12. You [a) missed, b) lost] too many lessons last term. 13. Explain [a) to me, b) me] why you are late. 14. [a) Try, b) test] tour knowledge! 15. What did you get out of ten in the test? – [a) Nought, b) Nil]! 16. How many [a) languages, b) tongues] do you speak? 17. [a) Story, b)history] is my favourite subject. 18. Maths [a) aren’t, b) isn’t easy for everybody. 19. I’m not good [a) in, b) at] sports. 20. I’m doing a course in [a) English, b) english].
KEY
1b 2b 3b 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10b 11b 12a 13a 14b 15a 16a 17b 18b 19b 20a
(B)*
A [a) timetable, b) schedule] lists the times of classes, etc. 2. When schools close, the children are on [a) leave, b) holiday]. 3. Children who live in a school are called [a) pensioners, b) boarders]. 4. A school for the very young is a [a) kindergarten, b) nursery]. 5. Have you seen the new [a) programme, b) syllabus] for the exams? 6. A student might win one of these [a) a premium, b) a prize]. 7. You would do an [a) experience, b) experiment] in a laboratory. 8. After [a) gymnasium, b) grammar school] you can attend university. 9. Universities can only [a) admit, b) receive] a few students. 10. I need to pass my Cambridge First [a) Certificate, b) Diploma]. 11. She’s got a [a) position, b) place] to do French at Oxford. 12. Our course provides you with [a) practicable, b) practical] experience. 13. You do this before you take an exam. [a) revision, b) repetition]. 14. What [a) mark, b) degree] did you get for your spelling test? 15. Sh! I want to listen to the [a) conference, b) lecture]. 16. [Particular, b) private] lessons are very expensive. 17. My essay was illustrated with a [a) diagram, b) scheme]. 18. No one likes to [a) fail, b) lose] an exam. 19. History is my favourite [a) topic, b) subject] at school. 20. It’s hard to [a) get, b) enter] into university.
KEY
1a 2b 3b 4a 5b 6b 7b 8b 9a 10a 11b 12b 13a 14a 15b 16b 17a 18a 19b 20a
III. Translate the Russian sentences into English, making them the logical continuation of the English ones.
1)How did she manage to win a scholarship? – No wonder. Она очень старалась и много работала. 2) Are you first year? – Да, я студент. Я студент с 1 сентября.3) What will the teacher be doing this time to-morrow? – Она будет проверять наши контрольные работы по грамматике. 4) How long have you been attending lectures at the University? – Пожалуй, уже более двух лет. 5) Who was it that you were talking to in the Dean’s Office this morning? – Да с самим деканом. Он собирается провести беседу о предстоящих экзаменах. 6) I think he has failed. – Провалился? Нет, он сдал экзамен и сдал его хорошо. - When did he pass it? – Он сдал его (а) вчера, (б) сегодня утром. 7) She will take a post-graduate course, won’t she? – I believe so. Она будет заниматься в аспирантуре, если она сдаст все экзамены на “отлично”. У нее склонность к научной работе. 8) How long have you been listening to the tape-recordings when I came to the English laboratory? – Not very long. Около двадцати минут. До этого я записывал текст урока. 9) Did you look through your examination paper after you had written it? – Not only that. Я переписал работу после того, как просмотрел ее. 10) When does the first term end? – Как обычно, в январе. К 10 января мы уже закончим занятия.
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