Образование. Школы. Вузы. Библиотеки. Часть 1

In a _________________, children are prepared for the start of compulsory education.

• nursery school
• secondary school
• prep
• preparatory school

Public libraries in Britain are administered by

• local education authorities
• local public authorities
• the government
• a special governing body

Now, formal teaching and factual learning are considered ______________ methods.

• unfair
• old-fashioned
• popular
• selective

Earlier, to go to a grammar school, a pupil had to ________________ the ‘Eleven Plus’ examination.

• fail
• accept
• pass
• select

In some areas of Britain, schools still _______________ children at the age of 11.

• select
• pass
• fail
• accept

Subjects and teachers are divided into _______________. They are responsible for teaching a range of subjects.

• faculties
• groups
• universities
• departments

Compulsory courses in American schools are chosen

• by the local schoolboard
• by the student
• by the Headmaster
• by the guidance councilor

In the last year of study the students take their ____________- examinations, after which they are awarded their degree.

• A-levels
• degrees
• freshers
• finals

Most of secondary schools in England are ___________________ — that is, they accept children from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.

• independent
• private
• selective
• co-educatinal

To get into college, an American student needs several _____________ which are given for the completion of each course.

• activities
• assistants
• diplomas
• credits

American children pass on to high schools at the age of

• 15
• 14
• 13
• 17

In modern British teaching system, there is more ________________ on comprehension that on acquisition of knowledge.

• emphasis
• argument
• skills
• criticizm

Match the words and their translations.

• 1-c, 2-e, 3-d, 4-a
• 1-d, 2-a, 3-e, 4-b
• 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-e
• 1-e, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c

During the first week, freshers walk round the _____________ with a worried look on their faces.

• prospectus
• finals
• admission
• campus

Secondary schools accept children from different home ______________- ethnic, religious, areal.

• backgrounds
• styles
• groups
• authorities

Teachers need to attend special courses to help them work well with badly _______________ pupils.

• sensible
• warning
• behaved
• strict

Match the words and their translations.

• 1-b, 2-e, 3-a, 4-d
• 1-e, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a
• 1-a, 2-e, 3-b, 4-c
• 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-e

The training of teachers is a serious problem in America because

• many teachers don’t have a bachelor’s degree
• university education standards are very low
• qualifications received in a state university are not recognized in another state
• teachers are badly paid

Since 1865, higher education in America has been _______________ to all, that is, everybody has access to higher education.

• available
• rural
• on duty
• frequent

Grammar school pupils were expected ___________________.

• to get a job
• to go to university
• to start a business
• to go to a private school

_______________ subjects include History, Geography, Art, Music and one modern language.

• Core
• Major
• Foudational
• Free choice

The aim of the REACH programme was _____________________.

• to set learning objectives for each term and year
• to give more free choice to parents
• to make the education system selective
• to change the curriculum

Eton maintains two waiting lists: ______________________.

• one for the British and one for foreigners
• one is just not enough
• one for the children of ‘old boys’ and one for the outsiders
• one for boys and one for girls

Some of the colleges in Oxford and Cambridge are very wealthy because

• they owe some land
• They are paid by the government
• they have sponsors
• The students pay a very high tuition fee

Most of grammar schools were ______________: they were either for boys or for girls.

• single-sex
• selective
• unfair
• old-fashioned

A ____________ councilor gives students advice on what courses to choose.

• guidance
• rural
• grade
• homeroom

A ___________________ is a school providing pupils accommodation during the term time.

• comprehensive school
• grammar school
• boarding school
• secondary modern school

Match the words and their translations.

• 1-d, 2-a, 3-c, 4-e
• 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
• 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-e
• 1-e, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a

The REACH program sets learning ________________ for each term.

• tests
• courses
• standards
• exams

After two years of following the basic programme students choose a _______________ subject in which they specialize in the next two years.

• degree
• compulsory
• elective
• major

Ivy League colleges is the name given to a group of highly ________________ universities in New England.

• graduate
• prestige
• respected
• extension

Lessons in elementary school ___________ half an hour or thirty minutes.

• complete
• during
• are available
• last

Independent private schools are not free, they are _______________.

• secondary
• selective
• primary
• fee-paying

_______________ activities (such as playing in a school base-ball team or a school theater) are very important in America.

• Playground
• Extra-curricular
• Co-educational
• Overhead

Admission procedure includes the following steps

• sending documents to university
• saying good bye to parents
• filling an application form and a personal interview
• taking A-levels

The Training Credit Scheme was introduced _____________________.

• to save the money
• to provide school-leavers without jobs with training and work experience
• to make young people pay for their training
• to give money to school-leavers without jobs

First schools in England were financed ______________.

• by the Church
• by local wealthy men
• by the state
• by education authorities

Many public libraries experience the shortage of librarians, so the ______________ for librarians is very high.

• reference
• volume
• demand
• extension

The university __________________ consists of professors, students’ and lecturers’ representatives and local notables.

• faculty
• governing body
• department
• post graduate work

An academic chief of a university is called a _________________.

• vice-chancellor
• professor’s chair
• reader
• tenure

Universities describe their courses in ________________ for those wanting to enter the university.

• finals
• campuses
• prospectuses
• freshers

Each university course has a quota of new students which cannot be _____________.

• rented
• approved
• exceeded
• completed

The system of ‘comprehensives’ caused much __________________: not all local authorities agreed to replace grammar and secondary schools with comprehensives.

• curriculum
• acquisition
• argument
• drop-out rate

Harvard university’s library __________________ to 100,000 periodicals.

• specializes
• charges
• caters for
• houses

If a pupil doesn’t wear the right colours, the school may give him or her a _______________.

• bully
• exclusion
• warning
• obedience

‘A fresher’s fair’ is

• a fair where freshers send different things they don’t need any more
• a place where freshers can find a room or a house to live in
• a place where freshers can buy all they need for studies
• a time, when different clubs and societies try to make freshers join their members

__________________ activities of public libraries include play readings, lectures, film shows and cooperation in adult education.

• Lending
• Extension
• Public
• Reference

To be admitted to a university, a student needs

• To choose up to five courses he or she would like to apply
• to stay on into the sixth form
• A-level grades the university asks for
• an application form

The Capitular Library of St.Paul’s cathedral was refunded after the Great Fire by ________________.

• daily papers
• gift and purchase
• extension activities
• ranch libraries

British students pay for their food, rent, books and transport _____________________.

• out of grants provided from the government
• out of the loans they take out in a bank
• out of grants provided by the local authorities
• оut of stipendiums they receive from the university