Exercise 12. Complete the text by choosing the correct option A, B, C or D to fill each gap

Once admitted, freshmen in Ukraine are divided into groups of 20 to 25 students who (1) …… most of the classes together and study as a team until they graduate. The academic (2) …… begins on 1 September; it lasts 42 weeks and is divided into 2 semesters. The government still exerts enormous influence in in defining the content of the (3) …….. Institutions have to adopt the curriculum approved by the Ministry of Education, the expediency of (4) …… certain subjects and the number of hours allotted to them. The obligatory part of the curricula includes several areas: social sciences, humanities, law, environmental (5) ……, ethics, philosophy, and world and national culture.

In addition to the initial evaluation, students take tests and (6) …… at the end of each semester. Typical grades are verbal: pass/fail or excellent, (7) ……, satisfactory, and unsatisfactory (poor). Students, who successfully complete all the requirements, receive stipends and (8) …… from the state. In order to graduate, students have to defend a thesis and take final state examinations before a panel of (9) ……. Students who graduate with honours (75 percent excellent and 25 percent good grades) receive the so-called ‘‘Red Certificate’’ (World Education Encyclopedia, p. 1456).

1.	A.	attend	C.	miss
	B.	visit	D.	learn
2.	A.	term	C.	period
	B.	year	D.	time
3.	A.	educate	C.	education
	B.	educative	D.	educational
4.	A.	education	C.	schooling
	B.	instruction	D.	teaching
5.	A.	studies	C.	studying
	B.	study	D.	studied
6.	A.	examine	C.	examining
	B.	examinations	D.	examines
7.	A.	better	C.	good
	B.	best	D.	goods
8.	A.	scholarship	C.	scholars
	B.	scholarships	D.	scholar
9.	A.	teachers	C.	instructors
	B.	learners	D.	professors

Exercise 13. You have met a former classmate. You are university students now. Tell each other about the steps involved in entering the university. Use the phrases below.

To start with I must tell that … To begin with … First of all … Could you tell me about …

Personally, I think … To my mind … I am sure that …

Really? Do you? Are you? Is it?

I completely agree. That’s interesting. I see. In addition to this, …

A further (negative/ positive) aspect of this is …

For example, … In fact … Actually, …

To sum up, … To summarize, … In conclusion, …

2.

Education has for its object

the formation of character

(Herbert Spencer)

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