I Divide the words according to the following topics: Higher education in the USA. Types of a temperament. Translate the words (15 points).
Variant 1.
I Divide the words according to the following topics: Higher education in the USA. Types of a temperament. Translate the words (15 points).
An applicant, reserved, a sophomore, a part-time student, outgoing, a faculty, an assistant professor, a dean, a President of the University, an evening school, a choleric, excitable, a spring term, a recess, diffident.
II Choose an appropriate word to fill in the gaps. One word is unnecessary. Translate the sentences (10 points).
(a dean, a graduate, miss classes, do a research, tests, a teacher)
1. When you complete your first degree, you are ...
2. When people study one object in detail, we say they …
3. The head of a department is usually called ...
4. Some schools give students ... regularly.
5. She is … at school.
III What do you call (2 points):
1. the name we give students of the second course?
2. the money some students get for excellent results in studying?
IV Reading. Match topics A-G and texts 1-6. Use each letter only once. There is one unnecessary topic in the task. (6 points)
A. POOR COMMUNICATION
B. HELPFUL METHOD
C. PAST HOBBY
D. BODY LANGUAGE
E. ENJOYABLE GAMES
F. HEALTH PROBLEMS
G. MORE IMAGINATION
1 In just a few years mobile phones have become a common sight everywhere. Walk past any cafe and you will see people chatting on their phones or sending text messages. However, some people are concerned that the signals these phones send out may be bad for our health. They worry that holding a mobile close to your head might have an effect on your brain. So, it may be a good idea to use your ordinary phone when you can.
2 We learn a lot by reading, but what if you can't see the words on the page? Many blind people can read braille. Braille is a system of writing using raised dots on the page that you can feel with your fingers. A Frenchman called Louis Braille invented it in 1821, when he was just 12 years old. His system makes life easier for many thousands of blind people all over the world.
3 When we talk to someone, only a small part of our meaning is in what we say. Some people say that as little as 7% of our message is contained in our words. We use our hands to express ourselves and we use our faces to show that we are listening or to show how we feel. Our faces and our hands can I also show things that we might want to hide, like the fact that we are lying, for example.
4 People can now use the Internet and e-mail to communicate with each other cheaply and quickly. Twenty years ago, however, this wasn't possible. In those days in Britain, some people used amateur radio to contact people all over the country, and even around the world. They had special radios in their houses that sent out radio signals. They contacted each other to exchange news about their lives and about the weather, or even to play games such as chess.
5 One of the most interesting types of radio programme is radio drama. Although some radio stations only broadcast music, some also produce plays for their listeners. Many people prefer listening to a play on the radio to watching it on TV because they can be more creative. On TV, the programme-makers decide exactly what a place or a person looks like. On radio, though, you can imagine it any way you like.
6 Before the invention of radio, it was almost impossible to communicate over large distances. The only way to communicate with people far away was to send a message or a letter with a person. People lit j fires on hills as a signal to each other, but it wasn't a very good way of communicating. It was very difficult to find out what was happening in distant places and news often took weeks or even months to travel around the world.
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V Put the verb in the correct form (Present Simple or Present Progressive). Write down only the verbs, do not rewrite the sentences (5 points).
1. “The athletes (get) out of the train, (pass) through the entrance and (face) us”, the newsreader said.
2. We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden.
3. I’m afraid I have lost my key. – Not again. You always (lose) your key.
4. You will get dinner when it (be) ready.
5. How you (feel)?