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Many students report that they often feel a bored / baring by studying This is not b surprised / surprising when you consider how some students study. A recent report, which many teachers find c worried / worrying, suggests that a majority of students listen to music at the same time as studying.
However, what experts say about this issue is rather d confused / confusing. Some people study more effectively when they are e relaxed / relaxing, and listening to music may help. Students who are f worried / worrying by the pressure of school may find that they are in a better mood if their music is playing. When they become more g interested / interesting in what they are studying, they do not in fact'listen' to the music at all. It just becomes background noise. On the other hand, there are certainly students who find the music more h entertained / entertaining than their school work, and never really concentrate on their work at all. So perhaps we shouldn't be i surprised / surprising to discover that listening to music helps some but not all though this can also depend on the type of music. And it also depends on what students are supposed to be studying. Anyone who listens to music while trying to read and remember details will almost certainly be j distracted / distracting by the music. So in the end, perhaps it’s a matter of what works for you'.
PART 4
TEST YOURSELF
Variant 1
Task 1. Read the text and complete the sentences choosing the correct answers.
Of the full-time students now attending English Universities three quarters are men, and one quarter women. Nearly half of them are engaged in the study of arts subjects such as history, languages, economics or law, the others are studying pure or applied sciences such as medicine, dentistry, technology, or agriculture. The University of London, for instance,, includes internal and external students, the latter coming to London only to sit for their examinations. Actually most external students at London University are living in London. The colleges in the University of London are essentially teaching institutions, providing instruction chiefly by means of lectures, which are attended mainly by day students. The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, however, are essentially residential institutions and they mainly use a tutorial method which brings the tutor into close and personal contact with the student. These colleges, being residential, are necessarily far smaller than most of the colleges of the University of London. Education of University standard is also given in other institutions such. as colleges of technology and agricultural colleges, which prepare their students for degrees or diplomas in their own fields. The three terms into which the British University year is divided are roughly eight to ten weeks. Each term is crowded with activity, and the vacations between the terms – a month at Christmas, a month at Easter, and three or four months in summer – are mainly periods of intellectual digestion and private study. A person studying for a degree at a British University is called a graduate. B. A. or B. Sc. stands for Bachelor of Arts, or of Science, the first degree. M. A. or M. Sc. denotes Master of Arts, or of Science. One can become a B. A. after three years of hard study, and an M. A. at the end of five years.
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1. During their holidays students...
1. work to pay the tuition fees;
2. get degrees;
3. revise and research on their own.
2. Methods of instruction in British Universities …
1. are different;
2. are alike;
3. depend on the number of full-time students.
3. External students...
1. attend all lectures;
2. prepare for their exams;
3. never study art subjects.
4. The normal length of the degree course is..
1. 3 terms;
2. 5 months;
3. 3 years.
5. London University...
1. uses the tutorial system of education;
2. is a collection of colleges;
3. is the most prestigious university in the UK.
Task 2. Complete the text with the right words.
1. clothes 2. course 3. residence 4. wear 5. academic 6. full 7. old 8. allowed 9. present 10. had 11. days 12. live
In the... times students' life was... of restrictions. Students of Cambridge were not... to play games, sing, hunt, fish or even to dance, they... to … special dark... and the " squares", the... caps they still wear in our... . During the... all students have to... in the college; there are at... over 9000 students in... .
Variant 2
Task 1. Read the text and complete the sentences choosing the correct answers.
There are about ninety Universities in Great Britain, the biggest one being London University, and the oldest ones Oxford and Cambridge. Oxford was founded in the 12th century as an aristocratic University and retains its aristocratic character to the present day: the cost of studies is comparatively high. Students have to pay for using libraries and laboratories, as well as for taking examinations. Oxford's organization is very complicated. In fact, the University is a collection of 35 Colleges: two for women only, the rest taking both men and women. Each college is a world of its own which gives its students a specialized training in arts, law, medicine and science. The largest college has over 500 students; the smallest college has 100 students. The University is an administrative centre which arranges lectures for students of the colleges, holds examinations and gives degrees. The tutorial system of education used both in Oxford and Cambridge is one of the ways in which Oxbridge differs from other English Universities. Every student has a tutor in charge of planning his work and discussing its results with the student; the student's duty is to regularly see his tutor and submit papers and essays. The tutorial system of education brings the student into personal contact with his tutor, the latter trying to influence the social and political life of the student. The academic year in England has three terms; each term lasts from eight to ten weeks. Terminal examinations take place at the end of autumn, spring and summer terms. Final examinations take place at the end of the course of studies. If a student fails in an examination, he may be allowed to take the exam again, only two re-examinations being usually allowed.
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1. Oxford University is...
1. the biggest in Great Britain;
2. as old as Cambridge;
3. based on the principles of democracy.
2. The system of education in Oxbridge is...
1. unique;
2. just the same as in other British universities;
3. formed on the model of European continental universities.
3. If a student fails in an examination...
1. he is allowed to take as many re-examinations as he likes;
2. no re-examinations are allowed;
3. only two re-examinations are allowed.
4. A tutor helps his student..
1. to pay for his studies;
2. to plan his work;
3. to choose the necessary kind of sport to go in for.
5. Every academic year students take exams...
1. once;
2. twice;
3. three times.
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