School leavers

1. Each university tries to attract the best … that will provide the students with the highest quality of teaching.

2. The largest share of American … apply to community colleges.

3. The lowest you can … in the SAT is 550.

4. Research … by a university is a factor contributing to its prestige.

5. The Foundation Degree is usually … after two years of study.

6. Many students apply to more than one college or university and … in one that offers admission.

7. A high proportion of school leavers though do not apply for a place at a university still choose to get ….

8. Liberal arts colleges give a chance to … in humanities only.

9. A university usually consists of a number of ….

10. A trade or … school is often organized by an industry or large company to provide students with practical skills and enable them to work in different branches of industry.

11. The university … makes decisions on a number of academic and nonacademic criteria.

12. The lowest grade an American student can get is F or …, which means that he/she will have to take the course one again.

13. A summer … usually lasts from April to June.

14. Students really have to … for a place at a university as only one out of three applicants is usually ….

15. Every … has an opportunity to participate in a wide range of … activities such as sport, drama, debating, music, politics, and religion.

3. Join the words from the columns to make word combinations:

1. out-of-school a. a field of study

2. degree-granting b. a degree

3. to award c. proficiency

4. graduate d. curriculum

5. determine e. ability

6. language f. living expenses

7. conditional g. institution

8. educational h. activities

9. core i. local needs

10. technical j. a year of studies

11. pursue k. out-of-pocket

12. undergraduate l. family commitments

13. lifelong m. the content of courses

14. academic n. student

15. to complete o. qualification

16. to cover p. learning

17. leadership q. offer

18. to pay r. services

19. to sacrifice s. year

20. to conduct t. college

21. to fill u. research

4. Replace the words in italics with the words and expressions in the box. Pay attention that you will not need all the words.

to reveal to dilute out of all decent proportions humdrum evidence to be at smb’s disposal to fix smth to charge to be coddled to charge to condemn to be content with to sully pernicious

1) He was satisfied with his family, life and education.

2) The applicants’ marks were so poor, that the University had to lower its standards.

3) My car can be used as you wish.

4) There were not enough facts to prove him guilty.

5) Where can I have my car repaired?

6) You have to be fond of things and have a lot of duties not to live a dull life.

7) Unemployment is harmful to the welfare of society?

8) Cholera was beyond any control among them.

9) One day the truth about these events will be made known.

10) The fact that he handed out excellent marks like confetti stained his reputation considerably.

11) How much do you ask for mending a pair of shoes?

5. Make sure that you know the following words denoting attitudes and feelings. Fill them in the gaps.

to praise to justify to appreciate to respect

to despise to condemn to regret to embarrass

to be obsessed with to approve of

1. He went stowaway and he was … when the conductor approached him.

2. People who work under demanding task masters usually learn to … them.

3. Strike-breakers are … by their workmates.

4. He was so … with the idea that he couldn’t sleep.

5. It’s immoral to think that the end … the means.

6. You can’t … English poetry unless you feel its rhythm.

7. It’s necessary to … a child for doing good and reprimand him for misbehaviour.

8. We often … being rude and intolerant.

9. The US strikes against Yugoslavia and Iraq were … by many nations.

10. Her father will never … of her marriage to you.

6. Metaphors are part and parcel of a publicist style. Find out what the following metaphors mean. Use these metaphors in the sentences of your own.

a red herring a white elephant a blue dahlia a dark horse a black sheep pink elephants a green-eyed monster a yellow dog