I. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. How many per cent of British children go to state schools?

2. At what age do children start primary schools?

3. What is the most popular type of a secondary schools in Great Britain?

4. How many years do students study for a degree?

5. What are the most famous public schools?

2. Переведите на английский язык, пользуясь словарем:

1.В государственных школах в Англии мальчики и девочки учатся вместе.

2.7 процентов британских детей учатся в негосударственных школах.

3.В возрасте 11 лет учащиеся переходят (move to) из начальной школы

В среднюю.

4.После сдачи экзаменов на аттестат в 16 лет дети могут покинуть школу.

5.Грамматические школы готовят учащихся для поступления в университет.

3. Завершите предложение, поставив глагол в скобках в правильную форму:

1._______she _____(to learn) the new words now?

2.Which book ___________you ______(to read) these days?

3.I ____________(to prepare ) for the exam the whole evening yesterday.

4.Those students ________(to work) hard now. They_____(to study) for an exam.

5.We ________(not discuss)philosophy. We______(to talk) about art.

6.I _____________(to do) this task tomorrow.

7.My friend _________(to bring) these discs next week.

8.Jim was sick, he didn’t have much money, so he________(to get) pretty desperate.

9.Meanwhile in the village most people _______(to prepare) to go skiing.

10.Perhaps in the future men________(to live) on the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land.

11.We _____(not take) a vacation next month.

4. Выберите правильный глагол:

1. You ______take care of your parents.

-may

-are to

-should

2. My sight is getting worse. Next year, I’m afraid, I _______read without glasses.

-can not

-may not

-won’t be able to

3. We __________learn from the past.

-may

-need

-must

4. Teenagers who commit crimes _________be treated as adults.

-would

-should

-might

5. America’s first college, Harvard, _________in Massachusetts in 1636.

-is founded

-was founded

-is being founded

6. The bridge ____________ in a year.

-will be reconstructed

-will reconstruct

-was reconstructed

7. I ________in Russia in Lipetsk.

-am born

-was born

-was borne

8. The Tower of London _________by William the Conqueror in 1078 as a castle and palace.

-had been built

-is built

-was built

9. The collection of the Crown Jewels _________in it.

-are kept

-is kept

-will be kept

5. Подберите нужное слово:

1. John ____________the University last year.

-finished

-went out

-graduated from

2. Students do their scientific work under the supervision of________

-lecturer

-seminars

-supervisor

3. The first university degree is a _______________degree.

-Master’s

-Doctor of Philosophy

-Bachelor’s

4.Students of ________department acquire high education without leaving their jobs.

-correspondence

-day-time

-post-graduate

5. He’s always done his best to learn English, so I’m sure he’ll______the exam successfully.

-fail

-pass

-take

6. Russian children go to ______at the age between 6 and 7.

-kindergarten

-college

-primary school

7. I’m good at _____.That’s why I want to become a sportsman.

-music

-physics

-physical education

8. A flight from Moscow to Lipetsk ___________one hour.

-takes

-wastes

-occupies

9. Unlike heads of Governments in some countries, the Prime Minister is not directly _________by votes.

-collected

-chosen

-elected

10. British colleges include teacher-training colleges, technical colleges and general colleges of further ______________

-education

-teaching

-studying

11. University and college teachers are usually ________lecturers or tutors.

-entitled

-called

-addressed

12. Many people think it is a slow and boring cricket game, but most Englishmen find it very ______________.

-excepting

-existing

-exciting

13. Before Christmas many British families__________their houses with brightly-coloured paper or holly.

-decorate

-celebrate

-hang

14. We have _________compromise and tolerance the basis of our domestic life.

-done

-made

-established

15. Oxford and Cambridge, the oldest universities, are world-known for their academic ______________.

-acceptance

-excellence

-exceptions

16. The ___________party in the Commons is one, which gains a majority of seats.

-ruling

-running

-working

17. You have to be very strict to _______discipline with some pupils you get nowadays.

-contain

-bear

-maintain

18. Our environment is being _______but we still have time to do something about it.

-defeated

-destroyed

-suffered

19. In big towns and cities you often can see cars stuck in traffic jams sending their exhaust __________up into the atmosphere.

-fumes

-smells

-steams

20. Opportunities for _________fit and playing sports are numerous nowadays.

-keeping

-making

-doing