6 Complete the table. Then choose the correct alternative.

WORD FAMILY high

Nouns ___________ Adverbs_______ Adjectives ________

_______ ________

1 High / higher education is education and training at a college or university, where subjects are studied in great detail and at an advanced level.

2 The high / higher point of my week is arriving home from work on a Friday evening.

3 We need a high / highly skilled, high / highly educated workforce.

4 He tries to find a high / highly paid job.

7 A lot of bmstu graduates are world-renowned. Could you match the names of the scientists with their photos?

Sergei Korolev Andrey Tupolev Vladimir Shukhov Pavel Sukhoi

1_______________ 2________________ 3______________ 4_______________

Complete the sentences with the correct name.

Example: Yuri Gagarin is world-renowned for the first flight into outer space.

1 … is world - renowned for the first satellite and first man and woman in the space.

2 … is world – renowned for the world first supersonic passenger plane.

3 … is world – renowned for the first hyperboloid structures in architecture.

4 … is world – renowned for the foundation of Sukhoi Aerospace Design Bureau.

8 Match the words (1-8) and the definitions a)-h).

1 acquaintance n a) to get a degree, especially your first degree, from a university or college

2 graduate v b) more with one person, thing than with others

3 education n c) a person that you know but who is not a close friend

4 especially adv d) to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something

5 prepare v e) to get or accept something that is sent or given to you

6 ability n f) to agree to take something or to consider something as reasonable or true

7 accept v g) the mental or physical power or skill needed to do something

8 receive v h) a process of teaching, training and learning, especially in schools or

colleges, to improve knowledge and develop skills.

9 Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise 8 in the correct form.

1 “Education is not __________, it is achieved”

2 Claire has a wide circle of friends and _____________.

3 Teenagers are very fashion conscious, __________ girls.

4 He ___________from York with a degree in Psychology

5 I’m going to get an ___________and a decent job.

6 The college ____________ students for a career in business.

7 We ____________an invitation to visit China.

8 He was a man of extraordinary _________.

10 Match English words and phrases with Russian equivalents.

Emperor Nicholas 1, Vocational School, the Emperor’s Moscow Technical School,

The National Research University of Engineering and Technology, in-depth knowledge, founders of scientific schools, notable public figures, gained recognition all over the world, MSTU granted the right, a pool of highly qualified competitive professionals, Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman, instrumentation.

МГТУ получил право, видные общественные деятели, основатели научных школ, император Николай 1, Императорское московское техническое училище, глубокие знания, видные общественные деятели, Национальный исследовательский университет техники и технологий, ремесленное учебное заведение, приборостроение, получили признание во всем мире, МГТУ им. Н.Э.Баумана, кадры высококвалифицированных конкурентоспособных специалистов