Минский Государственный Лингвистический Университет
Дискурсивная практика "Английский язык"

SPEECH PRACTICE TEST 7


I. Match the words from the box with their definitions.(10 points)
  • curriculum
  • beneficiaries
  • vocational course
  • degree course
  • professional course
  • entry qualifications
  • higher education
  • postgraduate degree
  • walkover
  • the OU
  • A course of studies leading toward a degree: an academic subject accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree
  • A skill, personal quality, or type of experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or position
  • A university especially established to educate older people who did not get a degree when they were young
  • A very easy victory
  • Education at a college or university where subjects are studied at an advanced level
  • Education that prepares people for specific trades, crafts and careers at various levels from a trade, a craft, technician, or a professional position in engineering, accountancy, nursing, medicine, etc
  • Relating to study done after receiving your first university degree
  • Schooling, training or experience geared toward a particular career path
  • Someone who gets advantages from an action
  • A list of all the courses of study offered by a school or college

II. Choose the most suitable word for the suggested definition: (11 points)
1. A method of study that involves working at home and sending your work to your teacher


2. A period of teaching and discussion with a tutor, especially in a British university


3. A British University for adult students who study for degrees mainly in their own homes;


4. People doing physical work, rather than working in offices


5. An advanced college or university degree in a scientific subject, or a person who has this degree


6. The best


7. A large amount of information stored in a computer in an organized way that allows individual pieces of information to be found quickly


8. A short period of time when you decide not to work in your profession, for example because you want to travel or to look after your children


9. A short sentence or phrase which expresses the aims or beliefs of a person, school, or institution


10. A teacher in a college or university or someone who gives private lessons in a particular subject



III. In each set of words and phrases spot the one that does not relate to the others. (10 points)
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IV. Match the words and phrases from the two columns to get expressions:(12 points)
  • White collar
  • Entry
  • Distance
  • Benchmarks of
  • Postgraduate
  • Degree
  • Planned
  • Home computer
  • Dedicated
  • Teaching
  • Face-to-face
  • Worldwide
  • qualifications
  • course
  • career break
  • link-up
  • workers
  • tutorials
  • methods
  • reputation
  • degree
  • learning
  • bunch
  • quality

V. Make up derivatives of the words in brackets to complete the sentences. (8 points)
1. The OU has opened up (education) opportunities for at least 2 million students.
2. The OU caters for more than 200.000 students a year by correspondence (tutor) backed up by television programmes and regional face-to-face (tutor).
3. First the OU offered only degree courses, but now it has a huge professional and (vocation) programme.
4. The Open University has confounded the doubters and won a worldwide reputation for its (pioneer) methods of distance learning.
5. Critics dismissed the Open University as (cater) for "bored housewives".
6. About 30 institutions have been set up as a result of OU support or inspiration. (Collaborate) schemes are being developed in Eastern Europe.
7. The (flexible) of the OU study means that full-time workers can retrain or gain extra qualifications at the same time.

Кол-во ошибок

Процент выполнения

Оценка

0-1

100 -98

10

2-3

97-94

9

4-5

93-90

8

6-10

89-80

7

11-15

79-70

6

16-20

69-60

5

21-25

59-50

4

26-33

49-34

3

34-41

33-18

2

42-49

17-2

1

50

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