A. READING
Part 1. Read the passage and do the exercises that follow.
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Students working for their first degree at a university are called undergraduates. When they take their degree we say that they graduate, and then they are called graduates. If they continue studying at university after they have graduated, they are called post-graduates.
Full-time university students spend all their time studying. They have no other employment. Their course usually lasts for three or four years. Medical students have to follow a course lasting for six or seven years. Then they graduate as doctors. In Britain, full-time university students have three terms of about ten weeks in each year. During these terms they go to lectures or they study by themselves. Many students become members of academic societies and sports clubs and take part in their activities. Between the university terms they have vacations (or holiday periods). Their vacations are long, but of course they can use them to study at home.
Some universities, like Oxford and Cambridge in England, are residential. This means that during the university terms the students live in a university college or hostel or in lodgings chosen from an official list. The university and college buildings are often very old, and amongst them are fine examples of ancient architecture.
Other universities are non-residential. Some of the students at these universities can live in a university hostel, but many live at home or in lodgings and have to travel daily to their lectures. Large cities often have universities of this kind. Sometimes the students have to spend quite a lot of time on their journeys, so they cannot join student activities as easily as students in residential universities can.
Full-time students are also called internal students, because they spend all their time at university. There are also external students who cannot attend the university full-time but who are studying for its examinations. They are part-time students. They have to do other work during the day, usually to earn their living, and they study in the evening.
Exercise 1. Find words in the passage to complete these sentences.
[ Tìm từ trong bài đọc để hoàn thành những câu này]
1. A university student is called a/an when he first enters the university.
2. If he passes all his examinations, the student gets a/an .
3. A/An student spends all his time studying at the university.
4. A/An student does not spend all his time studying at the university.
5. University holidays are also known as .
Hướng dẫn giải:
1. undergraduate
2. degree
3. full-time
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4. part-time
5. vacations
Exercise 2. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
[ Quyết định những câu sau là đúng hay sai]
1. All students stay at university for three or four years.
2. Residential students are external students.
3. Some students live in university colleges or hostels
4. Students spend all their vacations attending lectures.
5. All students in large cities are residential students.
6. Internal students are also called full-time students.
Hướng dẫn giải:
1. F 2. F 3. T
4. F 5. F 6. T
Part 2. Read the passage and circle the best answer A, B, C, or D.
[ Đọc bài và khoanh tròn câu trả lời đúng A, B, C hoặc D]
Instructors at American colleges and universities use many different teaching methods. Some instructors give assignments every day. They grade homework. Students in their classes have to take many quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final test. Other instructors give only writing assignments. Some teachers always follow a course outline and usually use the textbooks. Others send students to the library for assignments.
The atmosphere in some classrooms is very formal. Students call their instructors “Professor Smith”, “Mrs. Jones”, and so on. Some teachers wear business clothes and give lectures. Other classrooms have an informal atmosphere. Students and teachers discuss their ideas. Instructors dress informally, and students call them by their first names. American teachers are not alike in their teaching styles.
At most American colleges and universities, facilities for learning and recreation are available to students. Students can often use recorders, video machines, and computers at libraries and learning centres. They can buy books, notebooks, and other things at campus stores. They can get advice on their problems from counsellors and individual help with their classes from tutors. Students can relax and have fun on campus, too. Some schools have swimming pools and tennis courts. Most have snack bars or cafeterias.
1. The main idea of the first paragraph is .
A. ways of using the textbooks
B. ways of giving assignments
C. ways of using different teaching methods
D. ways of taking an exam
2. It is true that .
A. American students can call their teachers by their first names
B. the atmosphere in the American classrooms is always relaxing and friendly
C. American teachers do not dress informally
D. the atmosphere in the American classrooms is always formal
3. The phrase “business clothes” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A. clothes only business people wear C. casual clothes
B. trendy clothes D. formal clothes
4. Students at most American colleges and universities cannot .
A. buy anything at campus stores
B. ask their counsellors and tutors for advice
C. use the computers that are available in libraries
D. have tutors and counsellors solve their problems
5. It is NOT true about schools in America that .
A. they are well equipped
B. they have stores on campus
C. they have no recreation facilities
D. they offer sports and leisure facilities for students
Hướng dẫn giải:
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. C