Oxford and
Cambridge are the oldest and most prestigious universities in Great Britain.
They are often called collectively Oxbridge. Both universities are independent.
Only the education elite go to Oxford or Cambridge. Most of their students are
former public schools leavers.
The normal length
of the degree course is three years, after which the students take the Degree
of Bachelor of Arts (В.А.). Some courses, such as languages or
medicine, may be one or two years longer. The students may work for other
degrees as well. The degrees are awarded at public degree ceremonies'. Oxford
and Cambridge cling to their traditions, such as the use of Latin at degree
ceremonies. Full academic dress is worn at examinations. Oxford and Cambridge universities
consist of а number of
colleges. Each college is different, but in many ways they are alike. Each
college has its name, its coat of arms. Each college is governed by a Master.
The larger ones have more than 400 members, the smallest colleges have less
than 30. Each college offers teaching in а wide range of subjects. Within,
the college one will normally find а chapel, а dining hall, а library, rooms
for undergraduates, fellows and the Master, and also rooms for teaching
purposes. Oxford is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It is the second
largest in Britain, after London. There are now twenty-four colleges for men,
five for women and another five which have both men and women members, many
from overseas studying for higher degrees. The local car industry in East
Oxford gives an important addition to the city’s outlook. There а great deal of
bicycle traffic both in Oxford and Cambridge.
Задание 3.1. Дайте
письменно английские эквиваленты к следующим словам и выражениям:
Образование,
длительность, преподавание, предметы, экзамены, выпускники школ, предлагает
широкий выбор, директор, частные школы, дипломы о высшем образовании.
Задание 3.2. Дайте
письменные ответы на следующие вопросы:
1. Who studies at
Oxford and Cambridge Universities?
2. How many years
do students study to get a Bachelor degree?
3. What language
is used at degree ceremonies?
4. Do students
have to wear an official dress at the ceremony?
5. What rooms can
be found in the colleges?
6. Who governs the
colleges?
7. Do men and
women always study together?
8. Would you like
to study in Oxbridge? Why?
Задание 4.
Образуйте письменно множественное число данных существительных:
tourist, tax,
woman, team, tooth, telephone, friend, manager, laboratory, foot, man, wife,
city, fax, shelf.
Задание 5.
Напишите данные предложения во множественном числе.
1. This is my
cousin. 2. That was his first exam. 3. That woman won a big prize. 4. This is
my classmate. 5. That car is not expensive. 6. Is this your book? 7. Was that
answer right? 8. This is a new notebook.
Задание 6. Вставьте
указательные местоимения this, that, these или those в пробелы.
1. Who was ___ boy
you were dancing with at the party yesterday?
2. ____ shoes are
killing me. I can’t wait to take them off.
3. Hello. ___ is
Beth. Can I speak to Kate?
4. I knew Jenny at
university. In ____ days she had long blond hair.
5. You can’t get
proper cheese ____ days.
6. I was in the
pub last night when ____ bloke came up and hit me.
7. ___ was a
wonderful film, wasn’t it?
Задание 7.
Выберите нужное притяжательное местоимение в скобках.
1. Is that
(your/yours) new car? 2. This is (my/mine) favourite actor. 3. Whose dog is it?
It isn’t (our/ours). 4. What is (your/yours) position in the company. 5. Is
this (your/yours) umbrella? No, (my/mine) is there.6. This is (their/theirs)
new flat. 7. Is it your seat? No, it’s (her/hers).
Задание
8.Заполните пропуски неопределенными местоимениями some или any.
1. ‘Have you
bought ___ souvenirs yet?’ ‘Yes, I’ve bought ___ presents for my family But I
haven’t sent ___ postcards yet.’
2. ‘Have you got
___ homework today?’ ‘Yes, we’ve got ___ tasks on Maths, but we haven’t got ___
French today.’
3. ‘I’ve just done
___ shopping.’ ‘Have you bought ___ new things?’ ‘Yes, I’ve bought a pair of
jeans and ____ a pair socks. I wanted to get__ shoes too, but I didn’t have ___
money left.’
Задание 9. Заполните пропуски местоимениями anything,
anywhere, anybody, something, somewhere, somebody.
1.Would you like
___ to eat?
2. Do you live ___
near Jim?
3. The prisoners
refused to eat ___.
4. There’s ___ at
the door. Can you go and see who it is?
5. The film is
really great. You can ask ____ who has seen it.
6. With this
special ticket you can go ___ you like on any bus you like.
7. She said ___
but I didn’t understand it.
8. Do you know ___
about politics?
9. I went to the
shop but I didn’t buy ___.
10. There isn’t
___ in the box. It’s empty.
Задание 10. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Present Simple или Present
Continuous.
1. Water ________
(freeze) at a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius.
2. Take an
umbrella. It ________(rain).
3. I'm sorry. John
can't come to the phone. He ________(have) a shower.
4. Now I ________
(understand) what you are trying to say.
5. Sabrina's
husband is a salesman but I don't really know what he ______(sell).
6. Turn down the
volume. I ________ (try) to do my homework.
7. The
shop________ (open) at 10.
8. Hello! Where
_______ (go)?
9. They _________
(work) now.
10. When
_____________ (start) work?
11. I need to go
now. It ___________ (get) dark.
12. The River
Thames ________ (flow) through London.
Задание 11. Поставьте глаголы в скобках во врeмена Present Simple,
Present Continuous, Present Perfect или Present Perfect
Continuous. Вставленные слова подчеркните.
James (be) a
taxi-driver. He (work) in London. He (know) the city very well. He (work) as a
taxi-driver for 25 years.
‘I (love) my job,
because every day I (meet) new people. Many tourists (visit) the city,
especially in summer and I (tell) them about every street.’ Now James (have
lunch) in a café. He usually ( have) two breaks a day for a short rest. At the
weekends he (go) to the seaside. He (spend) his holidays at the same place for
many years.
James (be) a good
worker. He (earn) about 2000 pounds a month. This month he (get) even more –
there are many tourists in the city now. Next Monday he (meet) his friends.
They (come) to see London. He ( be) going to show them the city .
Задание 12. Поставьте глаголы в скобках во времена Past Simple или Present Perfect.
1. I ______ (meet)
him last June.
2. ‘What's wrong?’
‘I ______ (break) a glass.’
3. He ______
(break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.
4. Julie ______
(arrive) - come and say hello.
5. When ______
(you/arrive)?
6 I ______
(not/see) the sea before.
7. We ______ (go)
to the theatre last week.
8. I ______
(not/have) any coffee today - I feel very sleepy!
9. I ______
(not/drink) any coffee yesterday.
10. Yesterday I
______ (have) dinner with a friend.
11. When I ______
(be) a child, I______ (love) ice-skating.
12. What ______
(you/do) at the weekend?
13. John ______
(lose) his bus pass - can he borrow some money?
14. I ______ (read)
all his books - I think he's a wonderful writer.
Задание 13.
Поставьте глаголы в скобках во времена Past Simple или Past Perfect.
1. We had already
eaten when John (come) home.
2. When I (get) to
the airport I discovered I (forget) my passport.
3. I opened my
handbag to find that I (forget) my credit card.
4. When we
(arrive) at the station, the train (already/leave).
5. When he
(arrive) at the party, Julia had just left.
6. After arriving
home, I realised I (buy/not) any milk.
7. William felt
ill last night because he (eat) too many cakes.
8. Keiko (meet)
William last September.
9. First I tidied
the flat, then I (sit) down and had a cup of coffee.
Задание 14. Поставьте глаголы в скобках во времена Future Simple,
Future Perfect или Future Continuous.
1. I (cook) dinner
by the time I leave for the pub.
2. Tomorrow I (be)
at the studio all the day.
3. By the time he
is thirty five he (become) a professor.
4. I won’t be able
to answer the phone in the afternoon. I (give) a talk at the conference.
5. We (have)
coffee after Martin has finished eating.
6. I hope I
(become) a good specialist in the future.
7. Don’t call me
in the morning tomorrow. I (sleep).
