Task 1. Decide whether these sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1. The University employs more than 600 lecturers and tutors and trains about 5000 students and undergrduates.
2. The university structure includes 68 departments and several research centers.
3. At the University you can get undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
4. In December 10, 1982 by order of Emperor Alexander III it was renamed the School of Civil Engineers.
5. Training technologies and methods of research are updated from time to time.
6. Our students have excellent opportunities to take part in short-term overseas exchange programmes.
7. The mission of the University is to train highly skilled engineers.
8. Well-equipped laboratories support different activities of the departments.
Task 2. Match the questions (1-6) with the answers (a-f) according to the text. Put the words in order to form a sentence.
| 1. When was the University founded? Who established it? 2. What fields of Architecture and Civil Engineering does the University train specialists in? 3. What aims does the University have nowadays? 4. What programmes are available to students? 5. What are the Faculties of the University? 6. What facilities is the University provided with? | a) The, museums, and, research, are, teaching, supported, centers, by, activities, departments, several, excellent, laboratories, and, 48, of, the, departments, research, library. b) There, Municipal, of, Faculty, of, Construction, Transport, Faculty, Faculty, Forensic, of, Civil, Engineering, Faculty, and, Law, Road, Faculty, of, Economics, and, Faculty, of, Architecture, Environmental, Building, and, Services, Faculty, of, General Engineering, Expertise, and, in, Management, Automobile, Engineering, and, are. c) The, degree, offers, education, at, levels, both, undergraduate, University, and, professional, postgraduate. d) The, of, the, is, architects, to carry out, preparation, and, mission, educational, University, activities, the, of, engineers, research, for, and, builders. e) The, established, in, 1832, the, by, decree, university, of, was, Nicholas, royal, I, as, School, Civil, Emperor, Engineers, of. f) The, town-planning, University, in, is, the, Russian, institution, oldest, for, specialists, architecture, training, and. |
Task 3. Find words in the text that mean:
1. remarkable, outstanding;
2. something created by working jointly with another or others;
3. the physical, social and economic planning of an urban environment;
4. characteristic of the city as distinguished from the country;
5. an appropriate time, a situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal;
6. characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods;
7. an organized planning method used to match the needs of a business with the career goals of employees;
8. distinctively associated with or characteristic of a particular group, category, condition, location, etc.
Task 4. Choose the correct word to the following information.
1. Many industries … on the outskirts of the town, including rope and net manufactures.
a) flourish
b) ensure
c) defend
2. It is about taking direct steps to create a culture of … and innovation.
a) department
b) potential
c) collaboration
3. Their meeting afforded an … to exchange views.
a) opportunity
b) repository
c) capacity
4. The announcement was made by the … in training and capacity-building within the “Energy and Biomass” Project.
a) communities
b) specialists
c) researches
5. The University accredited to … specialists in medicine.
a) comprise
b) confer
c) train
6. These measures would make a valuable … towards reducing industrial accidents.
a) participation
b) contribution
c) degree
7. Where do you want to go? Find the perfect university to take you there with rankings based on the real careers of millions of … .
a) emphasis
b) alumni
c) facilities
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Task 5. Choose the only answer which can’t be used in the sentences.
1. I have to … an exam in Biology at the end of term.
a) sit
b) take
c) do
d) set
2. Our group … a research project into the history of our University.
a) carried out
b) did
c) trained
d) conducted
3. I decided to … a course in computer programming.
a) enroll on
b) rely on
c) take
d) do
4. She … a degree in Engineering.
a) did
b) studied
c) worked
d) took
5. I … History and Economics in high school.
a) kept
b) took
c) studied
d) did
6. Professor Davidson … a lecture on Modern Architecture.
a) delivered
b) turned
c) gave
d) did
7. He …. a diploma in Town Planning in 2010.
a) provided
b) was awarded
c) got
d) obtained
8. My research project … an A-grade.
a) got
b) obtained
c) took
d) was given
9. You will need to … a qualification in surveying.
a) connect
b) get
c) obtain
d) acquire
10. The country is poor. Only 27% of children … a basic education.
a) receive
b) provide
c) get
d) take