I. Match words and phrases with their definitions
1. | Undergraduate | A | Science etc that has a practical use |
2. | Applicant | B | An amount of money that is given to someone by an educational organization to help pay for their education |
3. | Scholarship | C | The study of how to make computers do intelligent things that people can do, such as think and make decisions |
4. | Magnification | D | An organization, usually in a particular trade or profession, that represents workers, especially in meetings with employers |
5. | Curriculum | E | A science which involves developing and making extremely small but very powerful machines |
6. | Visual aid | F | A student at college or university, who is working for their first degree |
7. | Research laboratory | G | A university degree of a very high level, which involves doing advanced |
8. | Retirement | H | The process of making something look bigger than it is |
9. | Artificial intelligence | I | An additional service or advantage given with a job besides wages |
10. | Doctor of Philosophy | J | A workplace for the conduct of scientific research |
11. | Trade union | K | The subjects that are taught by a school, college etc, or the things that are studied in a particular subject |
12. | Nanotechnology | L | A square piece of plastic that you can store computer information on, and which you can remove from and put into a computer |
13. | Applied science | M | Someone who has formally asked, usually in writing, for a job, university place, etc |
14. | Floppy disk | N | Something such as a map, picture, or film that helps people understand, learn, or remember information |
15. | Fringe benefit | O | When you stop working, usually because of your age |
II. Translate the following words and phrases from Russian into English
16. Аспирантура; 17. Оценка качества; 18. Двухступенчатая модель высшего образования; 19. Окончить университет; 20. Декан; 21. Штат служащих; 22. Факультет; 23. “Неизбежность” открытий; 24. Новая идея; 25. Апертурная диафрагма; 26. Сокращение; 27. Спутник; 28. Программное обеспечение; 29. Научный руководитель; 30. Дипломная работа
III. Translate the following words and phrases from English into Russian
31. Solar system; 32. Undergraduate student; 33. Rocketry; 34. Faculty members; 35. A pattern of innovation; 36 Arms race; 37. Correspondence department; 38. Breadth of application; 39. Sanitary engineering; 40. To conduct an experiment; 41. Employer; 42. Employee; 43. Unified national test; 44. Computer communication science; 45. Computer hacking
IV. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases from the box
Enrol; quitted; graduated from; postgraduate; salary; applied science; civil engineering; computer science; dean; steam engine; outer space; thesis adviser |
46. Research students are admitted initially as supervised ………….. and take a course of study tailored to their individual needs and experience.
47. Before you join a course at a college or university, you first need to ………….. .
48. He was a fellow of the University of Bombay, and was elected …………… of the faculty of engineering in 1879.
49. Kate …………… medical school last year.
50. Coal for the mill's ………….. was carried up the steep hill on donkeys.
51. For instance, in …………… one learns how to write programs that can perform certain tasks.
52. But his principal contribution was in the field of ……………, as a builder of road and railway bridges.
53. Supported by four …………… courses covering the biology, entomology and pathology of seeds, and plant breeding.
54. But his aspirations go beyond the global: he envisions …………… as his next frontier.
55. You might even end up starting on another project with a new …………… .
56. She ………….. her job and went traveling in South America.
57. He reportedly earns an annual ………….. of $20 million.
V. Answer the questions
58. Why is it necessary to learn English? Give reasons.
59. Speak about telescope (history, evolution).
60. What are the ways of finding mechanical engineering jobs?
Test 2.