Exercise 1. Match the beginning and the end of the sentence. 1. At graduate level, 39 per cent of students are studying for higher degrees in the medical, mathematical

1. At graduate level, 39 per cent of students are studying for higher degrees in the medical, mathematical, physical and life sciences and …

2. Oxford has one of the lowest drop-out rates in the UK: …

3. Undergraduates attend, on average, one hour-long tutorial every week and undertake a considerable number of hours’ preparatory work for each tutorial, … .

4. The remaining 6 per cent are studying for postgraduate certificates and … .

5. Every year more than 15,000 people take part in courses offered by the Department for Continuing Education, … .

a) … making Oxford University one of the largest providers of continuing education in the UK.

b) … including background reading, essay-writing and problem-solving.

c) … figures published in Spring 2010 by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that only 1.1 per cent of Oxford students dropped out, compared with the national average of 8.6 per cent.

d) … diplomas offered by the Department for Continuing Education.

e) … 55 per cent in the humanities and social sciences.

Exercise 2. Are the statements true or false?

1. Six months after graduation 50 per cent of students who graduated in the year ending July 2009 were employed or engaged in further study.

2. The remaining 25 per cent are studying for postgraduate certificates and diplomas offered by the Department for Continuing Education.

3. The tutorial is at the core of undergraduate teaching and learning at Oxford.

4. 53 per cent of undergraduates are studying for degrees in the humanities and social sciences, and 44 per cent in the linguistic, mathematical, physical and life sciences.

5. There are over 26,000 students at Oxford, including 11,723 undergraduates and 9,327 postgraduates.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences from the text.

1. Students’ satisfaction ratings in individual categories are … .

2. 53 per cent of undergraduates are studying for degrees in … .

3. It offers students a unique learning experience in which they meet regularly with their tutor, … .

4. Six months after graduation 93 per cent of students who graduated … .

Exercise 4. Fill in the gap.

1. There are over … students at Oxford, including … undergraduates and … postgraduates.

2. In the National Student Survey 2010, Oxford had an overall satisfaction rating of … per cent – the second-highest in the UK and well above the national average of … per cent.

3. The remaining … per cent are studying for undergraduate level diplomas and certificates offered by … .

4. The tutorial is at the core of … teaching and learning at Oxford.

5. Six months after graduation … per cent of students who graduated in the year ending July 2009 were employed or engaged in further study.

Exercise 5. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. Where is your luggage? — I (to leave) it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Nick (to come) to help me. 2.I (to read) about an hour when he (to come). 3. The play (not yet to begin) and the people (to talk) in the hall. 4. Yesterday I (to buy) a new pair of gloves, as I (to lose) the old ones. 5. We (to walk) in silence. He already (to tell) me all that (to be) interesting about himself, and I (to have) nothing to tell him. 6. The moon (not to rise) yet, and only two stars, like two distant lighthous­es, (to shine) in the dark blue sky. 7. One night a little swallow (to fly) over the city. His friends (to fly) away to Egypt six weeks before, but he (to stay) behind. 8. What you (to do) these three months? 9. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at seven o'clock, we still (to pack) our luggage. 10. When you (to see) him last? 11. I (to meet) him when he (to walk) across the park. 12. You ever (to act) on the stage? — Why, yes, that's what I (to do) for the last six years. 13. Don't enter the bedroom! The child (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake) up when somebody (to open) the door.

Text B

OXFORD INTERNATIONAL

Forty percent of our academic staff are citizens of foreign countries.

Our academic staff come from almost 100 different countries and territories. The largest groups of international academic staff are from the USA, Germany, Italy, China, Australia, France, Ireland, India and Canada.

Over a third of our total student body - nearly 8,000 students - are citizens of foreign countries, including 15 per cent of undergraduates and 61 per cent of graduate students.

Students come to Oxford from 140 countries and territories. The largest groups of international students come from the USA (1,549), China and Hong Kong (742), Germany (718), Canada (404), India (363), Australia (249), Italy (236), Ireland (218), France (206), and Greece (179).

Oxford has more than a dozen centres and institutes specialising in the study of specific countries and regions.

Oxford is the leading centre for the study of China in Europe and has one of the top five departments in the world in Japanese Studies.

Oxford is one of the leading centres for the study of globalisation, through the Oxford Martin School, the Programme on Global Economic Governance, the Oxford Department of International Development (which created the world’s first refugee studies programme), and our global health programmes.

Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine conducts cutting edge research at its laboratories in Kenya, Vietnam and Thailand.

Oxford boasts one of the most extensive global alumni networks in the world, with more than 190 groups in over 70 countries.

Oxford University Press (OUP), publisher of the famous dictionaries and a department of the University, is the world’s largest university press. It has offices in more than 50 countries, and more than 5,000 employees worldwide.

In China alone, 14 million school children use Oxford books every year, and internationally around 16 million children use Oxford ELT materials to learn English.

The University has offices in New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Vocabulary

A staff – штат служащих

A citizen - гражданин

A student - студент

A refugee - беженец

Worldwide - мировой

International - международный