THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN GREAT BRITAIN
1. Прочтите текст и ответьте на следующие вопросы:
1. At what age do children go to school in Great Britain?
2. What does primary school include?
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN GREAT BRITAIN
1. Public education in Great Britain consists of Primary, Secondary and Further Education. Primary and Secondary education is compulsory for all children. Further education is voluntary.
2. All children in Great Britain go to school when they are five. They leave school at the age of fifteen but many boys and girls stay at school until they are sixteen-seventeen and go to further education or to university.
3. The primary school includes nursery school (2-5), infant school] (5-7) and junior school (7-11). The full secondary school age ranges from] 11 to 18. Children go to a grammar school, or to a secondary modern school, or to a secondary technical school, or to a comprehensive school.
4. The academic year begins after summer holidays and has three terms with the interval between them. Day-schools work on Mondays to Fridays only, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
5. Before lessons start, the teacher and all the boys and girls meet for prayers. Then they go to the classroom for the first lesson. At one о 'с1оck children have a break for lunch. The break lasts about an hour. After lunch there is still time to go out and play.
2. Переведите в письменной форме абзацы 1, 2, 4.
3. Выберите нужную форму глагола tobeи переведите предложения на русский язык:
1. They (are, were, will be) first-year students now.
2. She (is, was, will be) a professor at Oxford two years ago.
3. I (am, was, will be) an engineer in five years.
4. Напишите предложения в вопросительной, а затем в отрицательной форме и переведите их на русский язык:
1. Children have a break for lunch in the morning.
2. We hada difficult test yesterday.
3. He will have an interesting job next year.
5. Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, в Past Indefinite Tense (прошедшее неопределенное время):
1. My brother (to get) a grant for further education.
2. The teacher (to ask) many questions at the lesson.
3. He (to go) to primary school at the age of five.
6. Составьте три предложения, используя слова, данные в колонках, и переведите их на русский язык:
There is many institutes in our country
well-equipped
language
laboratories
There are a good library at our university
many students
7. Заполните пропуски предлогами по смыслу:
1. There are 42 universities … Great Britain.
2. About 5% of the population in Great Britain go … public schools.
3. Last year my brother left school and got a job … a bank.
Контрольная по английскому небольшая и несложная. Каждый студент может решить эту контрольную по английскому.
