Sách bài tập Mai Lan Hương Lớp 12 - Unit 5

HIGHER EDUCATION
TEST 1
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
a. university 	b. application 	c. technology 	d. entertainment
a. mathematics 	b. engineering 	c. scientific 	d. laboratory
a. certificate 	b. necessary 	c. economy 	d. geography
a. interviewer 	b. preparation 	c. economics 	d. education
a. considerable 	b. information 	c. librarian 	d. technician
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
It is a course _______ two years for those who want to work as a marketing agent.
a. of 	b. in 	c. for 	d. with
You can meet Mr. Pike, who is _______ behalf _______ the university to solve the problems of foreign students.
a. on / of 	b. in / for 	c. with / at 	d. for / at 
In most _______ developed countries, up to 50% of _______ population enters higher education at some time in their lives.
a. Ø / the 	b. the / a 	c. Ø / Ø 	d. the / Ø
_______ colleges and _______ universities are the main institutions that provide tertiary education.
a. The / Ø 	b. Ø / the 	c. The / the 	d. Ø / Ø 
He graduated with doctorates of _______ and surgery from Florence, gaining the highest honors that year.
a. medicine 	b. medical 	c. medicate 	d. medication
The making of good habits _______ a determination to keep on training your child.
a. require 	b. requires 	c. requirement 	d. required
He was the only _______ that was offered the job.
a. apply 	b. application 	c. applicant 	d. applying
A university is an -institution of higher education and research, which grants _______ degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects.
a. secondary 	b. optional 	c. academic 	d. vocational
_______ is used to describe the work of a person whose job is to treat sick or injured animals, or to describe the medical treatment of animals.
a. Chemistry 	b. Pharmacy 	c. Medicine 	d. Veterinary
A _______ is an area of knowledge or study, especially one that you study at school, college, or university. 
a. degree 	b. subject 	c. level 	d. vacancy
Most _______ are at senior level, requiring appropriate qualifications.
a. degrees 	b. grades 	c. colleges 	d. vacancies
She reads newspapers every day to look for the vacant _______ for which she can apply.
a. institutions 	b. indications 	c. positions 	d. locations
He had been expected to cope well with examinations and _______ good results.
a. achieve 	b. consider 	c. last 	d. object
You can choose four subjects either in Arts _______ in Sciences.
a. nor 	b. or 	c. and 	d. as
Either you or your friend _______ on charge today.
a. are 	b. is 	c. was 	d. were
I am flying to the States tonight. I ______ you a ring if I can find a phone.
a. will give 	b. would give 	c. could give 	d. have given
We'll need more staff _______ we start the new project.
a. unless 	b. whether 	c. in case 	d. or
If I _______ 10 years younger, I _______ the job.
a. am / will take 	b. was / have taken
c. had been / will have taken 	d. were / would take
_______ I had learnt English when I was at high school.
a. Unless 	b. Even if 	c. If 	d. If only
You are not allowed to use the club's facilities _____ you are a member.
a. unless 	b. if 	c. provided 	d. supposed
If she _______ the train last night, she here now.
a. took / were 	b. were taking / is
c. had taken / would have been 	d. had taken / would be
_______ if a war happened?
a. What you would do 	b. What would you do
c. What will you do 	d. What will you do
I would send her a fax if I _______ her number.
a. know 	b. knew 	c. had known 	d. could know
_______ it were well paid, I would accept this proposal.
a. Providing 	b. Unless 	c. But for 	d. If only
_______ more carefully, he would not have had the accident yesterday:
a. If Peter driven 	b. If had Peter driven
c. Had Peter driven 	d. Unless Peter had driven
Error Identification.
Higher education is very importance to national economies, and it is 
 A B
also a source of trained and educated personnel for the whole country.
 C D
Higher education in the United States specifically refers to post-
 A B
secondary institutions, that offer associate degrees, master degrees or 
 C
Ph.d. degrees or equivalents.
 D
Higher general education is based on theoretical expertise and might 
 A B
be contrasted with higher vocational education, which concentrating 
 C D
on both practice and theory.
An university is an institution of higher education and research, which 
 A B C
grants academic degrees; including Bachelor's degrees, Master's 
 D 
degrees and doctorates in a variety of subjects.
Higher vocational education and training that combines teaching of 
 A B
both practical skills and theoretical expertise.
 C D
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
University Entrance Examination is very important in Vietnamese students. High school graduates have to take it and get high results to be admitted to universities. The pressure on the candidates remains very high despite the measures that have been taken to reduce the heat around these exams, since securing a place in a state university is considered a major step towards a successful career for young people, especially those from rural areas or disadvantaged families. In the year 2004, it was estimated that nearly 1 million Vietnamese students took the University Entrance Examination, but on average only 1 out of 5 candidates succeeded. Normally, candidates take 3 exam subjects, and each lasts; 180 minutes for the fixed group of subjects they choose. There are 4 fixed groups of subjects: Group A: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; Group B: Mathematics, Biology, and Chemistry; Group C: Literature, History, and Geography; Group D: Literature, Foreign Language, and Mathematics.
In addition to universities, there are community colleges, art and technology institutes; professional secondary schools, and vocational schools which offer degrees or certificates from a-few-month to 2-year courses. 
According to Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training, there are currently 23 non-public universities, accounting for 11% of the total number of universities. These non-public universities are currently training 119,464 students, or 11.7% of the total number of students. The government is planning to increase the number of non-public universities to 30% by 2007.
University Entrance Examination in Vietnamese is very _______.
a. interesting	 	b. stressful 	c. free 	d. easy
The word those refers to _______.
a. exam subjects 	b. young people 	c. universities 	 d. examinations
In 2004, the proportion of the students who got success in University Entrance Examination was about _______ percent. 
a. 5 	b. 10 	c. 20 	d. 50
Which sentence refers to the University Entrance Examination in Vietnam?
a. Students find it easy to get success in the University Entrance Examination. 
b. Math is compulsory in the University Entrance Examination. 
c. Students are not allowed to choose their exam subjects.
d. There are four fixed groups of exam subjects for students to choose.
According to the passage, _______.
a. the Vietnamese government will close all non-public universities by next year.
b. the Vietnamese government does not appreciate non-public universities
c. the Vietnamese government encourages the establishing of non-public universities.
d. Vietnamese students have no alternative to continue their higher study besides universities.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The University of Oxford, informally called "Oxford University", or simply
"Oxford", (41) ______ in the city of Oxford, in England, is (42) ______ oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is also considered as one of the world's leading (43) ______ institutions. The university traces, its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century, (44) ______ the exact date of foundation remains unclear. Academically, Oxford is consistently ranked in the world's top ten universities. The University is also open (45) ______ overseas students, primarily from American universities, who may (46) _____ in study abroad programs during the summer months for more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, (47) ______ brings highly accomplished students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as (48) ______ The University of Oxford is also a place where many talented leaders from all over the world used to study. Twenty-five British Prime Ministers attended Oxford, including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. At (49) ______ 25 other international leaders have been educated at Oxford, and this number includes King Harald V of Norway and King Abdullah II of Jordan. Bill Clinton is the first American President to attend Oxford. Forty-seven Nobel (50) __ winners have studied or taught at Oxford.
a. put 	b. placed 	c. located 	d. stood
a. a 	b. an 	c. the 	d. Ø
a. learning 	b. academic 	c. graduating 	d. scholar
a. although 	b. because 	c. since 	d. if
a. to 	b. for 	c. from 	d. up
a. write 	b. name 	c. enroll 	d. require
a. that 	b. where 	c. whose 	d. which
a. postgraduates b. postgraduated c. postgraduation d. postgraduating
a. last 	b. least 	c. late 	d. lately
a. present 	b. gift 	c. medal 	d. prize
TEST 2
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
a. apply 	b. university 	c. identity 	d. early
a. choice 	b. achieve 	c. each 	d. chemistry
a. final 	b. applicant 	c. high 	d. decide
a. average 	b. indicate 	c. application 	d. grade
a. course	 b. four 	c. our 	d. yours
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
There are two types of higher education in _______ UK: higher general education and higher vocational education.
a. a 	b. an 	c. the 	d. Ø
The examination results of the A-Levels determine if _______ student is good enough to go to _______ university or college.
a. Ø / the 	b. a / a 	c. the / an 	d. Ø / an 
Many parents do not let their children make a decision _______ their future career.
a. in 	b. about 	c. on 	d. out
You are old enough. I think it is high time you applied _______ a job
a. in 	b. of 	c. for 	d. upon
He has not been offered the job because he cannot meet the _______ of the company.
a. requirements 	b. applicants 	c. information	 	d. education
_______ education is normally taken to include undergraduate arid postgraduate education, as well as vocational education and training.
a. Primary 	b. Tertiary 	c. Secondary 	 d. Intermediate
The University of Cambridge is a prestigious _______ of higher learning in the UK
a. tower 	b. hall 	c. house 	d. institute
- Which subject do you _______ at university? - I major in Math.
a. do 	b. make 	c. practice 	 d. demonstrate
A _______ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training.
a. vocation 	b. subject 	c. certificate 	d. grade
In many countries, prospective university students apply for _______ during their last year of high school.
a. achievement 	b. information 	c. course	d. admission
Parents can express a _______ for the school their child attends.
a. prefer 	b. preference 	c. preferential 	d. preferable
Many people have objected to the use of animals in _____ experiments.
a. science 	b. scientist	c. scientific 	 d. scientifically
I would like to invite you to participate in the ceremony.
a. graduate 	b. graduated 	c. graduation 	d. graduating
You can either come by bus _______ take a taxi.
a. and 	b. or 	c. not 	d. nor
Either you or I _______ going to meet Professor Pike at the airport.
a. am 	b. were 	c. are 	d. has been
If you _______ to my advice, you _______ in trouble now.
a. listened / were not 	b. listen / are not. 
c. had listened / would not have been 	d. had listened / would not be
If you take the 8 a.m. flight to New York you _______ change planes.
a. could not have to 	b. will not have to
c. had not had to 	d. would not to have to
If it _______ warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.
a. was 	b. were 	c. had been 	d. could be
If it _______ an hour ago, the streets _______ wet now.
a. were raining / will be 	b. had rained / would be
c. rained / would be 	d. had rained / would have been
_______ here, he would helped us with these troubles.
a. Were Peter 	b. If were Peter 
c. Unless were Peter 	d. Unless Peter were
_______ that problem with the car, we wouldn't have missed the speech.
a. If we had had 	b. If had we had
c. Unless we had had 	d. Provided that we had had
If I were a little taller, I _____ be able to water the plant on tl.1etop shelf.
a. did 	b. would 	c. had 	 	d. would have
If you hear from Susan today, _______ her to ring me.
a. tell 	b. to tell 	c. telling 	d. will tell
She had to have the operation _______.
a. unless she would dies 	b. if she would die
c. otherwise she will die 	d. or she would die
If the traffic _______ bad, I may get home late.
a. is 	b. were 	c. was 	d. had been
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf:
a. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
b. I am too tall to reach the top shelf. 
c. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.
d. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
If only I had studied hard enough to pass the final exam.
a. I regret not studying hard enough to pass the final exam.
b. I had studied hard enough and I passed the final exam.
c. I studied too hard to pass the final exam.
d. I studied hard otherwise I would fail the final exam.
John speaks Chinese fluently because he used to live in China for ten years.
a. Suppose John has lived in China for ten years, he can speak Chinese fluently.
b. Provided that John lived in China for ten years, he could speak Chinese fluently.
c. Unless John had lived in China for ten years, he could not have spoken Chinese fluently.
d. John could not speak Chinese fluently if he had not lived in China for ten years.
Peter said if he were me he would stop smoking.
a. I wanted Peter to stop smoking and he promised to do.
b. Peter promised to stop smoking.
c. Peter said he would stop smoking as I wanted him to.
d. Peter advised me to stop smoking. 
I will agree to these conditions provided that they increase my salary.
a. They did not increase my salary so I quit the job.
b. I will only agree these conditions if they give me more money.
c. They give me more money or I will only agree these conditions.
d. Unless they give me more money, I will only agree these conditions.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
As Chinese society changes, higher education is undergoing major transformations. The university model of the United States and other Western countries has a powerful influence. New trends in Chinese higher education are attracting the attention of global educators. Since the establishment of Western-oriented modern universities at the end of nineteenth century, Chinese higher education has continued to evolve. Over the past two decades, however, tremendous economic development in China has stimulated reforms in higher education that have resulted in some remarkable changes.
The first modern institution, Peiyang University, was founded in Tianjin. The university changed its name to Tianjin University in 1951 and became one of the leading universities in China: Next, Jiaotong University was founded in Shanghai in 1896. In the 1950s, most of this university was moved to Xi'an, an ancient capital city in northwest China, and became Xi'an Jiaotong University; the part of the university remaining in Shanghai was renamed Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Tianjin University celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1995, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong and Shanghai Jiaotong Universities in 1996. Other leading universities, such as Zhejiang University (1897), Beijing University (1898), and Nanjing University (1902) also recently celebrated their hundredth anniversaries, one after another. These celebrations marked the beginning of a new chapter in Chinese higher education.
The text is about _______.
a. Chinese education system
b. some famous universities in China
c. the western influences on Chinese education
d. application for a university in China
Chinese higher education _______.
a. is not affected by any others
b. has not really well-developed
c. has developed since the end of nineteenth century
d. is not paid any attention by global educators
Chinese higher education _______.
a. has been stable since nineteenth century
b. has decreased over the past two decades
c. has not got any changes
d. has been affected by the country's economic development
Tianjin University was founded in _______.
a. 1895 	b. 1896 	c. 1950 	d. 1951
Which university celebrated the hundredth anniversaries in 2002?
a. Nanjing University 	b. Shanghai Jiaotong University
c. Xi'an Jiaotong University 	d. Beijing University
Full in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Since China adopted its open-door (41) _____ approximately twenty-five years ago, Chinese higher education has begun once again to draw closer to the (42) _____ Western world. China's (43) _____ to send scholars and students to the United States at the end of the 1970s, after thirty years of hostility between the two countries, marked a dramatic turning (44) _____ in the nation's educational history. Today, about 50,000 Chinese students, are studying in the United States, accounting (45) _____ 10 percent of the total international students in the country. More and (46) _____ Chinese students have gone to other countries to study. According to statistics from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), China (47) _____ more students than any other country to study abroad. In the other direction, many students from the United States and (48) _____ are going to China to study language, culture, history, traditional Chinese medicine, science, engineering, and other (49) ______. The increasing number of international students worldwide demonstrates a relatively quick change in the (50) _____ of global education.
a. way 	b. law 	c. rule 	d. policy
a. progress 	b. advanced 	c. head 	d. reach
a. decide 	b. decisive 	c. decision 	d. decider
a. point 	b. spot 	c. top 	d. stain
a. for 	b. to 	c. up 	d. over
a. as 	b. more 	c. than 	d. much
a. regards	b. mails 	c. posts 	d. sends
a. elsewhere 	b. wherever 	c. where 	d. whereas
a. matters 	b. things 	c. fields 	d. items
a. interfere 	b. integration 	c. exchange 	d. mixture
TEST 3
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
a. veterinary 	b. consequently 	c. application 	d. difficulty
a. maximum 	b. decision 	c. requirement 	d. admission
a. institution 	b. university	c. preferential 	d. indicative
a. available 	b. majority 	c. tutorial 	d. differently
.a. graduation 	 b. understanding 	 c. international d. accommodation
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
We will be sitting for our final examination in the last week _______ May.
a. in 	b. on 	c. for 	d. of
These are requirements _____ those who want to become a pharmacist.
a. of 	b. in 	c. about 	d. for
The A-level (short for Advanced Level) is a General Certificate of Education set of exams _______ in the U.K.
a. taken 	b. spent 	c. met 	d. indicated
In all cases, applicants must meet the course requirements _______ by the admitting institution.
a. written 	b. listed 	c. typed 	d. valued
Most universities _______ students who want to attend the university to pass three A-Levels.
a. receive 	b. tell 	c. require 	d. ask
An _______ is a student at a university or colleg