Explain or paraphrase the bold-faced words and expressions.

2. Answer the questions:

1.What, in general, did the author’s school fail to do?

2.In what ways could his school have helped him to meet life?

3.What sort of attitude did the teachers have towards education?

4.Why did he want to go to university?

5.Why did he decide not to go after all?

6.What was he really interested in?

7.Why was the author shy about admitting that he wanted to study geology?

GHDiscussion

Is school in this country detached from life?

How would you improve the curriculum to bring school closer to life?

 

4 Do the following exercises

Vocabulary self-check

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. We all make mistakes; no one is _____

a) fallible b) infallible c) over-exacting d) unmistakable

2. Since Oscar had no proper reason for missing school, his absence should be treated as _____

a) abstention b) rowdyism c) neglect d) truancy

3. You are late again — please try to be _____ in future.

a) accurate b) efficient c) punctual d) reliable

4. An I. Q. test is supposed to measure the _____ of your intelligence.

a) degree b) extent c) level d) size

5. You are not very _____ today, Hugh. What’s the matter? I’ve never known you so quiet.

a) considerate b) restrained c) amiable d) talkative

6. Those pupils never _____ any notice of what their teacher says.

a) attend b) give c) make d) take

7. After he broke the window, the boy was _____ from school.

a) exiled b) excluded c) expelled d) extracted

8. There is no _____ in going to school if you’re not willing to learn.

a) aim b) point c) purpose d) reason

9. Clare was ___ her homework when her boyfriend called.

a) at the centre b) halfway through c) in between d) in the middle

10. That work is needed by next Thursday, so make sure you keep to the ___.

a) dead end b) deadline c) deadlock d) dead stop

11. What ___ did you get for your French composition?

a) figure b) mark c) number d) score

12. Can you recite the Russian alphabet ___?

a) around b) backwards c) reverse

d) upside down

13. For tomorrow, I’d like you to read pages 25 to 38 ___

a) excluded b) exclusive c) included d) inclusive

14. Judging by the ___ Sean has put into his essay, he should do well.

a) exercise b) effort c) labour d) toil

15. There are a lot of mistakes in your homework. I’ll have to ___ it again with you.

a) come through b) go over c) instruct d) pass

16. The instructor ___ me what my mistake was.

a) clarified b) demonstrated c) explained

d) showed

17. It’s no good ___ meof giving the wrong answer!

a) accusing b) blaming c) criticizing d) scolding

18. It’s vital that the students’ handwriting be ___

a) illiterate b) legible c) legitimate d) literate

19. It’s quite ___ which question you answer first because you must answer them all.

a) arbitrary b) indifferent c) unconditional

d) voluntary

20. Vincent read the article through quickly, so as to get the ___ of it before settling down to a thorough study.

a) core b) detail c) gist d) run

21. I tried to concentrate on my homework but my eyes kept ___ away from the handbook.

a) digressing b) lapsing c) rambling d) straying

22. On Sunday, Vivian studied for seven hours ___

a) at length b) at once c) in full d) on end

23. Miss Nervous handed in the test and awaited the results ___

a) in the same breath b) out of breath c) under her breath d) with bated breath.

24. Wilfred was so ___ in his studies that he did not notice the time passing.

a) imbued b) drowned c) engrossed d) imparted

25. You will need a pen and some paper to ____this problem. It is too difficult to do in your head.

a) discover b) find out c) realize d) work out

26. Students will be ___ for exceeding word-limits in their precis.

a) condemned b) penalized c) punished d) sentenced

27. I’m afraid I’ve only had time to ___ the article you recommended.

a) glance b) look c) peruse d) scan

28. Frank has a good ___ for figures.

a) brain b) head c) mind d) thought

29. The noise from the traffic outside ___ me from my homework.

a) annoyed b) distracted c) prevented d) upset

30. You must not ___ from the point when you write an essay,

a) diverge b) go astray c) ramble d) wander

31. I can’t possibly mark your homework, as your handwriting is ___.

a) illegible b) illicit c) illogical d) illusive

32. Deborah is going to take extra lessons to ___ what she missed while she was away.

a) catch up on b) cut down on c) put up with d) take up with

33. I have English classes ___ day — on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

a) all other b) each other c) every other d) this and the other

34. I haven’t had a very ___ week. I seem to have done nothing at all.

a) economic b) diligent c) conscientious d) productive

35. It is ___ impossible to find a good educational computer program.

a) almost b) barely c) hardly d) merely

36. A small ___ of students was waiting outside the classroom to see the teacher.

a) form b) gang c) group d) team

37. And as she didn’t understand anything, she merely gave the teacher a ___ look.

a) blank b) clear c) unresponsive d) shallow

38. Andy was ___ from school because of his misdemeanor

a) evicted b) expelled c) dropped out d) resigned

39. You can learn as much theory as you like, but you only master a skill by ___ it.

a) doing b) exercising c) practising d) training

40. Most of the students agreed to the plan, but a few ___ it.

a) argued b) notified c) failed d) opposed

41. Please reply ___ as I have no time to lose.

a) hastily b) promptly c) rapid d) swift

42. Miss Pretender’s knowledge of the subject was only ___.

a) external b) proficient c) outward d) superficial

43. Arnold is ___ a bit with his English classes so his parents have arranged for him to have private tuition.

a) dragging b) fighting c) straining

d) struggling

44. At the beginning of the school year, every teacher is ___ a classroom.

a) allocated b) distributed c) registered

d) sorted

45. Could you stand ___ for me and teach my history class tomorrow, Maggie?

a) down b) in c) out d) up

46. The teaching profession offers good career ___ for a well-qualified teacher.

a) ladders b) perspectives c) prospects d) scales

47. My mother had to take private pupils in order to ___ her salary as a teacher.

a) augment b) expand c) complete d) inflate

48. Mr Horrid was a terrible teacher and obviously not ___ for teaching.

a) cut in b) cut on c) cut out d) cut up

49. The ___ exam in March prepared pupils for the real thing in May.

a) false b) imaginary с) mock d) unreal

50. The wrong-doer was sent away from the lesson and his parents were ___ to the school.

a) notified b) summoned c) reprimanded d) sentenced

II. Use each verb, at least once, in the correct form to complete the following.

guide instruct learn lecture teach train

1. Animals are often ___ by their instinct as to what is the right thing to do in a difficult situation.

2. German shepherd dogs are sometimes ___ to ___ the blind.

3. Prof. Wise ___ on British history twice a week. He has already ___ us a lot. We ___ from him how to read and evaluate original documents.

4.Mr Needle ___ a class of apprentices in sewing. He ___ apprentices about types of cloth and they are ___ to cut out and sew garments.

III. Complete the sentences below with the following words:

grade	edutainment
mark	certificates
revise	diploma
undergraduates

1.On graduation day, all the high school graduates received their ___.

2.I can’t come out tonight, as I’m ___ for tomorrow’s test.

3.Ten out of ten is the best ___ anyone can get.

4.We will need to see photocopies of your G.C.S.E ___.

5.4.Is this video series really ___, or is it just a gimmick?

6.5.Although Eric got a D ___ in the exam, it was a narrow fail.

7.6.In the USA, first-year students are called ___.

IV. Read the text below and fill in one suitable word for each number.

Lionel Mendax: Curriculum

I was a child prodigy, and went to the most expensive and most academically demanding schools in the country. I was a model student and was popular both 1) my teachers and my classmates. I was elected class president for six years 2). I passed every exam I 3) for with flying 4) and came 5) of my class in every subject I took. I also excelled 6) sports. In my final year at school, I 7) a scholarship to Cambridge University. Cambridge was child’s play and I sailed 8) every exam I took, finally getting a first class honours degree 9) natural sciences. On graduating 10) Cambridge, I went on to Oxford to 11) research 12) atomic particles. 13) completed my research, I took 14) a teaching post at Harvard, where I lectured 15) astrophysics. I am presently teaching post-16) students everything they do not know about nuclear physics at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Oh well, it keeps me occupied, and it’s a job.

V. Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each.

Lionel Mendax: The Truth

It was my misfortune to be Lionel Mendax’s form master in his last year at school. Lionel was a 0) liar and an inveterate cheat who, when not 1) truant, plagued the hell out of both myself and my teaching colleagues. Contrary to his own inflated opinion of his intellectual abilities Lionel was not a 2) student. Far from it. He was at best a 3) candidate for his GCSE exams and as such it was perhaps a blessing that he was 4) from the school before he took them. It is only fair, however, that I should give Lionel credit where credit is due. No one had ever been 5) out of Greyfriars School before.

Notwithstanding that, even our ridiculously 6) and excessive liberal headmaster could not ignore the fact that Lionel had been caught cheating 7) every single one of his 8) GCSE Exams. After his 9) he 10) a course in printing and design at the local technical college, but soon 11) out.

	A	B	C	D
	hardened	heavy	compulsive	addictive
	running	playing	making	doing
	gifted	upstanding	skilled	strict
	grey	borderline	futile	debatable
	evacuated	expelled	evicted	expired
	thrown	pitched	discarded	hurled
	harsh	light	stringent	lenient
	on	at	in	by
	false	pretend	mock	fake
	eviction	extraction	expulsion	evacuation
	made	did	assisted	sat
	fell	went	let	dropped

VI. In most lines of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each numbered line 0-17, find the unnecessary word. Some lines are correct.

The Credit Card School

0 Enforcing rules is a problem in many educational institutions,

1 as students often perceive them as be dull and negative in tone.

2 One school claims to have it a solution, however. Primary school

3 pupils at the village of Steeple Morden are been given credit-card

4 sized copies of the school’s new code of behaviour. They are

5 encouraged to carry with them at all times. Pupils have to follow

6 nine basic rules ranging from “Don’t run in the corridor” to “Work

7 hard”. They cover essential social skills which there need to be

8 learnt at an early age, but they also enable to the school to point

9 to something if the children do something is wrong. The rules

10 were agreed in consultation with the children, who therefore

11 understand exactly what they mean. The idea, which appeals to

12 the children, who love the responsibility of keeping the cards

13 and see that the whole idea as very grown-up and business-like.

14 Parents are encouraged to get so involved in talking to their

15 children about the rules, and for why they are needed.

16 The system seems likely to take off and be adopted by other

17 schools as a more friendly or way of presenting school rules.

 

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