Составители: багдасарова н. А., Дубовская о. В., Караваева е. М., Кононович о. Н

LISTENING

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY IN USE

1. 
   Read the following text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
   

   Why Can't Our Children Read? The new national reading programme for beginners, aimed at reversing the decline in literacy, emphasizes rules and sounds of individual words. Traditionalists will no doubt heave a …(1)… of relief at what they will regard as a turn to the good old …(2)… . Their opponents argue, however, that the texts used for this purpose years ago …(3)… no relationship to real life and …(4)… short of the basic requirement for any learning materials: they should …(5)… interest in what is being taught. Educators must not lose …(6)… of the fact that teaching rules without taking this into account will not solve the problem.
   	1	A groan	B sob	C sigh	D breath
   	2	A period	B days	C times	D years
   	3	A bore	B carried	C held	D kept
   	4	A dropped	B fell	C ran	D failed
   	5	A arise	B arouse	C raise	D rise
   	6	A grasp	B regard	C vision	D sight

2. 
   Underline the correct word to complete each sentence.
   

1. 
   All applications must include the names and addresses of two academic referees / arbitrators / evaluators.
   
2. 
   The overseer / supervisor / administrator of your thesis will advise you on what kind of content is appropriate for your introduction.
   
3. 
   As a travelling / visiting / touring professor in sociology he spends much of his time abroad.
   
4. 
   If you think your work has been graded unfairly, file a complaint with the head / chief / leader of the department.
   
5. 
   Students’ performance will be judged by external prefects / graders / assessors to ensure objectivity.
   
6. 
   Your careers director / analyst / adviser is there to help you make the best choice for your future.
   
7. 
   As an office trainee / learner / novice, she was expected to follow the lead of the more experienced secretaries.
   
8. 
   The successful entrant / applicant / finalist will serve a three-month trial period before being offered a permanent position.
   

3. 
   

   Illiteracy While the number of adults who remain illiterate are fewer than ever, it is becoming …(1)… clear that they are more …(2)… than such people were in the past. Nowadays the written word is so important that without it much information that is vital for the running of our everyday lives becomes …(3)… . Ashamed to admit it, illiterate adults often become …(4)… to concealing their ignorance, and …(5)… many do so with remarkable success. This may be one of the reasons why Bristol’s ‘Literacy for You’ scheme has been received rather less than …(6)… . Not surprisingly, adults have some …(7)… about coming forward and openly admitting that they find …(8)… a page of print that a child of seven could read without effort. Programmes for teaching basic literacy skills to adults need to be sensitively assembled so as not to discourage or humiliate the learner, who is probably already experiencing high levels of frustration on a day to day basis. Reading materials need to be graded carefully in terms of …(9)… and some authentic texts may require considerable …(10)… before the learner is able to handle them.

   INCREASE CONVENIENT ACCESS CUSTOM SEEM ENTHUSIASM RESERVE COMPREHEND COMPLEX SIMPLE

   
   
   Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits into the space.