Лексико-граматичний тест. College life

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The search for knowledge is central to British life. In fact, four of the world’s top ten universities can be found here. Every year, huge amounts are invested in science and research in this country… so why is knowledge so important to Great Britain?

Oxford has been a place of learning for hundreds of years and more world leaders have been educated here than any other university. This is the Old Schools Quad, which is part of the famous Bodleian Library, at the heart of this historic establishment.

A quad or quadrangle is a courtyard with buildings on all sides. Oxford University is made up of thirty-eight different colleges. There are twenty thousand students studying here, from nearly a hundred and fifty countries.

Dr Sally Mapstone is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education.

Richard: Sally. Tell me about Oxford University.

Sally: Oxford University is one of the world's leading universities. It's highly international, it's very modern and it has a great sense of history.

Richard: And how old is it?

Sally: The university has been here for nine hundred years. Many of the colleges are almost as old as that too, though some of them were established in the twentieth century.

Richard: You've had a lot of famous names here over the years.

Sally: Yes, we've had a lot of famous people at Oxford, from prime ministers, such as Margaret Thatcher, Harold Wilson, David Cameron, US presidents, such as Bill Clinton, writers, such as Oscar Wilde, and even film stars, such as Hugh Grant.

Richard: So why is it, do you think, that the search for knowledge and education is so important to Great Britain?

Sally: Great Britain and universities like Oxford have always had a rich interest in critical enquiry. By that I mean the search for knowledge, the investigation of truth, the asking of questions. Whether it's to do with drama, to do with development, or even to do with disease, we're always asking the big questions to try and change things for the better.

There are universities all across the UK but they're not the only places where you can gain knowledge.

What aspects of Oxford University does the video talk about?

Fill the spaces with a word or a number, according to what you read.

  [3, 4, 5]of the world's top ten universities can be found in Britain.

The Bodleian is Oxford University's famous         [library, school, gym].

At the university, an open space surrounded by buildings is called a         [ellipse, circle, quad].

The University is made up of thirty-eight different              [schools, colleges, universities].

There are    [10, 20, 30] thousand students studying at the university.

Oxford University was founded   [7, 8, 9] hundred years ago.

Famous students include                  [prime ministers, teachers, doctors]

, presidents, writers and even film stars.

The American president                [George Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama]

studied at Oxford.

Match the two parts to make phrases

Put the verbs in the right form.

Every year, huge amounts                    [were invested, will be invested, are invested] in science and research in this country.

Oxford           [has been, is, was] a place of learning for hundreds of years.

Through the years, more world leaders                      [educate, have been educated, had been educated] here than any other university.

Oxford University                   [was composed, is composed, will be composed] of thirty-eight different colleges.

Oxford University      [am, is, are] one of the world's leading universities.

The university              [has existed, is existed, was existed] for nine hundred years.

Some of the colleges                   [were established, establish, is established] in the twentieth century.

There            [have been, had, have] a lot of famous people at Oxford over the years.

Margaret Thatcher       [is, will, was] a student at Oxford University.

Ever since it was founded, Oxford          [has, has had, had] a rich interest in critical enquiry.