Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Students working for their first degree at university are called undergraduates. Then they take
their degree we say they graduate, and then they are called graduates. If they continue studying
at university after they have graduated, they are called post-graduates. Full-time university
students spend all their free time studying. They have no other employment. Their course usually
lasts for three or four years. Medical students have to follow a course lasting for six or seven
years. Then they graduate as doctors. In Britain, full-time university students have three terms of
about ten weeks in each year. During these terms they go to lectures or they study by themselves.
Many students become members of academic societies and sports clubs and take part in their
activities. Between the university terms they have vacations (or holiday periods). Their
vacations are long, but of course they can use them to study at home.
Question 1: Students who continue studying at university after having graduated are called
.
A. graduates
B. pre-graduates
C. undergraduates
D. post-graduates
Question 2: The word “graduate” in line 2 is closest in meaning to
.
A. finish studying
B. start studying
C. study
D. learn
Question 3: According to the passage, the full-time university students have
of about
10 weeks in each year.
A. two terms B. four terms C. seven terms
D. three terms
Question 4: The word “employment” in line 4 refers to the
.
A. work
B. music
C. playD. money
Question 5: Medical students have to follow a course lasting for
.
A. four to five years
B. only 4 years
C. six or seven years D. about 5 years
Question 6: The word “vacations” in line 9 could be best replaced by
.
A. times
B. holidays
C. visits
D. picnics
Question 7: According to the passage, students working for their first degree at
are
called undergraduates.
A. an university
B. laboratory C. university D. library
Question 8: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as full-time university
students?