新编大学英语自主听力 2Unit 3

[16:14.38]"Ticket please," he said.  (174 words)
[16:17.54]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the passage again and find the near-synonyms of the following words from the passage.
[16:29.42]Practice Three Overseas Students in the UK
[16:35.29]Words You Need to Know
[16:37.81]administrative     Leeds     Manchester
[16:58.26]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and answer the following questions briefly.
[17:07.69]In 1980-1981 there was a total of 108,610 students from all other countries studying in the UK.
[17:19.43]They were mainly from the Commonwealth group of countries, the countries belonging to the European Economic Community-otherwise known as the EEC or Common Market and other foreign countries.
[17:32.53]Just under one-third of all students who came to the UK in 1980 studied at a university,
[17:40.02]either as an undergraduate or as a postgraduate: altogether there were 31,496 students.
[17:50.14]Just over one-third of these students studied at five English universities.
[17:56.29]Most were at London University where there were 6,778.
[18:03.49]Then came Leeds University where there were 1,220, while 1,130 were at Manchester University.
[18:14.98]At Oxford University there were 1,101 students, and finally, at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology,
[18:25.78]known as UMIST, there were 1,035.
[18:30.78]Finally, the three most popular subject areas studied at university by undergraduate and postgraduate students combined were firstly,
[18:41.47]engineering and technology, studied by 9,552 students;
[18:47.92]this was followed by social, administrative and business studies, studied by 6,951 students;
[18:56.77]and finally, science subjects, studied by 6,253.   (176 words)
[19:02.93]1)Where did the foreign students mainly come from?
[19:08.26]2)Totally, how many university students were from foreign countries in the UK in 1980-1981?
[19:18.41]3)What is the percentage of all foreign students who studied at 5 English universities in 1980?
[19:27.19]4)What is the original form of UMIST?
[19:31.76]Exercise 2:Directions:Listen to the first part of the passage again and complete the table with the information you get from the recording.
[19:43.93]Exercise 3:Directions:Listen to the second part of the passage again and complete the table with the information you get from the recording.
[19:56.10]Practice Four Education Britain
[20:00.96]Words You Need to Know
[20:02.94]comprehensive    certificate      professional      occupation
[20:23.24]Exercise 1:Directions:Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
[20:34.94]In Britain, most of the control over the organization of education is in the hands of local, not central, government.
[20:44.63]The result is that the system can vary from area to area.
[20:50.03]All children, however, have to go to school at the age of five and stay there until they reach the school leaving age, which is sixteen.
[21:00.76]Children start their education in a primary school, where they usually stay until they are eleven.
[21:08.46]They then move on to a comprehensive school. In some areas, however, they go to a middle school at about the age of ten, and then move to a comprehensive school when they are thirteen.
[21:23.69]Middle schools are larger than primary schools, but smaller than comprehensives.
[21:29.70]They aim to prepare students for the larger, more formal comprehensive schools.
[21:36.00]In a few areas, children are still selected according to their ability.
[21:41.87]They have to take an exam at the age of eleven, called the eleven-plus.
[21:47.09]Those who pass go to a grammar school; those who fail go to a secondary modern school.
[21:55.69]Most children take examinations when they are sixteen. At the moment, there are two types of exams-"O" (ordinary) levels, and CSEs (Certificate of Secondary Education).
[22:12.32]Most children leave school after these exams, but the more successful students stay on and take two or three "A" (advanced) level exams when they are eighteen.