4.  Are college tuitions reasonable in your country?

3. Where do we learn the skills necessary to become a good student?

2. Do you think that your undergraduate record accurately reflects your effort and ability?

9.  Not every student will have the time to participate in an apprenticeship or even a summer__________.

8. He was a fellow of the University of Bombay, and was elected__________of the faculty of engineering in 1879.

7.  Now there are 3,000 graduate students as well as 11,500__________.

6. On the course, we received__________in every aspect of the job.

5. The curriculum will take account of the ethnic__________of the population.

4. Frank, at the age of 16, had already won a__________to Trinity College in Cambridge.

3.  A__________of Education course lasts three or four years.

2. The children were educated at home by a succession of__________.

17. His parents__________him in a military academy when he was only 8.

16. What methods have you found effective for helping students improve__________thinking skills?

15. I’m taking a__________in graphic design.

14. Tasks are designed that reward__________and teamwork, in academic and nonacademic areas.

13. Alan Townshend, the professor of__________chemistry at Hull, agrees that phasing out carbon tetrachloride is a minor worry.

12. The project has involved__________with the geography department.

10. We’re very proud of our five students who were awarded __________.

9. Two weeks ago, she had finished her__________ at st Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.

8. In recent years, schools have become more involved with students’ emotional welfare as well their__________achievement.

7.  Many students will not have to pay__________fees if their financial situation is below a certain level.

6.   Some students enter other__________such as arts administration.

5. The Council has made it__________for all nurses to attend a refresher course.

4. Anyone with a high school__________can enroll in the course.

3.  The course helps school-leavers__________their knowledge of the world of work.

2. She wants to enroll in the international__________program at San Diego High School.

Write an essay (150 -180 words) about causes and effects of climate change.

You can use the following questions as cues:

* What are the causes of climate change?

* What are its effects?

* How to mitigate these effects?

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8.  government/ help farmers/ have/ new cultivating methods/ suitable/ changes/ climate.

7.  Environmental pollution/ also/ be/ problem/ that/ bring about/ many diseases/ crops.

6.  Extreme weather/ make/ hard/ farmer/ have/ abundant crops.

5.  We/ not have/ abundant crop/ harvest/ if/ climate/ continue/ get worse.

4.  Large/ green/ rice fields/ not available/ when/ flood/ happens/ submerge/ everything.

3.  Because/ agriculture crops/ depend a loư climate/ weather, small changes/ affect/ productivity.

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2.  Agriculture/ recently/ face/ serious challenges/ climate change.

Complete each of the following sentences using the cues given. You can change the cues and use other words in addition to the cues to complete the sentences.

1.  Agriculture/ consider/ very important work/ produce/ rice/ create jobs/ many people.

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Talk about what you yourself can do to prevent global warming.

You can use the following questions as cues:

* What causes global warming?

* What are the effects of global warming?

* What can you do to prevent it?

Useful languages:

Complete the notes:

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. The reason for global warming is ...

2. Global warming causes ...

3. Everyone needs to do something to slow down this process before it’s too late. First, ... Second, ...   

Now you tick!

Did you ...

- answer all the questions in the task?

- give some details to each main point?

- speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

- use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

- use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

- pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

 Let’s compare!

Finally, compare with the sample answer on page 133.