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 Exercise 1 Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the word (either a noun or a verb) given in the frame

1. X-rays are not only used to photograph broken bones but also to fight against cancers within the body.
2. A serious advantage of a word processor is that it allows you to check, correct and then edit your work easily.
3. The first witness of the crime accused the defendant of murder, but the second witness gave a very different version of events.
4. These experiments may seem trivial at the first glance but they are in fact extremely important.
5. Japan, of all the countries in the world, may well be the most homogeneous as the great majority of its people are from the same race.
6. Heart diseases are frequently regarded to be caused by a bad diet (especially too much fat), inadequate exercise and too much stress.
7. With the aid of new medical techniques, couples who were previously unable to have children may now be able to start a family.
8. Headaches may just be the result of tiredness but can be a symptom of a more serious problem.
9. Jealousy is one of the most unpleasant human trait.
10. She found physics easy because some of the course overlap with the maths she had studied at school.
11. Biology can be defined simply as the study of life.
12. Two students had great difficulty in solving the equation, but luckily their tutor was able to enlighten them.

Exercise 2 Decide which of the bold typed  words is the correct one in the sentences:

1. During the process known as photosynthesis, plants soak up / absorb CO2 and release oxygen.
2. So many contrary / unlike opinions were expressed that no agreement was possible.
3. The UN representative managed to secure / acquire agreement between the two sides who had been fighting over an area of land rich in oil.
4. Although one of the prisoners refused to respond / answer to any questions, each of the others made a full confession.
5. Adjectives (big, green), verbs (come, go), conjunctions (and, but) and prepositions (to, in, for) are all categories / groups of words.
6. Divorce arouses such strong feelings that it is difficult to remain honest / objective and logical about the best way to tackle this problem.
7. The opening of a new car factory stimulated / aroused the local economy and improved employment possibilities.
8. When the government tried to implement / start new employment legislation, there was a general strike.
9. During times of war, governments usually stop / suppress any newspaper reports which contain bad news.
10. Examination candidates are not allowed to eat, drink, smoke or talk for the time / duration of the examination.
11. The UK Government can decide to suspend / expel an overseas student who does not have a visa and refuse permission for the student to return.
12. Of all recent inventions, it is perhaps the motor car which has transformed / modified our lives more than anything else.

Exercise 3 Choose the appropriate synonyms from the box to the bold typed words

1. Those who support — advocate military service claim that it promotes discipline, while opponents argue that such service disrupts young people’s education.
2. Most metals shrink — contract as they become cooler.
3. Although not all the votes have been counted, initial — preliminary results suggest that the President has won the election.
4. In spite of a massive advertising campaign, only a very small — tiny proportion of consumers made a permanent change in their buying habits.
5. If you look at this second chart — graph, you can see that unemployment has been in decline for the past six years.
6. Although the factory had to be closed, all the employees were relocated – transferred to another factory belonging to the same company.
7. Some organisations have a dress code which lays down — insists what their employees should wear.
8. Although the two cases seemed to be identical, one lawyer showed that there were some slight — subtle differences between them.
9. One of the many effects of the hole in the ozone layer is that increased radiation will delay — retard the growth of plants and lead to food shortages.
10. Water is a combination — compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
11. The prisoner said repeatedly — dictated that he was innocent until he was released.

Exercise 4 Match the beginning of the sentence (1-12) with the appropriate ending (a-l)

Exercise 5 There are three options in each of the sentences given, please, choose the best option/ word for the gap

1. As trade union membership has declined, the number of ______________ and strikes has also decreased.
2. arguments b. disagreements c. disputes
3. The role of the middle manager is not to formulate new policies but to ________ them.
4. manage b. use c. execute
5. Engineers worked throughout the night to ________ electricity to homes whose supplies had been cut off by heavy snow. a. reinstate b. renew c. restore
6. Many athletes take extra vitamins as a/an ________ to their diet when they are preparing for competition.
7. reinforcement b. supplement c. extension
8. Police officers face many dangers, especially when they are ________ by violent criminals carrying weapons. a. confronted b. met c. encountered
9. The invention of printing allowed ideas to ________ much more quickly than before.
10. scatter b. diffuse c. disseminate
11. In many cultures, it was traditionally believed that men were ________ to women, but this attitude has been changing rapidly in recent years.  a. better b. inferior c. superior
12. In the early years, facilities for tourists were rather ________, but now they are highly developed.
13. crude b. rudimentary c. uncomplicated
14. Increasingly, post-graduate students are asked to become teaching assistants in order to ________ undergraduates. a. instruct b. drill c. inform
15. Cigarette packets on sale are required to carry a ________ clearly stating the dangers of smoking.
16. label b. message c. tag
17. A defence lawyer has a duty to try to establish the innocence of his/her ________.
18. patient b. customer c. client
19. You can buy goods on the Internet with a credit card, but there is a danger of ________ if someone else obtains the number. a. corruption b. fraud c. embezzlement

Exercise 6 Read the sentences. Match words from BOX A with words from BOX B (make collocations), decide in which sentence gap  each of the collocations should be inserted

1. Most academic journals are published at regular intervals, perhaps every month or every quarter.
2. While it is probably true they are not capable of abstract intersect, most animals appear to experience a range of emotions.
3. There is a tradition that a falling apple helped Newton develop his theory about the perpetrated gravity.
4. In the 1970’s, the price of oil increased dramatically, causing an international economic crisis of confidence.
5. Most people accept that fighting against terrorism is a force of concern of any government.
6. Because of the danger of an explosion, everyone who was within a lines radius of 500 metres of the bomb was evacuated.
7. Before publishing the results of new research, it is better to legitimate the side of сaution and recheck the results.
8. On this graph, where the two perpetrated intervals we find the ideal balance.
9. Following the rise in violence, the government imposed a ban on the private ownership of guns.
10. Because of the work of research institutes, there is increasing hope that effective treatments for AIDS will soon be available.
11. He perpetrated thought which were so terrible that a massive manhunt was launched by the police to find him.

PART TWO

THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING A GOOD TALK  (the Video file is on TUIS PAGE or- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_TqB9VF57E&feature=youtu.be )

Exercise 7

1. Choose the most appropriate word (1-40), sometimes, you can choose two words as appropriate ones but in every case.
2. Fill in the gap with the missing English word(s) (A-E) the appropriate Russian prompts are given in the text in brackets.
3. Translate a text (limit 100 words) into Russian.

I’ve been a member on a lot of research committees, and I can tell you that some jobs are lost in the first two minutes of a job talk, at which point it becomes clear that despite the fact that this person has done extraordinary, beautiful research, that he or she doesn’t have the communication skills to flourish in a department like mine, which is an undergraduate teaching department. In contrast, other job talks that are __________ (A) (прозрачный ясный, четкий, понятный вразумительный) and well-organized and ___________ (B)  (захватывающий, интригующий, очень интересный) and exciting, not only because of the data, but because of the dispatch (6) style can really just suit (C)  (=get the job; get it right) for that person.

That is the (7) person we want. So, job talks have a big influence on your future. You might think, well, you know, I work in biotech. This whole presentation contents (8) isn’t going to mean (9) nearly as much for me, but actually it might signify (10) more. More and more in industry, there are fewer written (11) reports, and major decisions about the future of projects —what kind of projects to take (12) into clinical development— are based on oral (13) presentations and are evaluated (14) by the people for whom you work.

So, for an industry environment (15), it’s _____________ (D) (мыслимый, постижимый; вероятный, возможный, потенциальный) that actually giving a good talk is even more important than ___________(E)  (научное сообщество, мир университетской науки, научный мир). So, how do you give a good talk? Well, there are a lot of resources (16)   out there for knowing some of the basics about how to use (17)  PowerPoint wisely, how to structure (18)  a talk so that it’s audience (19) friendly, how to actually create a story that is simple enough to remember (20) that contains (21) the minimum data that it takes to convince (22)  the audience that your story is credible, and yet not so much that the audience is drowning (23) in data. So, take (24)  advantage of some of these resources that help to teach you what to include (25)  and how (26)  to present it. And then, importantly, repeat (27) your talk in front of your colleagues, get their feedback —not only about the data, but the way (28) the slides are built (29), and whether the stream (30) of the talk is well organized. If you’re brave (31), and I encourage (32) you to be brave, take (33) yourself video taped and get a sense of how you appear (34) to the audience as a speaker. Are you engaging (35)? Do you appear passionate about (36) your work? It turns out that your ability to deliver (37) excitement about your work has a huge (38) influence on the impact that it will make (39) on the audience. There are a lot of resources out there, I hope you’ll take benefit (40) of them, because giving a good talk is important.

Exercise 8 Provide some English synonyms to four  words A-B-D-E you translated from Russian into English in the text.

1. A) (прозрачный ясный, четкий, понятный вразумительный)
2. B) (захватывающий, интригующий, очень интересный)
3. C) (мыслимый, постижимый; вероятный, возможный, потенциальный)
4. D) (научное сообщество, мир университетской науки, научный мир)

1. A) (transparent, clear, precise, understandable intelligible)
2. B) (exciting, intriguing, very interesting)
3. C) (conceivable, comprehensible; probable, possible, potential)
4. D) (scientific community, world of university science, scientific world)

Я был участником многих исследовательских комитетов и могу сказать вам, что некоторые рабочие места можно потерять в первые две минуты разговора о вакансиях.

Переговоры о работе имеют большое влияние на ваше будущее. Содержание презентации значит очень многое. В промышленности все больше письменных отчетов, а основные решения о будущем проектов — какие проекты принять, основываются на устных презентациях и оцениваются людьми, на которых вы работаете.

Очень важно повторить свою речь перед коллегами, получить их отзывы — не только о данных, но и о способе построения слайдов и о том, хорошо ли организована речь. Если вы робкие, и я призываю вас быть смелыми. Ваша способность восхищаться своей работой имеет огромное влияние на аудиторию. Есть много ресурсов, я надеюсь, вы воспользуетесь ими, потому что важно хорошо выступить.

PART THREE

Exercise 9 Listen to the audio file and reply to the questions, the file is uploaded together with the Test in case it does not open in the file:

1. How heavy is the Milky Way in comparison to its neighbor galaxy, Andromeda? The Milky Way was twice as massive as Andromeda.
2. What formula did the astronomers suggest for measuring the mass of Andromeda? First they measure the speed and distances between galaxies. Then they calculate the deformation.
3. What journal are the results of the research published? The results of the research were published in Royal Economical Society.
4. What opinion did one of the research leading authors, Jorge Peñarrubia of the University of Edinburgh, express? He thinks that the distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda will smaller.
5. What is your opinion on the research and suggested measurements? I think that research and suggested measurements help us to understand the nature of the planets.

PART FOUR Based on the TЕXT Controlling nerves

Task —  Write 150-200 words about the importance of controlling nerves at the presentation

The nervous system plays a role in nearly every aspect of our health and well-being. It guides everyday activities such as waking up; automatic activities such as breathing; and complex processes such as thinking, reading, remembering, and feeling emotions.

The nervous system plays a role in nearly every aspect of our health and well-being. It guides everyday activities such as waking up; automatic activities such as breathing; and complex processes such as thinking, reading, remembering, and feeling emotions.

Voluntary and involuntary functions, such as movement, balance, and coordination. The nervous system also regulates the actions of most other body systems, such as blood flow and blood pressure. The ability to think and reason. The nervous system allows you to be conscious and have thoughts, memories, and language.

What can we do?

1. Don’t be afraid of nervousness. In an uncomfortable situation, remind yourself that nervousnessis normal, and it can even be helpful.
2. Be prepared.
3. Get into a positive headspace.
4. Talk to someone.
5. Try a relaxation technique.

PART FIVE

Based on the “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde

1. Name the main protagonists of the story. The main protagonists are John Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolen Fairfax, Cecily Cardew, Lady Bracknell.

2. Enlist 5-10 words actively used by one of the protagonists, choose words that may be attributed to the academic words.
3. Provide each of the words with the obligatory information for the Academic Vocabulary Notebook.

1. extravagance — lack of restraint in spending money or using resources.
2. Disgraceful — shockingly unacceptable
3. to order — give an authoritative instruction to do something
4. to allow — let (someone) have or do something.
5. to examine — test the knowledge or proficiency of (someone) by requiring them to answer questions or perform tasks.
6. to introduce — bring (something, especially a product, measure, or concept) into use or operation for the first time.
7. to adopt — legally take (another’s child) and bring it up as one’s own.
8. Occasion — a particular event, or the time at which it takes place.