University of California, Berkeley

This institution is considered one of the best universities in USA related to science. The facility earned recognition as being one of the world leaders in research after adding 17 new chemical substances to the elemental table and discovering the virus that causes polio. The campus has 32 libraries that span over 12 acres of space. Gregory Peck and Steve Wozniak are some of the university’s famous former students. Berkeley was also the location where J. Robert Oppenheimer developed the Manhattan Project and the first atomic bomb.

University of Texas, Austin

This Texas institution is also a leader in research and boasts having or having had faculty awarded Nobel, Pulitzer, Wolf and other commendable prizes. Besides specific curriculum buildings and libraries, the campus contains seven museums. Many believe attending this university affords students an Ivy League quality education, though the cost of attendance lies more closely to mainstream public universities. Michael Dell attended school here, developing a small computer company before the world-renowned Dell franchise.

I. Read the text.

II. Fill in the gaps according to the text:

1. “Yahoo” was created by two _________ PhD candidates and the word is actually an acronym for “yet another hierarchical officious oracle.”

2. _________ is the oldest institution.

3. ____________ is considered one of the best universities in USA related to science.

4. __________a leader in research and boasts having or having had faculty awarded Nobel, Pulitzer, Wolf and other commendable prizes.

III. Choose the correct variant:

1. I try to ____ my homework before I have my evening meal.

a) do b) make c) take

2. I'm _______ my exams this month.

a) having b) making c) sitting

3. Nobody in my class has _____ a lesson so far this year.

a) lost b) missed c) failed

4. You should always check your work carefully in case you have

_____ a mistake.

a) gone b) made c) had

5. My teacher thinks we're all ______ really good progress.

a) doing b) making c) having

6. I hope you are successful in the exam. You can only ______ your

best.

a) do b) make c) be

IV. Complete the text below by adding the missing verb in the correct form

in each gap:

1. I could have got higher marks but I _______ a few silly mistakes.

2. I've been studying French for 6 months now but I don't feel like I'm

_______ much progress.

3. I think I _______ my best in the test and I hope I'll get a good mark.

4. There was a great film on TV last night and I forgot to _____my homework.

5. Steve feeling quite ill and might have to ________the lesson.

6. I _______ two exams yesterday: Speaking in the morning and

Listening after lunch.

V. Learn by hear the following collocations:

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