Read Text 6C and answer the following questions.

1. What year does the history of higher education in Russia go back to?

2. What was the system of education in the Soviet Union like?

3. What are the specific features of the system of education in Russia today?

4. What do applicants have to do in order to be accepted to a higher educational institution?

5. Do students have to pay for their study?

6. Why are the first two years of study the most difficult ones for students?

7. What do the students have to do if they fail their end-of-team tests and examinations?

8. What does higher education provide young people with?

13. Consider the following statements and say if you agree or disagree with them. Use the introductory phrases from the previous units.

1. M. V. Lomonosov wanted to found the first University in Russia but he failed to do that.

2. Students had to pay for their education in the Soviet Union.

3. No democratic reforms have been effected since 1991.

4. Many applicants would like to be accepted to Moscow or St. Petersburg Universities.

5. There are no part-time or correspondence departments at higher educational institutions in Russia.

6. Entrance examinations in Russia are optional ones.

7. It is difficult for most students to study during the first two years.

8. Students have holidays once a year.

9. Those students who fail their end-of-term tests and examinations have to prepare themselves for them working hard during holidays.

10. Education only provides the younger generation with formal learning.

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