Unit 5.
HIGHER EDUCATION
READING 1
TRUNG VUONG HIGHSCHOOL
Teacher: Lê Thị Hồng Quế
October, 2021
What university would you like to apply for? Why?
WARM-UP
NEW WORDS
1. (a) campus :
Khuôn viên trường đại học
2. (a) roommate:
3. (to) feel lonely:
4. (to) fight back tears:
5. (to) blame someone for:
6. (to) get on well with :
Hòa đồng với
7. (to) graduate from:
8. daunting (adj.):
= frightening
9. scary (adj.)
10. creative (adj.) :
Bạn chung phòng
Cảm thấy cô đơn
Cố nén khóc
Đổ lỗi cho
Tốt nghiệp từ
= imaginative
Làm nản chí
: Làm kinh hoàng
: Sáng tạo
Checking memory
WHILE YOU READ
Three students talks about their impressions of university life.
Read the passages, and then do the tasks that follow.
Sarah
On the first weekend I went out with my new friends, walking around campus. It was exciting, thinking how I was at college, meeting people who could become good friend of mine. The most exciting thing was that I didn’t have to explain to my parents where I was going, who with, or what time I’d be home!
On Saturday night, I followed my roommate to a party. The people at the party were busy playing some game, and no one seemed to notice my existence. I suddenly felt so lonely. Fighting back tears, I ran back to my room, thinking I would never feel at home at college.
Ellen
My roommate left the window open all the time, even when it was 10 degree Celsius out, and went to bed at 10 every night. When she got sick after mid-terms, she blamed my tying and having a light on while she was trying to sleep.
At first, college was a little daunting. I graduated from a small school. After seeing the same people over and over for many years, it was amazing, but a little scary, to be in a place where it seem like I never saw the same person twice.
Brenden
The first year at college was probably the best and most challenging year of my life. Academically, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Taking part in the Advanced Engineering project gave me a chance to use my creativity and knowledge to help society.
Socially, I made lots of new friends both through engineering and living at St John College on campus. The social calendar of the colleges provide plenty of opportunity to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers, many of whom have become my best mates.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - ENGLAND
TASK 1 : Complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words in the box.
1. The new library was built in the center of the.................
2. They……………..the rise in oil prices for the big increase in inflation.
3.That’s the……………..story I’ve ever hear.
4. Intelligent boys like to study something if it really……………… them.
5. The new car goes at an……………..speed.
campus
blamed
scariest
challenges
amazing
Campus blame scary challenge amazing
OXFORD UNIVERSITY- ENGLAND
TASK 2 :
FIND SOMEONE WHO…
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY- AMERICA
TASK 3 :
Answer the questions
1. On the first weekend Sarah……………
went out with her new friends.
B. met people at college.
C. thought how she was at college.
D. played some games.
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2. Sarah felt lonely at the party because ………….
She followed her roommate to a party.
B. No one paid attention to her existence.
C. She wanted to fight back tears.
D. She ran back to her room.
RMIT UNIVERSITY- HCM
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3. Ellen’s roommate blamed her for…………
making her sick after midterms.
B. leaving the window open.
C. seeing the same people over and over for many years.
D. graduating from a small school.
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PHAN THIẾT UNIVERSITY
4. Brenden thought his first year at college was ………….year of his life.
the worst and most challenging
B. the happiest
C. the best and most challenging
D. the best and most difficult
VIN UNIVERSITY- HÀ NỘI
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HUTECH UNIVERSITY- HCM
5. The word “mates” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by …………..
engineers
teachers
students
friends
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MOSCOW UNIVERSITY- RUSSIA
After you read

On the first weekend Sarah was (1) _______ to follow her roommate to a party because she didn’t have to explain to her parents where she was going. (2) _____ , she soon felt lonely because no one seemed to notice her existence. Having graduated (3) _______ a small school, Ellen found college a little daunting. It was amazing to be in a place (4) ______ it seemed like she never saw the same people twice. Brenden’ first year at college was probably the best and most challenging year of his life because he had a (5)_____to use his creativity and knowledge to help society.
A. excited B. exciting C. excite D. excites
A. Therefore B. But C. However D. So
A. in B. at C. to D. from
A. when B. where C. which D. that
A. chance B. opportunity C. time D. money
CLOSED TEXT:
(Hào hứng)
(tuy nhiên)
(tốt nghiệp từ)
(Nnc +where)
(cơ hội)