当学生，做作业可是头等要事儿，不过你分得清各种作业，比如 dissertation 论文和 essay 文章的区别吗？还有三明治课程究竟是什么意思？本期《英语小测验》挑战你对大学里一些常用表达的理解。

1. Students are reminded that all coursework must _________ by the end of May.

a) be handed in

b) be handed

c) hand in

d) hand out

2. I had to write a 25,000-word _________ to complete my Master’s degree.

a) email

b) report

c) dissertation

d) presentation

3. What is ‘Freshers’ Week’?

a) A week of celebration following graduation.

b) An introductory week of activities for first-year students joining the university.

c) A week of preparation before the first-year exams.

d) A week of interviews to select new students for a university.

4. What is a ‘sandwich course’?

a) A course at a culinary college in food preparation.

b) A part-time course in which students study in their lunch hours.

c) A special course that takes place during the university summer holidays.

d) A university course in which students also take on full-time work related to their field of study.

5. What description best characterises a seminar?

a) A speech delivered by a tutor to a large group of students.

b) A one-to-one session between a teacher and a student.

c) A class at university in which a particular topic is discussed by a tutor and a small group of students.

d) A series of tasks that students must complete over the course of an academic year.

6. He was a first-rate student and won a _________ to study at Oxford University because of his academic excellence.

a) scholarship

b) grant

c) bursary

d) student loan 

答案

1) a, 2) c, 3) b, 4) d, 5) c, 6) a.