Task 1:(10mins)

Compound dictation

Listen to a short passage concerning college education and fill in the missing information.

 

What is the difference between a college and a university?This is the    1    of part three in our series for students who want to     2     a college or university in the United States.

Colleges and universities have many things in     3     . Both provide a greater      4    of the world and its past. Both provide education in the arts and sciences. And both can help prepare young people to     5    .

Students who complete their    6    studies either at a four-year college or a university receive    7     degree. One difference is that many colleges do not offer graduate studies.

Universities are generally bigger, offer more     8     and do more research. Modern universitiesdeveloped from those of the    9     in Europe. The word “university”came from the Latin “universities.” This described a group of people      10      for a common purpose.