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read the article about tomsk polytechnic university. choose the best

word (a, b, or c) for each space (1–8). the first one is done for you.

tomsk polytechnic university

each 8th in tomsk is a student, that's why very often tomsk is called a

students' town. the polytechnical institute alone (1) _a__ more than 22000

students and turns out more than 2000 engineers a year. at first it was called

technological institute. in 1991 the institute got the status of the university.

the university includes 8 (2) 8 institutes, 3 research institutes and

more than 70 scientific-research centres and laboratories. more than 22000

students are (3) in tpu, the teaching staff includes more than 1400 (4) among them 230 d. sc. and professors. engineers are educated in 82

specializations, (5) in 25 lines and (6) in 20 programmes.

there are about 20 buildings

which the students have at their

disposal, various labs equipped with

high-precision instruments and

automation devices, computer centres

with all generations of computers,

experimental shops with up-to-date

installations and tools. the students

(7) research in students' scientific

societies and design bureaus.

now the tpu is going through the constructional rush. all the teaching

blocs are being renovated and redesigned to be comfortable and to meet the

needs of the students.

there is foreign language department at the tpu. much attention is

paid to language learning. groups of promoted students in language are

formed to participate in experimental classes. nowadays there are more

prospects for the polytechnic (8) to go abroad to (9) their language

and communicative (10) many bright russian specialists are invited to

work abroad.

1 a trains b studies c learns

2 a faculties b lectures c researches

3 a learned b educated c studied

4 a teachers b lecturers c lectures

5 a pupils b scientist c bachelors

6 a studies b masters c master

7 a go on b t u r n o u t c carry out

8 a graduates b undergraduates c starters

9 a include b influence c improve

10 a tools b skills c abilities

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