Global Warming
Unit 8 Reading Practice (5)
Reading Passage One
University of Western Sydney Macarthur
About University of Western Sydney Macarthur
University of Western Sydney Macarthur has two campuses, one located in the city of Camp- belltown, the other in the city of Bankstown. Campbelltown is a city within the southwestern suburbs of the Sydney metropolitan area, and is 50 minutes by train from the Sydney Central Business District. Bankstown is a city within the Sydney metropolitan area, and it is 25 minutes by train from the Sydney Central Business District.
University ofWestern Sydney Macarthur is a member of University ofWestern Sydney with UWS Hawkesbury and UWS Nepean. Total enrolment in 2008 exceeded 27,000 including 2,000 international students. UWS Macarthur has over 10,000 students including 500 inter- national students.
University ofWestern Sydney Macarthur's courses are taught through its six faculties: Arts &
Social Sciences (at Campbelltown and Bankstown); Business (at Campbelltown); Education &
Languages (mainly at Bankstown); Health (at Campbelltown and Bankstown); Informatics, Science
& Technology (at Campbelltown); and Law (at Campbelltown).
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Courses Offered in 2008/2009
Courses available to international students in 2008/2009 are listed in this booklet. All courses are full-time. Fees indicated are annual and include tuition for a standard full-time load, and the other University charges (except for English course fees). Extra fees are charged for repeating sub- jects and attempting subjects in Summer Term. Fees remain constant for the normal duration of a programme. Some courses listed have a fourth year for an Honours degree. Entry is on merits and application may be made by graduates ofUWS Macarthur or graduates of other institutions.
You should contact Office of International Programmes for further details on the Honours de- grees available.
Admission Requirements for Bachelor's Degree Courses
Admission into Bachelor's degrees usually requires satisfactory completion of the final year of secondary education, or equivalent qualifications. Mature age students who do not meet these requirements will still be considered on the basis of other qualifications and/or work experience.
English Language Requirements
Applicants must have clearly demonstrated proficiency in English either by achieving, for example, 570 in TOEFL or 6.0 in IELTS, or by providing evidence of studies in English at a school or university which has English as the language of instruction and is deemed satisfactory by UWS Macarthur. A higher level of English is required for some programmes. English courses are available through the Macarthur English Language Centre at the Campbelltown campus.
Semester & Term Dates for 2008/2009
Semester 1, 2009: March 1, 2009- June 25, 2009*
Semester 2, 2009: August 2, 2009- November 26, 2009*
MBA 2008: September 28, 2008- September 10, 2009*
MBA 2009: AprilS, 2009- March 18, 2010*
MBA 2009: September 27, 2009- September 9, 2010*
*All dates are subject to final confirmation.
For Further Information and Application Forms Contact:
Office of International Programmes University ofWestern Sydney Macarthur PO Box 555
Campbelltown NSW 2560 AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 4620 3313 Fax: +61 2 4626 6677 E-mail: i.elliston@uws.edu.au
Internet: http://www.macarthur. uws.edu.au
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Decide which of the following choices is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the sentence and write down the corresponding letter.
1. Campbelltown is a city within the southwestern suburbs of the Sydney metropolitan area, and is 50 minutes by train from the Sydney Central Business District.
A. city centre and suburbs B. city centre only C. suburbs only
2. University of Western Sydney Macarthur's courses are taught through its six faculties.
A. the particular power to do something B. branches of learning in a university
C. all the teachers and students of one university
3. Fees indicated are annual and include tuition for a standard full-time load, and the other University charges (except for English course fees).
A. (happening) every year B. (happening) every month C. (happening) every semester
4. Admission into Bachelor's degrees usually requires satisfactory completion of.the final year of secondary education, or equivalent qualifications.
A. higher B. lower C. equal
5. Mature age students who do not meet these requirements will still be considered on the basis of other qualifications and/or work experience.
A. fully grown and developed B. teenaged
C. retired
Exercise 2
Read the passage about University
of
Western Sydney Macarthur and answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the passage.70
6. Which one of the two campuses of the University of Western Sydney Macarthur is closer to the Syqney Central Business District?
7. What does the indicated annual fee exclude?
8. Which one of the two campuses is the Office oflnternational Programmes located on?
9. Please list one ofthe English exams that can be used to judge applicants' English proficiency.
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Refer to the passage University
of
Western Sydney Macarthur and look at the following statements. WriteTRUE if the statement is true;
FALSE if the statement is false;
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage.
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10. Bankstown is a small city quite close to the Sydney metropolitan area.
11. The enrolment ofUWS Macarthur in 2008 exceeded that of the previous year.
12. The Faculty of Education & Languages is mainly located at Bankstown.
13. Some of the courses listed for the international students are part-time courses.
14. Charges for the summer courses are not included in the fees indicated.
15. Only those who finished secondary education can be admitted into the University for Bachelor's degree studies.
16. Applicants who have studied in schools with very good English courses do not have to take TOEFL or IELTS.
17. The date from which the MBA 2009 programme will start has been finally confirmed.
achieve /a'tJi:v/ v.
annual /'renjual/ adj.
attempt /a'tempt/ v.
booklet /'buklit/ n.
campus /'krempas/ n.
charge /tJa:d3/ v., n.
confirmation /,konfa'meifan/ n. constant /'konstant/ adj.
deem
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di:m/ v.demonstrate /'demanstreit/ v.
duration/ dju'reifan/ n.
enrolment /in'raulmant/ n.
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equivalent /i'kwivalant/ adj., n.
evidence /'evidans/ n.
exceed /ik'si:d/ v.
Honours degree /'onaz di,gri:/
institution /,insti'tjuJan/ n.
mature /ma'tjua/ adj.
merit /'merit/ n.
metropolitan /,metra'politan/ adj.
proficiency /pra'fifansi/ n.
qualification /,kwolifi'keiJan/ n.
secondary /'sekandari/ adj.
tuition /tju'ifan/ n.
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