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S.A.T. scores. They also consider a students’ grades and activities throughout high
school. A students who has done well in high school will probably get into college.

What happenes when a student finally enters a college or university? Students
in China, Korea, or Japan might find their college studies easier than high school work.
On the other hand, when American and Canadianstudents begin college, many of
them discover that they need to work very hard and study seriously for the first time
in their lives-especially if they plan to go to graduate school. If college tuition is high,
they may need to work part time to help pay for their education. College education in
many countries (such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates), by
contrast, is free. Because of the combination of studies and a job, college life may be
more difficult for students in Nort America than it is for students in other countries.
In the 1960s and 1970s, many students in Europe and Nort America

demonstrated against the government and hoped to make big changes in society.
College life has been changing since then, however, and students are not paying much
attention to politics these days. Instead most students are interested only in their
studies and future jobs. Twenty years later another social science courses in the
humanities (literature, art, philosophy, and so on) were also popular. But these days,
students all over the world are majoring in more practical subjects such as business
administration, computer science, and engineering.
Adapted from: Be smart in English 3

1. What is the subject matter that’s discussed in the text above?
2. What are the contrastive things when the students in Greece, France, and Japan want to
enter college than the students in America and Canada?
3. What kind of test should be joined if the American students want to get into college?
4. Find other examples of test that students should be joined in if they want to get into the
college in Canada, Japan, Korea and Indonesia?
5. Why do you thin in countries such as, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates, the
education tuition is free?
6. The text above uses some conjunctions to make the sentences in the paragraph
coherence. Mention the conjunction used in the text above.

Activity 2. Study the sentences below.

a. In contrast, students can easily get into an American or Canadian college at least more
easily than in other contries.
b. However, colleges do not consider only S.A.T. scores.
c. On the other hand, when American or Canadian students begin college, many of them
discover that they need to work very hard and study seriously for the first time in their
lives-especially if they plan to go to graduate school
d. College education in many countries (such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and United Arab
Emirates), by contrast, is free.

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