4. Read the text and the sentences after it. Decide whether the information is true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS): 1) The American school year is longer than the English school year. 2) Teachers give marks to their students at the end of each term. 3) American pupils have four vacations during the school year. 4) Every child in America goes to high school. 5) English and mathematics are the most important subjects for everybody. 6) American students have a fairly easy life. Text: The American school year isn't very long. There are two terms and at the end of each term students get their marks and a report card from their teachers. American students have rather many vacations in the school year. They have two weeks for spring vacation, two weeks for Christmas vacation and three months for summer vacation. American schoolchildren have four years of high school. In the first two years of high school, they have fairly many exams. Each student takes exams in English and mathematics, but they are not very difficult. In the last two years American students prepare for college. People usually say that American school life is not very hard.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст и следующие за ним предложения. Определите, является ли информация истинной (T), ложной (F) или в тексте не упоминается (NS).

1. NS — The text does not compare the length of the American and English school years. (В тексте не сравнивается продолжительность учебного года в Америке и Англии.)
2. T — Students get their marks and report cards from teachers at the end of each term. (Ученики получают оценки и табели от учителей в конце каждого семестра.)
3. F — The text mentions three vacation periods: spring, Christmas and summer. (В тексте упоминаются три периода каникул: весенние, рождественские и летние.)
4. NS — The text gives information about American schoolchildren but does not say that every child goes to high school. (В тексте говорится об американских школьниках, но не сказано, что каждый ребёнок учится в старшей школе.)
5. NS — The text says that students take exams in English and mathematics, but does not say these are the most important subjects for everybody. (В тексте говорится, что ученики сдают экзамены по английскому языку и математике, но не сказано, что это самые важные предметы для всех.)
6. T — The text says that American school life is usually considered not very hard. (В тексте сказано, что школьная жизнь в Америке обычно считается не очень трудной.)

Ответ: 1) NS; 2) T; 3) F; 4) NS; 5) NS; 6) T.