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2 By 1969plans were well advanced and by August 1970 the Open University, as it is now called, had received400, 000 applications. Only 20,000 could be accepted for the four “foundation “courses offered: social sciences, arts, science and mathematics. Unsuccessful candidates were told to apply again the following year, when a foundation course in technology would also be offered.
3 The first teaching programmers appeared on the air and screen in January1971, with clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, policemen and many others as students. Correspondence units had been carefully prepared and science students were given devices for a small home laboratory. Study centers have been set up all over the country so that students can attend once a week, and once a year they will spend a week at one of the university’s summer schools.
4 It has been nearly 30years since the Open University started to offer courses. Nowit is a very important part of the British educational system. Not only does it offer foundation courses like those mentioned above, it also carries out very advanced scientific researches, some of which lead to Master’s or Ph.D. Degrees. Many other countries have started similar educational programmers following the successful example of the Open University in
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A. Progress since its founding
B. Special facilities of the university
C. Enrollment in the early days
D. Teaching staff of the university
E. Plans for easy access to further education for the masses
F. Educational programs provided by the university
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6.The Labor Party was the first party in
7.In 41971,the Open University first started, there were more applicants _____.
8.When the Open University first started, there were more applicants than it _____.
A.put forward the ideal of founding the open university.
B. could admit
C. learn through correspondence
D. offer foundation courses in technology
E. charge students a low tuition fee
F. appeared on the air and screen
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