1. MIT stands for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. the United States of America. According to QS World University Rankings2012 MIT is known to be th...

1. MIT stands for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. the United States of America. According to QS World University Rankings2012 MIT is known to be the first in the world. 2. The institute is known to be founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. We consider it to be adopted the European polytechnic university model, and it emphasized laboratory instruction from an early date. MIT’s early emphasis on applied technology at the undergraduate and graduate levels led to close cooperation with industry. 3. Curriculum reforms under Karl Compton and Vannevar Bush in the 1930s re-emphasized basic scientific research. MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934. Researchers were involved in efforts to develop computers, radar, and inertial guidance in connection with defense research during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus. 4. Today MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research. 5. We know the current 168-acre (68.0 ha) MIT'S campus to be opened in 1916. Now it extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern hank of the Charles River basin. In the past 60 years, MIT’s educational disciplines have expanded beyond the physical sciences and engineering into fields such as biology, economics, linguistics, political sciences, and management. 6. MIT enrolled 4,384 undergraduates and 6,510 graduate students for the 2011-2012 school year. It also received 18,109 undergraduate applicants for the class of 2016, with only 1,620 offered admittance, an acceptance rate is sure to be of 8.9%. 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology employs around 1,000 faculty members. 78 Nobel laureates, 52 National Medal of Science recipients, 45 Rhodes Scholars, and 38 MacArthur Fellows are currently or have previously been affiliated with the institute. 8. МIT has a strong entrepreneurial culture. The aggregated revenues of companies founded by MIT alumni would rank as the eleventh-largest economy in the world. MIT managed $718.2 million in research expenditures and an $8.0 billion endowment in 2009. 2- Найдите и выпишите из текста эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний: растущая индустриализация; • политические науки; • студент-соискатель; • прикладная технология • тесное сотрудничество; • инерционное управление; • расходы на исследования; • процент приема; • предпринимательская культура; • модель политехнического университета. 3 Выпишите утверждения, соответствующие содержанию текста. Подчеркните в каждом глагол-сказуемое и определите его видовременную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык: МIТ was founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United Stares of America. MIT’s strong emphasis on scientific, engineering; and technological education and research led to close cooperation with industry. Today Massachusetts Institute of Technology comprises a total of 32 academic departments. МIТ is famous for its 81 Nobel laureates, 52 National Medal of Science recipients, 45 Rhodes Scholars, and 38 MacArthur Fellows. MIT's educational disciplines have recently expanded beyond the physical sciences and engineering. 4 .Найдите и выпишите из текста предложения, содержащие следующие грамматические обороты: 1) объектный инфинитивный оборот (сложное дополнение) — 2, 5 абзац; 2) субъектный инфинитивный оборот (сложное подлежащее) -1,2 абзац.