Just like American students, you will have to submit your academic transcripts as part of your application for admission to university or college. Academic transcripts are (1)…………... copies of your academic work. In the US, this (2)…………...your “grades” and “grade point average” (GPA), which are measurements of your academic achievement. Courses are commonly graded using percentages, which are converted (3)…………... letter grades.
The grading system and GPA in the USA can be (4)…………..., especially for international students. The interpretation of grades has a lot of variation. For example, two students who attended different schools (5)…………...submit their transcripts to the same university. They both have 3.5 GPAs, but one student attended an average high school while the other attended a prestigious school that was academically challenging. The university might interpret their GPAs differently because the two schools have dramatically different standards.
1. A. popular               B. official                    C. major                      D. private
2. A. includes              B. consists                   C. owns                       D. possesses
3. A. into                     B. in                            C. for                           D. from
4. A. easy                    B. confusing                C. confused                 D. simple
5. A. every                  B. each                                    C. both                                    D. either