Read the text below. Match choices (A—H) to (1—5). There are three choices you don't need to use.
In Great Britain education is compulsory for all children (16) ……….. . There are three stages in education. The first stage is primary education; the second is secondary education; the third is further education (17) …………. . Before 5 some children attend Nursery Schools, while most children start their basic education in an Infant School which is the first stage of primary education. In Infant Schools children don't have real classes. They get acquainted with the classroom, desks, they mostly play and learn through playing. From 7 to 11 they attend Junior Schools, the second stage of primary education. In Primary Schools children are taught the so-called 3R's — (18) …….…….. as well as elementary science and information technology. They also have music, physical training and art classes. At the age of eleven children transfer to Comprehensive Schools. These schools (19) ............. and a wide range of academic courses leading to the public examinations taken at 16. They also provide some vocational courses. After five years of secondary education, pupils take the General Certificate of Secondary Education examination. Pupils take «О-levels» — Ordinary levels — in as many subjects (20) …………. ; some take just one or two, others take as many as nine or ten. If you get good «О-level» results, you can stay on at school until you are 18. Here you prepare for Advanced Level Exams (A-levels). Three good «А-level» exams lead to universities.
Higher education begins at 18 and usually lasts for three or four years. Students, go to universities, polytechnics or colleges. The leading universities in England are Oxford, Cambridge and London. After three years of study, a student receives a Bachelor's degree. Some may continue their studies for two or more years to get their (21) ............ . British education has many different faces but one goal. Its aim is to realise the potential of all for the good of the individual and society as a whole.
A might be interested
В at university or college
C give general education
D the quantity of transmitted information
E from 5 to 16 years old
F Master's and Doctor's degrees
G as they want to
H reading, writing and arithmetic
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