Fill in the prepositions (on • out of • as • in • for • across • through • out • at) if necessary.
1. be … threat from flooding
2. suffer … something
3. beg … help
4. interested … reading
5. … his way home
6. used … jogging
7. face … a problem
8. recover … some disease
Education in Britain is compulsory (обязательный) for all children between the ages of 5-16. School-children attend a primary school for 6 years. Then children go to the Secondary School. Compulsory secondary education begins when children are 11 and lasts for 5 years.
Most children go to a comprehensive (комплексный) school. But there are also “grammar school” and “secondary-modern schools”. The pupils have to pass an exam to go there.When students are 16 years old they sit the General Certificate of Secondary Education exams. After that students can either leave school and start working or continue their studies in the same school as before. If they continue, when they are 18, they have to take further examinations which are necessary for getting into university or college.
The school year is divided into three terms with the intervals between them during the Christmas and Easter holidays lasting about two weeks each and the summer holidays which is usually six weeks long.
School-children attend a primary school for 6 years. After the primary school most children go to a comprehensive school. There are “grammar schools” and “secondary-modern schools”.
The pupils have to pass an exam to go there. Grammar school is for children, who want to get higher education. Secondary-modern school is for children who are not expected to go on to higher study later. All types of secondary schools have the 5-year courses.
Pupils study 10 main subjects. Attainment tests are given at the ages of 7, 11 and 14, 16. At the end of a 5-year courses students sit the General Certificate of Secondary Education exams in as many subjects as possible. At the age of 16 some pupils leave school and get job or apprenticeships. Some pupils stay on at school until the age of 18 and prepare for higher education. More ambitious pupils continue to study in the 6th form. They stay on at school for one or two years to prepare themselves for university. The school year is divided into three terms. There are intervals during the Christmas, Easter holidays and the summer holidays. All kinds of out-of-class activities are part of school life in Britain. Students play sports, attend different clubs and sing in a choir. Most schools have very good libraries which students use for reference work.