III. Fill each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the box. (10 ms) SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND In England, children start secondary school (86) ………………. the age of 11. In the first two years of secondary school, all the students study the same 12 (87) ………………………... They are: English, maths, science, design and technology, history, geography, a foreign (88) ……………………. , art and design, music, citizenship and P.E. When students are 14, they can (89) ……………………. the subjects that they...
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III. Fill each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the box. (10 ms)
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ENGLAND
In England, children start secondary school (86) ………………. the age of 11. In the first two years of secondary school, all the students study the same 12 (87) ………………………... They are: English, maths, science, design and technology, history, geography, a foreign (88) ……………………. , art and design, music, citizenship and P.E. When students are 14, they can (89) ……………………. the subjects that they like, but some subjects (e.g. maths, English, science and P.E.) are still (90) ……………………..
At the (91) ………………………. of sixteen, students take national exams called GCSEs (General Certificate of secondary Education exams). After the (92) …………………….., about 25% of students leave school and find jobs. The other 75% stay at (93) …………………. They study two, three or four school subjects and take advanced level exams (‘A levels’) when they are 18.
Most students in England (about 90%) (94) ……………..… to state secondary schools. State schools are free. The other 10% go to private schools. Some of these schools are very famous – and very expensive. For (95) ……………………, it costs about £24.000 a year to study at Eton College!
when drawing human figures, children often make the head too large for the rest of the body. a recent study offers some insights into this common disproportion in children's illustrations. as a part of the study, researchers asked children between 4 and 7 years old to make several drawing of men. when they drew front views of male figures, the size of the heads was marketly enlarged. however, when the children drew rear view of men, the size of the heads was not so exaggerated. the researchers suggested that children drew bigger heads when they know they must leave room for facial details. therefore, the odd head size in children's illustration is a form of planning ahead and not an indication of a poor sense of scale