【推荐2】In New Zealand, school is compulsory（义务的）for 6 to 16-year-olds, but many students stay until they are 18. From ages 6 to 12, a child goes to primary school.

Most primary schools have 23 to 29 students per teacher, sometimes less _________ it is a private（私立的）school. At the age of 13, students go to _________ schools. Each secondary school uses a practical curriculum（课程） to help students get prepared for _________ the work world or higher education.

School _________ at high school from about 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and primary about 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There are about six or seven weeks _________ for summer and Christmas holidays, and three holidays through the year.

Kids usually attend their local school and bring a packed _________ (usually a sandwich, fruit, yogurt, and a biscuit). There are _________ main breaks: a 30-minute morning tea and a one-hour lunch. During this time, kids sit and chat or play sports.

Almost all schools would have a kapa haka group. Kapa haka comes from Maori culture and it _________ “form a line” (kappa) and “dance” (haka). In rural areas, primary schools usually have a “calf（幼崽） club”. In this club, students _________ a farm animal and compete with it.

While there are exams, a lot of the assessment（评价） is done internally（内部）. If you are __________ at taking exams, it is possible to earn enough credit（学分） through internal assessment to pass your subjects.

【推荐3】Christmas is a great festival in western (西方的) countries. It’s _______ Spring Festival in China. It’s _______ December 25th. On Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Day, children _______ stockings at the end of their beds before they _______. Their parents tell _______ that Santa Claus will come and put the _______ in their stockings.

Christmas Day always begins before _______. Children get up very early. They open their stockings and see the _______. They wake up (叫醒) their parents and say “_______” to them.

On that day people give presents to each other. At night, the families _______ a get-together to celebrate Christmas. They often have a special dinner.