School education in Britain

In Britain, all children have to go to school between the ages of 5 and 16.

In England and Wales, the s    1     that children should study and the levels of achievement they should reach are required by the National Curriculum (全国统一课程). But it does not apply (适用) in Scotland, where each school decides w    2     subjects it will teach.

At 16 students in England and Wales take GCSE examinations. These examinations are t    3     by students of all levels of ability in all subjects. At 18 some students take A-level e    4    , usually in not more than 3 subjects. It is n    5     to have A-levels in order to go to a university.

In Scotland, h    6    , students take different exams — the SCE examinations. A year later, they can take examinations which are c    7     Highers, and then they can either go straight to a university or s    8     another year at school and take the CSYS. In Scotland, the university system is also d    9     from that in England and Wales. Courses usually last 4 years rather t    10     3 years, and students study a larger number of subjects as part of the degree.

Nowadays,     1     (并非每个人都喜欢这种想法)that people should choose to have the dinner in a restaurant     2     (为庆祝春节).

Some people think     3     (在外面吃是一个不错的选择)and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions,     4     (这种传统保持了同样的爱)between the family members.On the contrary，others hold the idea that homemade dishes     5     (不仅尝起来更美味)but also offer the whole family the opportunity to prepare the dinner together.

In our community, there is a large activity room. For the past few years, our community     1     (举行了10多场会议) there. Since 2018, five computers     2     (已被安装) there for the residents. Today, the residents’ lives     3     (被大大地改变了) by these computers, because some residents     4     (被教) to use the Internet. Although they     5     (没有买) any goods online, their confidence     6     (被激起) by these things. Who can guess what their future life will be like?