Schools around the world

(1)_________In Germany, school kids are given a school cone (Schultüte) on their first day of school. It can be filled with sweets, snacks, art supplies, lunch boxes, little books and small gifts. They can only open it at school. Children don’t have to be able to write their names on entering schools- although they must be able to hold a pen properly. School readiness is decided on not only physical development but also social skills.

(2)______Dutch children go to school on their fourth birthday. This results in some chaos as new kids are added to the class throughout the year during the first year (called groep 1 or kleuterklas). The kids get to play and learn social skills and only start “real school” when they’re 6. However, school is not compulsory until the kids are 5 years old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A      Grandparents should pay for schools

 

B Learn by heart

 

C Education is compulsory at the age of five

 

D Parents need to pay for their children

 

E A gift for the first-graders

 

F Children go to school alone

 

G Teachers have to wear the uniforms

 

H Pupils should wear special clothes

What Children Around the World Eat for Lunch at School

Every country has its own standards for school meals. Some schools offer convenience food and snacks for lunch, and some cook set meals for students. The most popular meals are potatoes, rice, and a cabbage salad. There is also milk instead of fruit juice in most of the schools. You can find out what school lunches around the world look like.

11. South Korea

The system of planning school meals in South Korea is one of the best in the world. The two biggest sections of the tray are usually for soup and rice. Smaller sections are for salads, seafood, veggies, and fruit. They eat too much greens. Thin children are given fish oil in a measuring spoon. Popular dishes: kimchi, sesame leaves stuffed with rice and covered with honey sauce, pumpkin potato soup, pancakes with green onions, pepper and octopus, and a cucumber and carrot salad.

12. Japan

Japanese school lunches are almost the same as the South Korean ones: hot soup, rice, poultry or fish, a salad, and milk. Students are not allowed to bring their own food to school until they reach high school. The students don’t eat in the canteens. They put on white coats and take their lunches to their classrooms, serve at the desks, and eat there.

13.UK

Fried potatoes, carrots, rice porridge, a salad, fruit, and a Belgian waffle with chocolate. Many schools are limited by budget and therefore, students are offered fast food very often. Children love it. And it’s cheap.

14. USA

Dishes are quite different in American schools. Most of the time it’s fast food and convenience food that children really like: nuggets, French fries, pizza. But parents also can give children a lunchbox to take to school.

15.Finland

Finland takes planning school meals very seriously. Every student is offered snacks during the morning and evening classes, as well as lunch. Children eat their lunches in a canteen where they can choose whatever they want from a large variety of dishes. Every school offers a lunch for children with special dietary needs, whether in connection with health issues or religion.

16. Russia

In Russia, students can have free breakfast from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. Lunches after 12 p.m. are paid. But it’s not always clear which meal is breakfast and which one is lunch. For example, a meal includes sausages, buckwheat porridge, and tea.

Choose the country where _____

A  The menu in the canteen is rather rich

B Pupils eat enough vegetables and fruit

C Pupils can’t eat in the classroom

D Pupils hate their canteen

E Food is not expensive

F One meal is free of charge

G Children may eat in the canteen or bring their own food

H Pupils should dress special clothes before eating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETON

 Eton is one of the oldest and best-known public schools for boys, (17) ____. Its students are largely from aristocratic and upper-class families. The school was founded in 1440. Boys usually stay at Eton for 5 years (between the age of 13 and 18). Highly educated teachers work here. (18) ____. College Library and School Library and also numerous subject libraries.

  Sport plays a very important part in the life of Eton. The principal games are rugby, football, cricket and rowing. Athletics, swimming, golf, tennis, fencing and karate (19) ____ .

 The boys are offered a very wide range of opportunities for spare time activities: (20) ____, woodwork, metalwork and silver work. Besides almost any musical instrument can be learnt. (21) ____.

 Many distinguished people of Britain studied at Eton.  Among them twenty of Britain’s Prime Ministers. (22) ____.

 

A  are all very popular with boys

 

B don’t attend Eton

 

C at the town of Eton on the river Thames

 

D art, sculpture

 

E have to pay for their education

 

F There are also fifty societies run by the boys themselves

 

G There are 2 major libraries

 

H A lot of outstanding writers studied there too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education in Britain

 

 In England (23) ____ school begins at the age of 5, but before that age children go to a nursery school, also (24) ____ a play school. School is compulsory till the children are 16.

 In Primary School children learn to read and write and the basis of arithmetic. In the higher (25) _____ of Primary School children learn geography, history, religion and sometimes a foreign language.

 When students are 16 they may (26) ____ an exam in various subjects in order to have a qualification. After that students can either leave school and start working or continue their studies in the (27) ____ school as before. If they continue, when they are 18, they have to take further exams which are necessary for (28) ____  into university or college.

 Some parents choose private schools for their children. They are rather expensive but considered to (29) ____ a better education and excellent job opportunities. 7% of British children (30) ____ private schools called independent schools. Most independent schools are called preparatory schools because they prepare the children for the Common Entrance Exam (31) ____ they take at the age of 11. This exam is for entry into the best schools. Children of wealthy families often attend the same school as their parents or grandparents. Eton is the best known of these schools.

 In England there are 47 universities. The (32) _____ universities are Oxford and Cambridge.

 

23	A	important	B	necessary	C	compulsory	D	useful
24	A	named	B	called	C	believed	D	said
25	A	classes	B	school	C	institute	D	courses
26	A	take	B	miss	C	give	D	write
27	A	further	B	same	C	following	D	best
28	A	entering	B	leaving	C	passing	D	getting
29	A	send	B	give	C	provide	D	borrow
30	A	go	B	attend	C	visit	D	invite
31	A	who	B	which	C	when	D	where
32	A	oldest	B	eldest	C	old	D	elder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Different students like or dislike different subjects. However, there is one thing (33) ____  common for all of them: the role of the teacher in these ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’. It’s very hard for a student to succeed in learning a subject if he or she doesn’t like the person who teaches it.

To be sure that students are going to like a teacher the school (34) _____  hire, the principal of one high school decided to try a new way of choosing teachers. In order to be accepted, the candidate has to be interviewed twice – first by the principal and then by the (35) _____ committee.

Gabi Levy explains the reason for this double interview: “We, the students, want to know what kind of person our future teacher is because he or she will teach us and not the principal.” (36) _____ student adds: “It is great that our school (37) _____ us make important decisions and influence our school life.”

33	A	at	B	on	C	in	D	of
34	A	wants to	B	wants	C	will want	D	want to
35	A	student	B	students	C	students’	D	student’s
36	A	Another	B	Others	C	Other	D	Several
37	A	permits	B	lets	C	allows	D	forces

Cambridge is the second oldest University of Great Britain. The story of the University began in 1209 when several hundred students and the scholars came to the little town of Cambridge from Oxford. Those students were all (38)_____and used to study in Oxford. Then one day a student killed a man. The mayor arrested 3 other students and hanged them. (39) _____ protest, many students moved elsewhere. Of course, there were no colleges in those early days. Some students from one part of the country grouped themselves. (40) _____ groups were called “nations”.

There are 29 colleges in Cambridge now. The most of the population of the town are students and their teachers. All students (41) _____ to live in Cambridge while they are studying there. (42) _____the streets of the town you can see many young men wearing dark blue or black clothes and black square caps. This tradition goes back to the old times.

 

38	A	churchman	B	churchmen	C	churchmens	D	churchmans
39	A	On	B	In	C	To	D	Such
40	A	Those	B	That	C	This	D	These
41	A	have	B	has	C	must	D	had
42	A	On	B	At	C	In	D	During

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alice is feeling bored and sleepy while sitting on the riverbank with her older sister, (17) ____. She then notices a White Rabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch, talking to itself as it runs past. (18) ____, but suddenly falls a long way to a curious hall with many locked doors of all sizes.

She finds a small key to a door too small for her to fit through, (19) ____. She then discovers a bottle on a table labelled "DRINK ME", the contents of which cause her to shrink too small to reach the key, (20) ____. She eats a cake with "EAT ME" written on it in currants.

  Alice grows to such a tremendous size that her head hits the ceiling. Alice is unhappy and, as she cries, (21) ____. After shrinking down again due to a fan she had picked up, Alice swims through her own tears and meets a Mouse, (22) ____. She tries to make small talk with him in elementary French (thinking he may be a French mouse).

 

 

A  her tears flood the hallway

 

B She follows it down a rabbit hole

 

C which she has left on the table

 

D an interesting book with colourful pictures

 

E who is reading a book with no pictures or conversations

 

F  She understans that it is a mistake

 

G who is swimming as well

 

H but through it she sees an attractive garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most famous library in the world

Library (greek βιβλιοθήκη from βιβλίον “book” and θήκη “storing place”) is the structure where books and scripts are (23) ____ for public use and reference and bibliographic work is realized. Libraries are integral (24) ____ of a country and nation. They (25) ___ the human necessity for knowledge accumulation, cultural and intellectual development. Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) is the most famous (26) ____ library founded under the Musaeum of Alexandria (temple or sanctuary) is one of the main (27) ____ and cultural centers of the ancient world. The library may in (28) ____ have suffered several fires over many years. Egyptian libraries were in temples under the care of (29) ____ . Books were rolls made of papyrus. Library of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the largest libraries of the antique world. It contained (30) ____750 000 scrolls. Nowadays it is the main library of Egypt, cultural center (31) ____ on the seashore of the Mediterranean in the city of Alexandria. This library is the memorial of the library of Alexandria destroyed in ancient times and modern science and education center at the (32) ____ time.

23	A	collected	B	brought	C	sold	D	bought
24	A	half	B	section	C	figure	D	part
25	A	write	B	announce	C	instruct	D	reflect
26	A	ancient	B	old	C	modern	D	new
27	A	scientific	B	science	C	scientists	D	scientist
28	A	real	B	truth	C	true	D	major
29	A	priests	B	teachers	C	writers	D	musicians
30	A	at	B	below	C	about	D	under
31	A	laid	B	situated	C	sat	D	was
32	A	same	B	exact	C	future	D	modern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known  (33) ____   Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely (34) ____    as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in (35) ____Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect. He also (36) ____ in standard English. As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland. His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" (37) ____ at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.

33	A	like	B	as	C	for	D	of
34	A	regards	B	regarded	C	regardless	D	regard
35	A	an	B	-	C	the	D	a
36	A	wrote	B	write	C	writing	D	written
37	A	is sung	B	will be sung	C	is sing	D	is sang

What Is English Literature?

English literature is the study of literature (38) ____ in the English language. The writers do not necessarily (39) ____ to be from England but can be from all over the world. It (40) ____ some of history's most famous writers: James Joyce (Ireland), William Shakespeare (England), Mark Twain (United States), Arthur Conan Doyle (Scotland), and Vladimir Nabokov (Russia), just (41) ____ name a few.

English literature dates back more than five centuries. It (42) ____ writers not only from different parts of the world and time periods, but it covers every major genre and style of writing as well. 

38	A	writes	B	written	C	write	D	wrote
39	A	have	B	must	C	has	D	had
40	A	includes	B	consists	C	have	D	belongs
41	A	-	B	for	C	of	D	to
42	A	representing	B	represented	C	represents	D	represent