UNIT 7, British Education 22A

School for the most ______ of British people started in 600 AD.

• genius

• rich

• privileged

• unerprivileged

A group of these charity schools, much later, ______ the name “public school” to indicate that they were open to the public regardless of religious beliefs.

• invoked

• provoked

• implored

• explored

Technical schools, or “techs” were ______ but intended for those who showed an aptitude for science and technical subjects.

• frequent

• few and far between

• recurring

• regular

Under the Labor government of the mid-1970s, the eleven-plus exams and the elective system were ______.

• banned

• out of phase

• phased out

• phased in

When children reach the age of eight years old, the sons of the upper-classes, as a rule, are ______ to boarding school in the country.

• shipped in

• shipped out

• run out

• run in

Although only 7% of British children attend independent schools, their alumni ______ much more significantly as entrants to the universities, particularly Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge).

• estimate

• number

• figure

• count

The interviewers from British universities are looking for academic ______; they don’t care much whether the prospective student was the captain of a high school football team, or whether he/she spent a lot of time providing community services at weekends.

• heroism

• bravery

• prowess

• temper

Nowadays, higher education has a 40% participation rate, a figure higher than even the US, but the ______ is gone.

• free money

• free help

• free of charge

• free ride

Specifically speaking, children should be allowed to proceed at their own pace in response to teaching ______ them individually.

• for

• tailored towards

• made for

• designed with

Traditionally, Britain works on a system of contacts among people whose business, professional, sporting and social lives produce a shared cultural ______.

• potential

• inheritance

• legacy

• milieu