Unit7
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ThepurposeofBritisheducationsystemisnotonlytoprovidechildrenwithliteracyandtheotherbasicskillsbutalsotosocializechildren.
Thestateseldominterfereswiththedecisionofwhen,where,howandwhatchildrenaretaught.Isheavilyinvolvedindeciding
TheenduringfeatureofBritisheducationisthecontinuingdebateoverwhatshouldbetaughtinschools.How“equal”educationalopportunityshouldbe
The1994EducationActmadeentrytosecondaryschoolsanduniversities“meritocratic”.精英管理的；贤能统治的
Publicschoolsarepartofthenationaleducationsystemandfundedbythegovernment.(Theyarecalledpublicschoolsbecausetheywereoriginallyseenas“public”alternativestohavingprivatetutorsinaristocratichouseholds.Independentschoolsreceivetheirfundingthroughtheprivatesectorandthroughtuitionrates,withsomegovernmentassistance.)
Britishuniversitiesandpublicbodieswhichreceivefundsfromcentralgovernment.
AllsecondaryschoolsinBritainarerunandsupervisedbythegovernment.
InOxfordandCambridgetheBA(BachelorofArts)covertstoanMA(MasterofArts)severalyearslater,uponpaymentofafee.
Independentschools私立学校getmoneymainlythroughtheprivatesectorandtuitionrates,withsomegovernmentsupport.
Grammarschoolsselectchildrenattheageof11andprovidethemwithageneraleducation.(throughanexaminationcalled“the11-plus”;thosewhoshowacademicpotentialareadmittedtothegrammarschoolswheretheemphasisisonadvancedacademicworkratherthanthemoregeneralcurriculumofthecomprehensiveschools.)
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InBritain,thegreatmajorityofparentssendtheirchildrento_______
C.stateschool
InBritain,childrenfromtheageof5to16____________
B.canlegallyreceivecompletelyfreeeducation.
IfastudentwantstogotouniversityinBritain,hewilltaketheexaminationcalled________.
A.GeneralCertificateofEducation–Advanced.
WhichofthefollowingisaprivatelyfundeduniversityinBritain?
D.TheUniversityofBuckingham.
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
D.Parentssendtheirchildrentopublicschoolsbecausetheirchildrenprefertogotopublicschools.
WhichofthefollowingisNOTacharacteristicoftheOpenUniversity?
C.Nouniversitydegreeisawarded.(TheOpenUniversityoffersanon-traditionalrouteforpeopletotakeuniversitylevelcoursesandreceiveauniversitydegree.)
Intheexaminationcalled“the11-plus”,studentswithacademicpotentialgoto______.
A.grammarschools
WhichofthefollowingisNOTincludedintheNationalCurriculum?
b.ChildrenmustsitinA-levelexams.
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheBritisheducationsystem?
D.It’sdominatedbythestate.(TheBritisheducationsystemisrunbythestate,whichprovidesfunding,overseesstandards,andtriestomakesurethatallBritishchildrenreceiveaqualityeducation.)
Whichofthefollowingschoolswouldadmitchildrenwithoutreferencetotheiracademicabilities？
A.Comprehensiveschools
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