1. All state schools in Britain are free, and schools provide their pupils with books and equipment for their studies.
2. Nine million children attend 35.000 schools in Britain.
3. Education is compulsory from 5 till 16 years.
4. Children start primary school at 5 and continue until they are 11.
5. Most children are taught together, boys and girls in the same class.
6. At 11 most pupils go to secondary schools called comprehensives which accept a wide range of children from allbackgrounds and religious and ethnic groups.
7. Ninety per cent of secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales are co-educational.
8. At 16 pupils take a national exam called G.C.S.E. (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and then they can leave school if they wish. Some 16-year-olds continue their studies in the sixth form at school or at a sixth form college.
9. The sixth form prepares pupils for a national exam called A level (advanced level) at IS.
10. Yon-need A level to enter a university.
11. Other 16-year-olds choose to go to a college of further education to study for more practical (vocational) diplomas relating to the world of work, such as hairdressing, typing or mechanics.
12. Universities and colleges of higher education accept students with A levels from 18.
13. Students study for a degree which takes on average three years of full-time study.
14. Most students graduate at 21 or 22 and are given their degree at a special graduation ceremony.
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DAILY BREAD
Miss Martha was 40 years old but she was not married. She had her own shop where she sold bread, both fresh and stale which was cheaper.
There was a customer who called at her shop two or three times a week. The man was not young but he was very pleasant. He wore cheap clothes but they always looked nice on him. He always bought stale bread and never fresh. Miss Martha decided that he was very poor.
She often thought of him and was always sorry that she couldnt invite him to have dinner with her. She wanted to talk to him, to know more about him. She liked the man and began wearing her best dress. She wanted to help the poor man but didnt know how to do it.
Once when her customer called on her to buy stale bread, Miss Martha had an idea and a good one, as she thought, to help him. She put some butter in the stale bread.
The next day two men came into the shop. One of them was her customer and the other a young man. The customer was very angry and couldnt speak to her. So the young man told Miss Martha everything. We work together in the same office, he said. We use stale bread to take away to pencil lines from our plans. We have worked at a plan of a new district for six months. We finished it this morning and began taking away pencil lines from it with your bread. You see, as there was butter in the bread the plan is good for nothing, and we cant show this plan to anybody now.
When the men left, Miss Martha went to her room, took off her best dress and put on her old one.
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1. The title of the text is DAILYBREAD.
2. It is taken from the story written byO`Henry.
3. Miss MarthaMeachamhadasmallbakeryand her life was lonely.
4. But all changedwhenapleasantcustomercame to her to buy stale bread.
5. He never bought fresh bread and Miss Martha thought that he was very poor artist.
6. Miss Martha loved this man.
7. Miss Martha wanted to help him and put some butter on the bread.
8. The next day two men came into the shop.
9. One of them was her customer and he was very angry.
10. The young man told Miss Martha that they worked at a plan of a new district for six months and began taking away pencil lines from it with her bread.
11. As there was butter in the bread the plan is flawed.
12. Miss Martha was very sad.
13. I like this story because its interesting.
Questions:
1. Who is the author of this story?
2. Was MissMartha married?
3. Why did the man buy only stale bread?
4. Was the customer very angry or happy?
5. As there was butter in the bread the plan is good for nothing, isnt it?
2. You were asked to prepare a report about libraries. Tell what we need libraries for; whether you visit your school library and why;whether you prefer to use the library or the Internet and why.
