Ⅰ. True or False:
1. Parents are required by law to ensure that their children receive compulsory full-time education between the age of 5 and 16. F
2. Most of the state secondary school population in Great Britain attends comprehensive schools. F
3. Thanks to the 1988 Education Reform Act, the UK has since provided universal and free state primary and secondary education. T
4. The Secretary of State for Education is responsible for education in the UK. F
5. The Department of Education and Science is primarily responsible for public spending on schools. F
6. In the UK, public schools are publicly-funded schools. T
7. Universities and higher education colleges enjoy academic freedom, appoint their own staff, award their own degrees, decide which students to admit and are financially self-reliant. F
8. In the UK, most undergraduate (bachelor’s) degrees take three years to complete. F
9. The Open University was intended to give opportunities to adults who have been unable to take conventional higher education. T
10. More than 70 British citizens have been awarded the Nobel Prize in science, second only to the United States. F
Ⅱ. Multiple choices:
1. There are some ___B____ universities in Britain, including the Open University.
A. 70
B. 80
C. 90
D. 100
2. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge date from the ___D__________ centuries.
A. 12th and 13th
B. 13th and 14th
C. 14th and 15th
D. 15th and 16th
3. The usual age for transfer from primary to secondary schools is _______A______ in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A. 14
B. 13
C. 12
D. 11
4. In Britain, private schools are often called __D____.
A. comprehensive schools
B. grammar schools
C. secondary modern schools
D. independent schools
5. In Britain, higher education is usually defined as advanced courses of a standard higher than ____C____ or equivalent.
A. GCE O-Level
B. GCE A-Level
C. GCE AS-Level
D. GCSE
6. In Britain, education at primary levels emphasizes the following EXCEPT ______A______.
A. reading
B. writing
C. arithmetic
D. science
7. The following universities belong to “red-brick” universities EXCEPT ____D_____.
A. University of Leeds
B. University of Liverpool
C. University of Manchester
D. University of Glasgow
8. The leading scientific society in Britain is ___A_____.
A. the British Association for the Advancement of Science
B. the Royal Institution
C. the British Academy
D. the Royal Society
Ⅲ. Discuss state secondary education in the UK, analysing its structures, aims and achievements.
The Church of England broke away from Rome in the 16th century and the King/Queen has ever since been its constitutional head.
The bishops are appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister but based on a shortlist selected by the Church.
There are 26 places reserved for the most senior Church of England bishops in the House of Lords — the upper house of Parliament.
One in three schools in the publicly funded system in England and Wales is owned and run by religious faiths.
Northern Ireland is an exceptional place where religion is deeply entwined with politics with two communities using religious designations to express different, and hostile, political agendas.
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