Education in Australia
In Australia most children (1) … primary school from the age of five. Only two per cent of children of primary school age are (2) … at home. Some children who go to school also take up extra activities such as learning to play a musical instrument or dancing, and they go to (3) … classes for these and for school (4) … they find difficult or particularly interesting, such as languages, mathematics or computing. Ninety-five per cent of the population go on to secondary school, but a much smaller percentage (5) … the final year of secondary school examinations and complete a university (6) …. At the moment university (7) … and graduates make up less than a third of the total population. Australian universities are modern and well-equipped. Most teaching is by a combination of (8) …, tutorials and practical classes. The humanities courses like History and Philosophy, usually involve a lot of extra (9) … in the library. To become a primary or secondary school (10) …, it is usually necessary to study at a university for three years or more. 1. A attend B assist C go 2. A brought up B educated C trained 3. A personal B private C particular 4. A matters B courses C subjects 5. A succeed B pass C approve 6. A degree B curriculum C career 7. A pupils B trainees C students 8. A lectures B conferences C talks 9. A lectures B reading C training 10. A lecturer B professor C teacher
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