COMPUTERS WERE A WONDERFUL_______AT THE TIME, (INVENT)READING(31-3...

30. Computers were a wonderful_______at the time, (invent)

READING

(31-38). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the

following passage.

Every child in Great Britain between the age of five and fifteen must 31)____ school.

There are three main types of educational institutions: primary (elementary) schools,

(32)____ schools, and universities. State schools are free, and attendance is

(33)________ . Morning school begins at nine o’clock and (34)______ until half past

four. School is open five days a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there are (35)______

lessons. There are holidays at Christmas, Easter and in summer. In London as in all cities

there are two grades of state schools for (36)______ who will go to work at fifteen:

primary schools for boys and girls (37)______ the ages of five and eleven, and

secondary schools for children from eleven to fifteen years. The lessons are: reading,

writing, the English language, English literature, English history, geography, science,

(38)______ study, drawing, painting, singing, woodwork and drill (physical training).