The man suddenly realized that the neighbor was watching him.

To Vietnamese students, the _______ examination to university is verydifficult

The third paragraph is about ________.

In England, schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of 5 to 6.

IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (26)_____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (27)_____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (28)_____ school before you (29)_____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (30) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (31)_____ you can build on at college and eventually at university. AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (32)_____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (33)_____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (34)_____ same time for two years, (35)_____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).

The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSEexaminations for (26) _____

In Vietnam a school year lasts for nine months and is divided _______two terms.

We have decided that the work they do is unacceptable.

The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSEexaminations for short are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (27)_____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday.

If you come to a UK independent school before you (29) _____ the age of16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects.

In developing countries, people are sometimes unaware of the importance of education, and there is economic pressure from those parents who prioritize their children's, making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and, poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been breached, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school.

Other problems are that teachers are often paid less than other professions; a lack of good universities and a low acceptance rate for good universities are evident in countries with a relatively high population density.

India has launched EDUSAT, an education satellite that can reach remote parts of the country at a greatly reduced cost. There is also ail initiative supported by several major corporations to develop a $100 laptop. The laptops have been available since 2007. The laptops, sold at cost, will enable developing countries to give their children a digital education. In Africa, an "e-school program" has been launched to provide all 600,000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials and internet access within 10 years. Volunteer groups are working to give more individuals opportunity to receive education in developing countries through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund. An International Development Agency project started with the support of American President Bill Clinton uses the Internet to allow co-operation by individuals on issues of social development.

In developing countries, ________.

GCSEs provide a good all-round education (31) _____ you can build onat college and eventually at university.

sciences as well as in (33) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisureand tourism.