Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage

SECTION D. READING COMPREHENSION

I. Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage.

Education in England

 (56)…… child in Great Britain (57)……… the age of five and fifteen must attend school. There are three main types of educational instituations:primary schools, secondary schools, ,and universities.

State schools are free , and (58)……………..is compulsory. Morning school begins at nine o’clock and (59) ……………for three hours,(60)  ………..half past four . School is opened five days a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there are no (61)………….. .There are (62) …………..at Christmas, Easter and in summer. In London as in all cities there are two grades of  (63)…………schools  for those who will go to work at fifteen:primary schools (64) ……………..boys and girls between the ages of five and eleven, and secondary schools for children from eleven(65)  ………….fifteen years..

56.      A. Most               B. Almost             C. A                               D. Every

57.      A. among            B. middle              C. between                      D. beside

58.      A. children                   B. attention           C. applicants                            D. attendance

59.      A. takes               B. lasts                  C. brings                        D. hold

60.      A. when              B. until                 C. while                         D.not until

61.      A. homework      B. housework       C. lessons                       D. training

62.      A. vacation                   B. day off             C. holidays                     D. recess

63.      A. state                B. compulsory      C. private                       D. personal

64.      A. with               B. by                    C. about                         D. for

65.      A. from               B. and                   C. to                               D. about

II. Read the passage then fill in the missing words.

Let me tell you something about my family. My father is sixty – four. He’s a lot older (66)…..my mother. She is only fifty- one. Dad has his  (67)…….business. Mum helps him (68)……... the business. I have two brothers and two sisters, so (69)………are seven of us altogether in  the family.

    The oldest is my brother Thomas. He’s twenty – eight. He is (70)………..and has two children. The (71)……….oldest is my sister Helen. She’s twenty – three. She’s (72)…….accountant and she works in a bank. Then (73)………me. I’m twenty .I’m in my second year at university. The next youngest is Susan. She’s eighteen and is in (74)…………last year at high school. Then there is Tony. He’s youngest. He’s fifteen. He (75)……….to secondary school.