Barry continued to smoke even though we had advised him to quit.

To Vietnamese students, the _______ examination to university is verydifficult

Although he has not got necessary experience, he used to take a _______in business administration.

In England, schooling is compulsory _______ all children from the age of5 to 6.

Choose the word which is stresses differently from the rest.

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

The third paragraph is about ________.

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) _____

Choose the word which is stresses differently from the rest.