All over the world mention of the British education suggests a picture of the " public school",and it suggests in particular the names of certain very famous institutions--Eton, Oxford and Cambridge; but people do not always realize what place these situations occupy in the whole educational system.Oxford and Cambridge are universities each having about 12, 000 students out of a total of over 250, 000 students at all British universities.(54) Eton is a public school, and the best known of the public schools, whicht in spite of their names, are not really public at all, but independent and private secondary schools taking boys from the age of thirteen to eighteen.The public schools in reality form a very small part of the school system of secondary education of Great Britain ; only about one out of forty English boys goes to a public school, and one out of 1500 to Eton.
　　(55) Apart from the so-called public schools there is a complete system of state primary and secondary education, which resembles in its general form the state education in most other countries.
　　All children must, by law, receive full-time education between the ages of five and sixteen.Any child may attend, without paying fees, a school provided by the public authorities, and the great majority attend such schools.They may continue, still without paying fees, until they are eighteen.
　　The public schools, although unimportant numerically, have been England's most peculiar and characteristic to educational methods, and they have an immense influence on the whole of English educational practice and on the English social structure.
　　第36题　What was the purpose of the author to write the passage?
　　A.It was to tell people the difference between Eton on the one hand andOxford and Cambridge on the other
　　B.It was to tell people what the public schools inGreat Britain are like
　　C.It was to tell people something aboutBritain educational system
　　D.All of the above
　　答案：B
　　第37题　How much full-time schooling must a British child receive and when does it begin?
　　A.Eleven years starting from the age of five
　　B.Seventeen years starting from the age of five
　　C.Five years starting from the age of thirteen
　　D.Thirteen years starting from the age of five
　　答案：A
　　第38题　Which of the following British child is allowed to go to a publi'c school in Great Britain?
　　A.A thirteen-year-old girl　　B.A five-year-old girl
　　C.A thirteen-year-old boy　　D.A five-year-old boy
　　答案：C
　　第39题　Why does the author say that the so-called public school Eton is not" public" ?
　　A.Because no girls are admitted inEton
　　B.Because parents have to pay fees for their children atEton
　　C.Because it belongs to the few, numericallyunimportant schools in Britain
　　D.Because onlv one fortieth of British boys go toEton
　　答案：C
　　第40题　The mention of British education outside Great Britain suggests a picture of public schools in that country probably because
　　A.the whole of English educational practice has been greatly influenced by them
　　B.some of them are as famous as the universities Oxford and Cambridge
　　C.these pubhc schools are quite different in form from the public schools in any other countries
　　D.there are famous schools like Eton among them
　　答案：A

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