Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with __ of their parents.

Gordon Brown, the newly elected Prime Minister is working hard to promote Britain as world-class in education.

The sentence “Children are a relatively modern invention” underlined in Paragraph 1 means that children .

练习1　　Parents in China are always trying to help their children, even to make the most important decision for them, regardless of what the children really want, because parents believe it’s all for the benefit of their children. This has led to the result that the children’s growth and education tend to give way to their parents’ wishes. Once the parents decide to sign up an after school class for their children in order to increase their chance of being admitted to a good school, they will stick on their decision, even their children have no interest in it at all. In America, however, parents tend to respect their children, especially when making decisions. Perhaps it is commendable that Chinese parents lay much importance on education, but Chinese parents still need to keep the balance between the parents and children in the perspective of education as the American parents do.

______ quite recently, most mothers in Britain did not take paid work outside the home.

In the United States,educational policies are determined by（）

In the United States,educational policies are determined by（）

The incoherence in Britain’s science education policy reveals that______.

What does the incoherence in Britain’s science education policy reveal?

Young children are completely _____ the mother for their physical needs and for their early education and training.

In the USA children start school when they are five years old． In some states they must stay in school (11) they are sixteen． Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they (12) school． There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and pri-cate(私立)schools．(13)children go to public schools． Their parents do not have to(14)their education because the schools (15) money from the government． If a child goes to a private school，his parents have to get enough money for his schooling ． Some parents still (16) private schools，though they are much more expensive．Today about half of the high school students(17) unwersities after they finish the secondary school． A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents (18 in that state． But many students(19) while they are studying at universities．In this way they (20)good working habits and live by their own hands．( )11．