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The system of higher education in the United States is complex. It comprises three categories of institutions:

The term ___ is not used much today, but it is a useful way of describing this group of universities, many of which were built in the favourite buildings material of the time – red brick.

The thick white ___rolls in from the sea all over London and the cities, and then mixes with smoke from a million chimneys.

The three holidays which were first observed in the U.S. but have now spread elsewhere are

The trade union movement, which founded the ___, remains influential in the evolution of the party policy.

The two main islands are Great Britain (in which are England, Wales and Scotland) to the east and ___ (in which are Northern Ireland and the independent Irish Republic) to the

The U.K. is inhabited by

The UK consists of ___ main parts.

The UK is an ___ state: it is composed of some 5.500 islands, large and small.

The UK is situated off the west coast of Europe between the Atlantic Ocean on the north-west and the ___ on the east.

The United Kingdom is a ___, which means that the powers of the monarch are limited by the country’s constitution.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) occupies most of the territory of the ___.

The usual phrase to use when you leave is “Good-bye,” but there are a number of other less formal ways of parting, such as:

The usual response to an introduction is “How do you do,” which is a sort of greeting and not a question (about your health) and the best answer to it is: ___.

The Victorian Prime Minister, Gladstone remarked: “If you are cold, ___will warm you, if you are heated it will cool you, if you are depressed it will cheer you, if you are excited it will calm you.”

The woolsack is

The word “___” expresses the idea that the schools in question take all the children in a given area, without selection.

The ___ is a great help to his students: he decides what lectures they must attend, recommends them books for reading, discusses and criticizes their written works and knows all about their discipline inside and outside the college.

The ___ that we know today came into being during the eighteenth century when the expensive gifts of earlier years had gone out of fashion.

The ___ is another British institution, where alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and, usually, snacks or meals are sold.

The ___ promotes knowledge of British culture and literature overseas. It organizes British participation in international exhibitions and encourages professional interchange in all cultural fields between Britain and other countries.

The ___ was crowded and noisy, and smelt warm dough and the almonds that had gone into the morning’s cakes.

The ___ is a relic of the time when the clan system existed in the Highlands.

The ___ is responsible for putting laws into effect and directing national policy and acts formally in the name of the monarch in the UK.

The ___ who performed the operation visited the patient soon after she came round.

The ___, which was brought to England in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh, is so popular today that it is eaten, in a variety of ways, at almost every meal.

The ___, with their style of singing new and exciting, their wonderful sense of humour became the most successful pop group the world has ever known. Many of the famous songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney are still popular.

The ___are lucky, because their country is in the west and is warmer than most of England.

The ___of this student magazine is a friend of ours.

There are about 90 universities in Britain. They are divided into

There are eight ___ holidays a year in Great Britain, they are the days on which people need not go in to work. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday.

There are eleven players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and ___because American football is a rough game and injuries are likely to occur in.

There are many threats to wildlife and ecological balance around the coast in the UK. The biggest threat to the coastline is ___.

There are security check points before the ___ in British airports.

There are thousands of Americans who prefer the music and ___ of musicals.

There are ___ years of elementary education in the USA, not including the kindergarten, which is a part of the public school system of nursery education.

There are ___ and sixty-five days in a year.

There is quite a lot of___ of the media in some countries, especially during times of conflict.

There is the international trend to ___ which sell pizza, hamburgers, Mexican foods, chicken, salads and sandwiches, sea-foods, and various ice creams.

There was no ___ in the weather.

There’s a ___ in the air.

There’s been a ___ in the temperature.

These days there are very few ___broadcasts on TV. They usually record them and show them much later.

This game, ice ___, the national sport of Canada, is very fast, and can be dangerous.

This ten-minute television broadcast on ___is normally the only time in the year when the monarch speaks directly to ‘her’ people on television.

This ___ in the Chronicle writes very well, doesn't she? I enjoy reading what she has to say every Saturday,

To get a Master’s degree a ___ is required for all students.

To purchase items such as jewelry, perfume, clothing, shoes, appliances, televisions, radios, bicycles, furniture, etc., you go to a ___

Today I’m ___ a busy day.

Together with the National Curriculum, a programme of Records of Achievements was introduced. This programme contains a system of new ___ for pupils at the ages of 7, 11, 13 and 16.