Unit2Schooldays:AnEffectiveEducationSystemWordstonoteappalled17despair10primitive8bureaucracy3dominated16rationale1cajole14effectively4receptive12carefree11frantically18severe9compulsory2intolerable5tender7cooperative13motivated15tertiary6UnderstandingthetextPartA:ComprehendingthetextTrueFalse1Thefirstparagraphsuggeststhatthewriterbelievesyoungpeoplearethemselvesresponsibleforbeingeducational"failures".Theintroductoryparagraphasksachallengingquestion:"Isitpossiblethatthechildrenarenotat.faultatall,butsocietyitself?"Also,"failures"isininvertedcommas.Thissuggeststhewordshouldbeinterpreteddifferently:itsuggeststhechildrenarenotatfault.√2Thespeakerbelievesthatschoolexaminationsareappropriatelytimedinthelivesofschoolchildren.Lookatspeechparagraph2:Childrenhavetositexamsatanagewhentheyareleastreceptivetoformallearning.√3Usually,onlychildrenwhohavepreviouslyfailedexaminationsaregiventheopportunitytostudyinterestingsubjects.Inspeechparagraph3:"Intterestiugsubjects"areavailable"onlyforthosewhohavealreadybeenlabelledasfailures".√(Theteachermightsuggestthatthisindicatesa"topsyturvy"situation,where"failures"getabetterdealwhilethosewho"succeed"arevirtually"pu,tished".)4Parentsoftencontributetothepressureschoolchildrenareputunder.Inspeechparagraph3:Manywordsinthisparagraphindicatepressure:"push","cajole","threaten","force","searchfranticalIy".Inspeechparagraph4:Parentsare.foolishifthey"despairattheirchildren'sperfectIynormalbehaviour."√5Insomecases,thepresenteducationalsystemhastheoppositeeffecttotheoneitisaimingat.Youmightaskwhetherthe"educationalsystem"hasanyclearideaatallaboutitsobjectives.Butassumingthe"educationalsystem"aimstoeducatechildren,thetextsuggestsverydefinitelythatitisfailingtotally,e.g.Inspeechparagraph4:Thesystemmight"wakeorbreak"childrenintheirearlyteenage.Inspeechparagraph5:Thereare"severepenalties"inthesystem.Inspeechparagraph6:Thepresentsystemisfrighteningandthreatening.√6Childhoodisthebesttimetostudyfromthepointofviewofthedevelopmentofthebrain.Inspee...