comprehensive schools.Some comprehensives are "streamed";others are "unstreamed".In a streamed school,pupils are placed into classes according to their ability.Children of high ability are in the"A"stream,those of lesser ability in the"B"stream and so on.In an unstreamed school,children of mixed ability are placed together in the classes. (3)General School Certificate The General School Certificate (G.S.C.)was a standardized school examination in Britain.It was replaced by the General Certificate of Education(G. C.E.)in 1965.At present there are two levels of examination:the General Certificate of Secondary Education(G.C.S.E.)taken between ages 15 and 16 and Advanced Level Examinations(G.C.E."A"level)taken between ages 17 and 19.At the age of 13 pupils begin preparing for the G.C.S.E.in eight or nine subjects such as English,French,mathematics and history.Then pupils may,if they wish.choose two or three subjects out of the eight or nine for a two-year course leading to the"A"level examinations.With eight good grades in the G.C. S.E.and three G.C.E."A"level passes,students will stand a very good chance of being accepted by universities Step Two Global reading Give the students 10 minutes to read the text as quickly as they can,and ask them to think about these questions in the process of reading 1.Questions: (1)What job was advertised in the local newspaper? (2)How far was the school from where the narrator lived? (3)Why did he want to find a job? (4)Did he feel nervous whenhe got there? (5)What did the headmaster look like? (6)Was it a large co-educated school? (7)Were they at the same level? (8)How was the narrator supposed to deal with the class?comprehensive schools. Some comprehensives are “streamed”; others are “unstreamed”. In a streamed school, pupils are placed into classes according to their ability. Children of high ability are in the “A” stream, those of lesser ability in the “B” stream and so on. In an unstreamed school, children of mixed ability are placed together in the classes. (3) General School Certificate The General School Certificate (G. S. C.) was a standardized school examination in Britain. It was replaced by the General Certificate of Education (G. C. E.) in 1965. At present there are two levels of examination: the General Certificate of Secondary Education (G. C. S. E. ) taken between ages 15 and 16 and Advanced Level Examinations (G. C. E. “A” level) taken between ages 17 and 19. At the age of 13 pupils begin preparing for the G. C. S. E. in eight or nine subjects such as English, French, mathematics and history. Then pupils may, if they wish, choose two or three subjects out of the eight or nine for a two-year course leading to the “A” level examinations. With eight good grades in the G. C. S. E. and three G. C. E. “A” level passes, students will stand a very good chance of being accepted by universities. Step Two Global reading Give the students 10 minutes to read the text as quickly as they can, and ask them to think about these questions in the process of reading. 1. Questions: (1) What job was advertised in the local newspaper? (2) How far was the school from where the narrator lived? (3) Why did he want to find a job? (4) Did he feel nervous when he got there? (5) What did the headmaster look like? (6) Was it a large co-educated school? (7) Were they at the same level? (8) How was the narrator supposed to deal with the class?