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choose the word with a different sound.

2. bull

choose the word with a different sound.

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1. As soon as I get my driving licence

Match the sentence halves.

2. I’m sure we’ll feel more relaxed

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3. You’ll have to go to a new school

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4. He won’t pass his exams

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5. Nina won’t look for a job

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6. I’ll buy the book

Match the highlighted words and phrases in the text to the definitions below.

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DON’T GET CAUGHT BY A CASH MACHINE SCAM

Every year millions of pounds are stolen at UK cash machines. Here are four scams you need to look out for when you withdraw cash at an ATM

1 SKIMMER ATTACHMENTS
These are devices that record your card detaiIs, ’ They are usually attached over the slot where you enter your card. The fraudsters paint the skimmer the same colour as the cash machine, so that they are difficult to see. The first thing you should do when you approach a cash machine is to check that there is nothing unusual about the card slot. 1____If you think you’ve spotted a skimming device, use your mobile phone to inform the police or ATM operator immediately. Warning other people in the queue is helpful as well.
2 HIDDEN CAMERAS
Fraudsters sometimes hide cameras near cash machines to capture your card details, and most importantly, your PIN. They are usually in places where you would not normally see them, such as in panels above the keyboard or in stands holding fake bank leaflets to the side of the machine. 2____Don’t be afraid to remove
anything you think might conceal a hidden camera, If you have any doubts or concerns then report them to your bank immediately and move on to use another machine.
3 CARD TRAPS
Card traps work by jamming your debit card in The machine, so that you cannot take it out again. While you’re in the ban reporting what has happened, someone will come and remove the trap together with your card. The trap can be something as simple as a piece of X-ray film covered in glue and inserted into the card slot. Peak times for card trap fraudsters are Friday evenings when lots of people are withdrawing cash and when banks will be closed for a few days,3______
4 SUSPICIOUS BYSTANDERS
This method of stealing your money is not as sophisticated as the ones above, but it is still fairly common. It involves a person who distracts you while you are using the cash machine, so that they can scatch your card or cash without you realizing. Common techniques are dropping something at your feet or bumping Into you in a seemingly innocent way. 4_____ If you see anybody hanging around, you need to be extra careful. Either that, or go and look for another machine.

Match the sentence halves.

7. If I don’t feel well

Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

1. I won’t leave early_________the teacher gives me permission.

Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

2. Ella will be disappointed________she doesn’t get good marks.

Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

3. I’ll have a long holiday_________the course finishes.

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4. The teacher won’t start the class_________all the pupils are quiet.

Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

5. I’ll talk to my teachers__________I choose my exam subjects.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or future (will | won’t).

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or future (will | won’t).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

What do South Korean pupils do in a hagwon?

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

Most pupils in South Korea want to go to university.

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

Today, pupils need higher marks to go to university.

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

All private tutors in South Korea are paid well.

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

Schoolteachers are used to pupils who sleep in class.

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

The government is doing nothing to improve the education system

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

Every academy must close before 9 p.m.

Read the article again. choose the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Question:

Students are punished if they are found in a hagwon.

Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases from the text.

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases from the text.

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases from the text.

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases from the text.

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases from the text.

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When is it time to stop studying?

It’s 10 p.m, and six government employees are out checking the streets of Seoul, South Korea. But these are not police officers looking for teenagers who are behaving badly. Their mission is to find children who are still studying. And stop them.
Education in South Korea is very competitive. The aim of almost every schoolchild is to get into one of the country’s top universities. Only the pupils with the best marks get a place. The school day starts at 8 a.m. and pupils finish studying somewhere between 10 p.m, and 1 a.m. at night. This is because many go to private academies called hagwons after school. Around 74% of all pupils attend a hagwon after their regular classes finish. A year’s course costs, on average, $2,600 per pupil. In Seoul, there are more private tutors than schoolteachers, and the most popular ones make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes.
Most parents rely on private tutoring to get their children into university,
With so much time spent in the classroom, all that pupils at South Korean secondary schools do is study and sleep. Some of them are so exhausted that they cannot stay awake the next day at school. itis a Common sight to see a teacher explaining the lesson while a third of the pupils are asleep on their desks. The teachers don’t seem to mind. There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs to make sleeping in class more comfortable. Ironically, the pupils spend the lessons sleeping so that they can stay up late studying that night.
The South Korean government has been aware of the faults in the system for some time, but now they have passed some reforms. Today, schoolteachers and head
teachers in state schools have to meet certain standards or do additional training.
However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons. The hagwons have been banned from having classes after 10 p.m. which is why there are street patrols looking for children who are studying after that time. If they find some in class, the owner of the hagwon is punished and the pupils are sent home. It’s a strange world, where some children have to be told to stop studying while others are reluctant to start.

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