EXAM Flashcards
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Boom
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A period of very rapid growth and success
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Channel
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Any way by which news, ideas etc may travel
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Transmit
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To sent out, to pass on
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News sheet
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A simple form of a newspaper
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Satellite
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An artificial object put in orbit round a planet
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Printing press
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A machine which prints newspapers or books
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Broadcast
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Send out information to a large audience (usually via TV or radio)
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Advertisement
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An announcement of smth for sale, wanted etc
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Commercial
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An advertisement in a Tv or radio programme
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Periodicals
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Magazines or other publications which appears at regular intervals; printed punctuations, usually issued daily, weekly,monthly
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National newspaper
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Circulating over the country
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Local newspaper
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Serving community interests
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Sunday newspaper
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Most of them are national, they report the news, but they are much more like magazines. Some of them have literary supplements with big articles on music arts etc
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Free papers
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Papers delivered free to every house
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Background information
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Information for understanding, identifying or describing a situation
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Comment
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Opinion, explanation criticism in speech or writing about an event, book, state of affairs etc
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Angle
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An attitude or opinion
(Look at the question from all angles )
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Dramatic news
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Sudden and large or exciting
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News item
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A particular piece of news, usually from a journalistic source; section of a news broadcast dealing with a particular story
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Broadsheets
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They are often called quality newspapers, they present to their readers important political(national, world, financial) and other news at home and abroad. Buy 3 million people; difficult words, complicated text, small number of photos. THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE TIMES
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Tabloids
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They are also called popular newspapers, are newspapers with any pictures and without long or complicated text; buy 13 million people, mixture of color, national news, famous people, sport, games, competitions. THE SUN, THE DAILY STAR, THE DAILY MIRROR
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Feature
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An important article in newspaper
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Newsagent
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A person, business that sells newspapers, magazines etc
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Newsflash
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A short piece of important news on television or radio
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Newsreader
A person who regularly reads a particular newspaper, a person who reads the news aloud on the radio or Tv
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Newspaper
A printed publication, usually issued daily, with news, advertisements etc
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Newsstand
A stall in the street for the sale of newspapers
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News bulletin
A printed sheet of paper with official announcements
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Hard news
Are about political and economic news
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Soft news
Are about culture sport etc
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A leading article
A leading article in a newspaper is the most important story in it; is on the front page
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Editorial
Is an article which gives the opinion of the senior editor
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Senior editor
An editor in a senior position, who supervises and coordinates the editorial activities of a publication
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Junior editor
Is a person who checks and corrects text before they are published
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Story
Is a description of an event or smth that happened to someone
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Article
Is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine; Is a piece of writing which deals with a particular point
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Coverage
The coverage of smth in the news is the reporting of it
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Essay
Is a short piece writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication
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Column
Is a section that is always written by the same person or is always about the same topic
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Headline
Is the title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters at the top of the story
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Pressure
A force or strain
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Hyperactivity
Abnormal activity
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Adulthood
The period or state of being adult
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Basis
A connection with smth
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Evidence
Anything that gives reason for believing
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Merchant
A person, business that buys or sells goods
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Manufacturer
A person, business that manufactures things
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Services
An organized system of work etc for the needs of the public
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Circulation
A total quantity of copies of a newspaper or other periodical sold to the public
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Brand name
Trademark or trade name
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To reflect
To show the nature of
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Stereotype
A typical pattern of behavior, thinking; a typical example
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Account
A business arrangement or relationship between a bank and a client, a shop and a customer
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Breakthrough
Making new and important discoveries
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To go on the air
Being broadcast on radio or tv
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To broadcast live
Happening while it’s being heard or seen not recorded
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Accurate
Free from air
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Rapid information
Moving happening very quickly
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Display advertising
Advertising with images and text
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Classified advertising
Advertising with text and without images
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Retail advertising
often called local, comes from the sources its name implies, local merchants and service companies.
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National advertising
comes primarily from manufacturers and other commercial organizations selling brand-name merchandise and services over wide regions or the entire country.
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Market research
it talks to consumers about the product and analyses what they say.
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Slogan
a short, clever, easy-to-remember phrase
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Slot
is the short breaks during and between programmes
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Copy writer
A person who writes a script for a commercial
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Storyboard
is a series of pictures which shows what the commercial will look like and how it will develop scene by scene.
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Mini soap
a series of commercials which tell a story
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Peak brewing hours
Time when the most people watch the tv
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Compulsory education/ schooling
Refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by government
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Swot
Someone,usually a child, who studies very hard
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Entrance examination
An exam that you take to be accepted into a school etc
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An applicant
A person who formally requests smth, especially a job, or to study at university
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Freshman
To be in the first year/ to be a first year student
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Sophomore
To be in the second year/ to be a second year student
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The humanities
The study of subject as literature, language, history and philosophy
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Natural sciences and Mathematics
Subject such as biology physics chemistry
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Social sciences
The study of society and the way people live; history economic
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A gap year
A year between leaving school and starting university that is usually spent traveling or working
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Tuition fees
Is money that a student pays to a university for their teaching
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Prefect
An older student who is given some authority and helps to control the younger students
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AP courses
Courses which focus on high order thinking and writing skills
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A level
Are British educational qualifications which school children take when they are 17 or 18 years old. People usually need A levels if they want to go to university in Britain
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Reversion
Studying for exams
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Junior school
Primary school is for 4 to 11
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Senior school
Is for 11 to 18
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The sixth form
The last 2 years of school divided in lower 6 and upper 6
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Schooling
The education you receive at school
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Vocational
Providing knowledge and skills that prepare you for a particular job
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Further
Education below the level of a university degree for people who have left school
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Tutorial
Is a period of study with a tutor involving one student or small group
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Seminar
Is an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of students meet to study and discuss smth
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Student counselor
Is someone trained to listen to students and give them advice about their problems
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Personal tutor
Looks after your general academic welfare
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Supervisor
Supervise you during the spring semester and the summer vacation
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Vacation
The holiday period between university terms or semesters
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Postgrad rep
Short for of postgraduate representative ( someone who acts officially for that group of students)
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A Research assistant
Is a professional who supports research projects by conducting literature researches, data management and maintaining files for project researchers
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Semester
One of the periods into which a year Is divide at a college or university
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Term
One of the periods into which a year Is divide at a college or university
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Faculty
A group of related departments in a college or university; all the teachers of a particular university or college
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Department
A university division dealing with a specific area of study
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Staff
All the people employed by a particular organization
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Head
A person in charge of a school or college
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Chair
The position of being in charge of a department in a university
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Researcher
A person who conducts a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts and information about it
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Scholar
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in detail
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Scientist
A person who studies one or more systems of organizing the knowledge about a particular subject
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Professor
A British university teacher of highest rank
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Academic
A person who teaches and/or does research at university or college
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Lecturer
A person who teaches at a university or college, usually presenting information on a subject to a large audience
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Coach
A person who trains another person or team in sport; a person who gives private lessons to sb, often to prepare them for an exam
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Dean
the head of a college or university faculty or department
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Don
a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge
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Instructor
a person who teaches somebody a particular skill or sport; (AmE) a teacher of a lower rank at a college or university
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Tutor
a private teacher, typically the one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group; a teacher at a British university or
college. In some American universities or colleges, … is a teacher of the lowest rank.
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GCSE
GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. It’s the part of the National Curriculum taught to pupils aged 14 to 16 in years 10 and 11. a system of public exams taken in various subjects from the age of about 16, or one of these exams, or a qualification from this system
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Nursery school
a school for young children, particulary those between the ages of 3 and 5 (детский сад)
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Primary school
a school for children between ages of 5 and 11 (начальная школа)
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Secondary school
a school for children between the ages of 11 and 18 (средня школа) Some secondary schools provide both lower secondary education (ages 11 to 14) and upper secondary education (ages 14 to 18). Secondary schools follow on from primary schools and prepare for vocational education.
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Comprehensive school
a school in the UK for children
of all abilities above the age of eleven, that is paid for by the
state
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Mixed school / co-educational school
School for girls and boys
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Single sex school
All girls/boys school
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Maintained school
they are not influenced by business or religious groups and follow the national curriculum; are those that are funded and controlled by the local education authority.
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A public school
small group of institutions educating secondary-level students for a fee and independent of the state system (UK); a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children
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Private school
An independent school supported wholly by the payment of fees
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A grammar school
(in the UK) a state secondary school to which pupils are admitted on the basis of ability. The main difference is that a grammar school may select pupils based on academic achievement whereas a secondary modern may not.
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A boarding school
A school that provides accommodation and meals for pupils during term time
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A specialist school
also known as specialised schools , are schools which specialise in a certain area or field of curriculum.
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A preparatory school
school that prepares students for entrance to a higher school.
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Church school
a school providing a general education but supported by a particular church
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Halls of
Residence
A college building where students live
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Administration building
the main offices of the university
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Arts faculty building
A group of departments or schools
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Great hall
A large hall where graduation ceremonies and other important events are held
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Student union
a building specially used by students to meet socially; the term also refers to the organization of students which arranges social events and offers other services
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School of smth
part of a college or university specializing in a particular subject or group of subjects
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Arts lecture theatre
a large hall with rows of seats, where lectures are held
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O level
Ordinary level exams are the basic level of the GCSE. It’s a public examination taken by secondary school students, usually 15 to 16 years old, testing basic knowledge in various subjects
