Agree or disagree with the following statements. 1. In the UK high education opportunities are very limited.
2. The two oldest universities of Great Britain are the universities of London and Oxford.
3. The university curriculum is strictly controlled by the Department of education and science.
4. All British universities receive financial support from the state.
5. The GCSE and good A-level results are necessary to be admitted to the university.
6. Students receive grants from public and private funds to pay tuition fees.
7. Oxford students must wear a wig and a gown at the university cer-emonies.
8. The academic year in Britain's universities is divided into 2 terms.
9. It is necessary to write a thesis to get the Bachelor of Art degree.
10. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred after the graduation from the university.

1.) As a young woman, Mercédès is kind of one-dimensional character. She's beautiful, exotic, and faithful. She has a kind heart. She's happy for Edmond when he returns and she cries for him when he's taken away. She tolerates Fernand, despite his threatening demeanor, and lets him know that she's willing to sacrifice her life if he should try to hurt Edmond. What more could you ask for in a woman? Well, maybe a little more character development. But then we meet older Mercédès, Fernand's wife. What's the deal with her? How could she have abandoned Edmond? He was only gone for like, fourteen years right? What an ungrateful…wait, what's that? FOURTEEN YEARS? OK, sure, she married a big jerk, but on the plus side she raised a pretty cool, if cocky, son. She's one of the first characters to recognize Monte Cristo as Edmond; she accepts her fate and leaves quickly after Fernand is exposed, and she's suitably chastened by the experience. So, looking at all that you'd think she might deserve a break, right? Heck, she even has to send her only son away to war. Mercédès ends up being her own harshest critic: "You did have faith," she tells Edmond, "you had strength, you trusted in God, and God sustained you. I was a coward, I denied Him, so God abandoned me; and here I am!" (112.105). This is the last we hear of Mercédès. The Count moves on, finds love with Haydée, and rides off into the sunset. Meanwhile, Mercédès left to live in the old Dantès apartment in Marseille, left to cry herself to sleep, just as she was left to cry when Edmond was taken away to prison. Unwilling to "hope" and "wait" – the two things the Count tells Valentine and Maximillian they must do – she suffers as a result. But, really, hasn't she suffered enough? Is this punishment really called for?

Winter Holidays
Do you like the winter holidays? Well I do many people enjoy the winter holidays for different reasons. I enjoy the winter holidays because there is no school, you can spend time with your family and you can enjoy the winter season.
First of all, you have no stress. You could spend your time playing video games and sports. We also don’t have homework which means we have more free time. We have no school that means we don’t have to be in classes that we don’t enjoy.
During the winter holidays anther great thing is that we get to spend time with family. We also get the chance to travel with your family and visit places like New York, Los Angeles, and Quebec. Also one of the great things we get to do is that we get to spend time with your siblings by playing video games and other actives.
Lastly, we get to enjoy the winter seasons by playing in the snow, making snow man, making snow angles. Another great thing about the winter season is that we get to drink hot chocolate and eat marshmallows