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MostAmericanschoolshaveacceptedwhatisnecessaryand 9 modernlanguagesevenSpanishfromthecurriculum.PerhapsitistimeforBritaintodothesameandstop10 resourcesonasubjectwhichfewpupilswantorneed.
A.questions B.evidences C.ideas D.knowledges
A.Dueto B.Inadditionto C.Insteadof D.Inspiteof
A.errors B.situations C.systems D.methods
A.vocabulary B.culture C.grammar D.sentences
A.wide B.similar C.separate D.unique
A.keptout B.turneddown C.heldback D.leftbehind
A.surprisingl B.individually C.equally D.hardly
A.extra B.traditional C.basic D.regular
A.restored B.absorbed C.prohibited D.remove
A.wasting B.focusing C.exploiting D.sharing
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