Use the phrases in the passage A. school lived B. rather than C. something to do
D. being that E. deep feeling F. more disturbing
G. passion for H. the most extraordinary I. was found
J. been thought K. valued above L. thought to be
M. generally believed N. as befitting O. common nowadays
P. most manly Q. after having R. for these

In April 1991 a British businessman called Roger Cooper was set free from an Iranian prison [1] served five year's sentence for espionage. Being asked how he had survived, Mr. Cooper said, “Anyone who, like me, has been educated in an English public school is quite at home in a Third World prison.” Britain’s public schools have been described as “one of [2] institutions in the world”. They were designed for the sons of the upper and middle classes, who would board at them from the ages of 13 to 18. The term “public school” is, of course, the wrong use of the word, [3] institutions are strictly private. The modern public school is a Victorian phenomenon. The living conditions were Spartan, the idea [4] this experience would prepare young men for the life difficulties in the colonies. The Empire broke up after the Second World War, but the public [5] on. Many of their [6] customs like corporal punishment still exist. Beating children has for long [7] to be part of the English disease. And although that is not [8], it is certainly legally still acceptable. Corporal punishment is carried out by senior boys [9] the masters. Another characteristic of the Spartan life-style is the [10] sport. In most public schools, athletic excellence is [11] that of an academic nature. It is not accidental that the [12] of sports – rugby – was named after the public school at which it was invented. In England it is [13] the Battle of Waterloo “was won on the playing-fields of Eton.” There is an element of enjoying being Spartan. It may be [14] with the British character. Inability to express emotion is [15] the natural result of spending one’s teens in a climate where privacy did not exist.

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