Schools in the UK often have a particular reputation abroad. They ____ as places dedicated to friendship and excitement, to forming ____ character and to producing tomorrow’s élite. Of course, reality looks rather ____. First of all, less than 8% of all students can afford ____ one of the private schools in the UK, and not all of the latter are boarding schools. Most UK schools, state-run as well as private institutions, ____ children well for further studies. Online shoppers in the United Kingdom make 87 percent of their purchases online. That’s an increase of almost 9 percent compared to the situation last year, when 80 percent of purchases was conducted online. Consumers in the UK keep ____ shops and price comparison websites online so they can get the best deals and prices. The fact they can ____ compare prices and the wider choice of products are the most important reasons why UK consumers go and shop online instead of buying things in-store. The study has also found that ____ consumers in the United Kingdom shop online, the laptop is the device most commonly ____ in the evening, while smartphones are used more at all other times of the day. Currently, 78 percent of Brits use their mobile phone for online shopping when they are travelling or commuting. Egg-and-spoon race originated at the end of the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The objective of the race is very ____, to carry an egg on the spoon and cross the finish line as fast as ____. Each competitor is ____ a spoon and an egg. Holding the spoon with two hands, or touching the egg with hands is not allowed. If a competitor drops it, they have to ____ the egg, put it back on to the spoon and balance it before they can resume running. Though mostly eggs are used for races, they have also been ____ in some instances with potatoes, tomatoes, lemons or synthetic eggs.

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