1. Choose the answer that best completes the following statements:
A. In Britain, caning students for misbehaviour
a. is a new phenomenon.
b. has never been used.
c. is not a new phenomenon.
B. Some public- school students are thrashed because
a. they do not do their homework.
b. they do not behave well in class.
c. they disobey orders.
C. Teachers beat their students
a. so as to restore discipline and order.
b. because they do not like them.
c. for they are impatient and intolerant.
D. Recently parliament has passed a law stating that
a. all students have to be rewarded for their efforts.
b. a student may be punished only if his parents do not object to it.
c. innocent students can thrash guilty ones.