【雅思听力】英国的介绍(3/4)

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Food served in pubs also become more varied in recent years. However, the traditional fish and chips are still popular and are widely available from fish and chips shops all over the place. The British diet typically includes some sweet things such as cakes, biscuits and desserts. Many people struggle with a weight problem as a result. Newspapers in Britain can be divided into two main types, popular and serious. Popular papers are physically smaller and are more sensational in their reporting of news. They are called tabloid papers. Serious newspapers are larger and attempt to report current events in a more analytical way. They are called broadsheet papers. Each newspaper has its own political affiliation or bias. The Times, for example, generally supports the Conservative Party, whereas, the Daily Mirror supports the Labour Party.
Compulsory education begins at the age of five and finishes at the age of 16, with some students continuing their schooling until the age of 18 when they enter some form of higher education. The exams taken at age 16 are called GCSE, short for General Certificate of Secondary Education. Students often take eight or nine subjects at the GCSE level. The exams taken by 18 year olds are the "A" level, short for Advanced levels. In general, only three subjects are studied at "A" level.