Complete the text with the words below.

Many students in Britain ... to leave school at 18 and go straight to university to do their degrees without ... possible alternatives. Nowadays, things are different: 20% of students take a year ... \(the so\-called ‘gap year’ between their ‘A’ level exams and their university studies\). Some stay in Britain and work ... that year, but about half want to go and work overseas. Other students choose a ... different route: they turn ... university places in favour of finding ... jobs. The advantage of this is that they can often study for professional ... in the company’s time.