Public and Private Schools in the Unite States

　　Religious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the Unite States， and， as a result， are usually somewhat expensive to_1_. The largest group of religious schools in America _2_ by the Roman Catholic Church. While religious schools tend to be_3_ expensive than private schools， there are usually some fees.

　　When there is free education available to all children in the Unite States， why do people _4_ money on private schools? Americans offer_5_ great variety of reasons for doing so， including the desire of some parents to _6_ their children to schools _7_ classes tend to be smaller， or where religious instruction is included as part of the educational program， or because， _8_ their opinion， the public schools in their area are not _9_ high enough quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the Unite States _10_ widely in size， quality， and in the kind of program that are offered to meet _11_ of certain students.

　　The degree _12_ American parents are active in their children's schools is often _13_ to people of other countries. Most schools have organizations _14_ of both parents and teachers， usually called P.T.A for Parent-Teacher-Association. They meet together to _15_ various matters concerning the school. Parents often give their time to help with classroom or after school activities.

　　1.A) go B) attend C) take part in D) enroll

　　2. A) were run B) run C) is run D) is running

　　3.A) less B) more C) rather D) much

　　4. A) spend B) pay C) cost D) take

　　5. A) a B) the C) some D) /

　　6 A) bring B) bringing C) send D) sending

　　7. A) which B) what C) in that D) where

　　8. A) to B) in C) on D) for

　　9. A) / B) in C) of D) on

　　10. A) differ B) varies C) extend D) differs

　　11. A) the needs B) the satisfaction C) needs D) need

　　12. A) on which B) to which C) which D) what

　　13. A) surprise B) surprised C) surprising D) striking

　　14. A) consisting B) comprising C) composing D) making up

　　15. A) talk to B) comment C) discuss D) exchange

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