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Public and Private Schools in the United States

Religious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United 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 United 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 United 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