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 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