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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct

answer to each question.

Like schools in Btitain and other English speaking countries, those in the US have also always

stressed “character” or “social” skills through extracurricular activities, including organized sports. Because

most schools start at around 8 o’clock every morning and classes often do not finish until 3 or 4 o’clock in

the afternoon, such activities mean that many students do not return home until the early evening. There is

usually a very broad range of extracurricular activities available. Most schools, for instance, publish their

own student newspapers, and some have their own radio stations. Almost all have students have orchestras,

bands and choirs.

Many different sports are also available and most schools share their facilities – swimming pools,

tennis courts, tracks, and stadiums – with the public. Often the students themselves organize and support

school activities and raise money through car washes, baby – sitting, or by moving lawns. Parents and local

business often also help a group that, for example, has a chance to go to a state music competition, to

compete in some sports championship, or take a camping trip. Such activities not only give students a chance

to be together outdide of normal classes, they also help develop a feeling of “school spirit” among the

students and in the community.