(A) THE POLICE ASKED ME TO MAKE CLEAR (B) WHICH I HADN'T REPORTED (C) THE DISASTER (D) EARLIER

10/ (A) The police asked me to make clear (B) which I hadn't reported (C) the disaster (D) earlier.

VIII/ Read the reading below carefully, and then complete it with the best option A, B, C or D given

below:

PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Public Education in the United States, programs of instruction (1) _______ to children,

adolescents, and adults in the United States through schools and colleges (2) _______ by state and local

governments. (3) _______ the nationally regulated and financed education (4) _______ of many other

industrialized societies, American public education is (5) _______ the responsibility of the states and

individual school districts.

The national system of formal (6) _______ in the United States developed in the 19

^th

century. It

differed (7) _______ education systems of other Western societies in three fundamental respects. (8)

_______, Americans were more inclined to regard education (9) _______ a solution to various social

problems. Second, (10) _______ they had this confidence in the power of education, Americans (11)

_______ more years of schooling for a larger percentage of the population than (12) _______ countries.

Third, educational institutions were primarily governed by local (13) _______ rather than by federal

ones.

The (14) _______ notable characteristic of the American education system is the (15) _______

number of people it serves. In 2002, 86 percent of Americans (16) _______ age 25 and 29 had graduated

(17) _______ high school, 58 percent had (18) _______ at least some college, and 29 percent had earned

at (19) _______ a bachelor’s degree. Expanding access to college education is an important priority (20)

_______ the U.S. government.

New vocabulary:

- to regulate (v.): điều chỉnh, sửa lại cho đúng; điều hòa

- inclined (adj.): có ý sẵn sàng, có ý thích, có ý thiên về, có khuynh hướng, có chiều hướng

- institution (n.): cơ quan, trụ sở cơ quan; thể chế; sự thành lập

- notable (adj.): có tiếng, trứ danh; đáng kể, đáng chú ý

- priority (n.): quyền được trước, sự ưu tiên