II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1.
Which of the following subjects are NOT offered
to elementary school students?
(a) Mathematics and
languages.
(b) Politics and business education.
(c) Science and social studies.
(d) Music and physical education.
Answer:
2. The expenditure in American public schools is guided or decided
by _______.
(a) teachers
(b) students
(c) headmasters
(d) boards of education
Answer:
3. In the United States school systems, which of the following divisions
is true?
(a) Elementary school, grammar school.
(b) Elementary school, junior high
school.
(c) Elementary school, secondary school.
(d) Junior high school, senior high
school.
Answer:
4. __________________ is NOT mentioned in American higher education.
(a) Universities and colleges
(b) Research institutions
(c) Technical institutions
(d) Undergraduate institutions
Answer:
5.
Three of the following factors have contributed
to the flourishing of large universities in America, which is
the exception?
(a)
Large universities offer the best libraries
and facilities for scientific research.
(b)
Large universities provide students with
"mainframe" computers.
(c)
Large universities offer scholarships to
all students.
(d)
Large universities attract students with
modern laboratories.
Answer:
6.
Nearly all students want to get into more desirable
institutions because ______.
(a)
they find it easy for them to get jobs after
having graduated from one of them
(b)
they enjoy the high prestige of these institutions
(c)
they like the teachers and surroundings
in these institutions
(d)
they prefer to have the Scholastic Aptitude
Tests
Answer:
7.
In order to go to university, secondary school
students must meet the following requirements except that _______.
(a)
they have high school records and recommendations
from their teachers
(b)
they make good impressions during the interviews
(c)
they get good scores in the Scholastic Aptitude
Tests
(d)
they pass the college entrance examinations
Answer:
8.
Three of the following universities have large
endowments from wealthy benefactors. Which is the exception?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The State University of New
York.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Princeton University.
Answer:
9.
Both public and private universities depend on
the following sources of income except _______.
