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Chapter 5 Education 一、Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false. 1、________ Education is governed by state and local governments instead of the national government in America. 2、________ All American children are offered 12 years of compulsory public education. 3、________ The first formal academic institution that a child attends is called kindergarten. 4、________ There are some exams for the students to go to high schools. 5、________ American schools tend to put more emphasis on developing students’ abilities to acquire quantities of facts. 6、________ After 12 years of schooling, American students receive a bachelor’s degree at graduation. 7、________ The first degree that the students get in graduate school is Doctor’s degree. 8、________ Yale University is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. 9、________ George W. Bush graduated from Yale University. 10、________ All colleges and universities in the United States, public or private, are governed by a board of trustees who are composed of professionals. 二、Fill in the blanks with the correct information. 1、Formal education in the United States is composed of ___________, secondary and higher education. 2、At the age of five, most children start school by attending ___________. 3、______________and ______________ are the basis of public education which are compulsory. 4、Some Parents select _____________ to educate their children due to the moral or religious reasons. 5、American education puts more emphasis on developing ______________ rather than acquiring quantities of facts. 6、Higher education in the United States began with the founding of ___________ in 1636. 7、___________ is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 8、The Skull Bones is a secret student society at ___________ composed of up and coming political elites. 9、The fourth oldest university in the United States is _____________. 10、MIT refers to a name of a university. It is _________