Q14. Take the Field Museum in Chicago, for example. It used to have (
A) over 300,000 students each year
(B) through its doors. That number has dropped
(C) to below 200,000 more recently.
D- no mistake
Q15. (A) On a survey exploring the trend carried
(B) out by a group of school
administrators found that over half the schools they asked
(C) had decided to
cancel trips planned for the next academic year.
D- no mistake
Q16. So what are the reasons for this change? The most obvious one is the issue of
finance. Because there
(A) are increasing demands on their fund schools
(B) are forced to (
C) take a difficult choice about how to spend the limited
money they have.
D- no mistake
Q17. A significant number of school
(A) heads also consider days spent away from
school a waste of time,
(B) to believe that the only worthwhile use of students‘
time is spent
(C) preparing for exams in the classroom.
D- no mistake
Q18. However, why should anybody worry if schoolchildren go on fewer trips?
Those
(A) that believe this is a negative development in education would say
that cultural field trips contribute to the development of students
(B) into well-
educated adults who have
(C) a healthy interest in history and the arts.
D- no mistake
Q19. One
(A) an exception is the research led by Jay P. Greene at Arkansas
University. His team found that students who received a tour of an art museum
(B) significantly improved their knowledge
