XXXI. Определите, какое утверждение соответствует содержанию текста.

a) Through play children get necessary living and academic experience.

b) Playing the game allows children to be open in expressing their points of view, ideas, thoughts.

c) Play is a necessary component at the lesson because children are playful by nature.

d) Play is primarily important for small children.

XXXII. Завершите утверждение согласно содержанию текста.

2. Charter schools

1) Charter schools are public schools that are independent of any local school district. National surveys of charter school have found out high levels of satisfaction among parents, pupils and teachers associated with them. Charter schools were especially well received by poor and minority families.

2) Charter school is a movement toward school reform that focuses on improving education, pupil autonomy and choice. A charter school may be a separate school with separate funding, or it can be a school within a school. Typically, most new charter schools around the country are small.

3) The quality is measured by test scores. If the quality is good, the schools enjoy success .If it is not good, they’ll fail and lose their financing- this is a powerful motive to offer a high-quality program. Charter schools are usually formed by a group of teachers, parents and/or community leaders who want to make contributions to education reform.

XXIX. Ответьте на вопрос.

What are the peculiarities with charter schools?

a) Charter schools make parents and their children closer.

b) In spite of being independent, charter schools’ financing is far better than that of other schools.

c) Charter school focuses on improving education, pupil autonomy and choice.

d) Pupils’ daily progress is the indicator of education quality in charter schools.

XXX. Определите основную идею текста.

a) Charter schools are a different kind of public schools because they have their own source of financing.

b) Charter schools enjoy success among many people due to their way of school management.

c) Charter school is a good form of school management because parents can take part in their administration.

d) Charter schools are public schools formed by teachers, parents and investors focusing on improving education.

XXXI. Определите, какое утверждение соответствует содержанию текста.

a) Parents in charter schools can influence the educational process.

b) Poor quality of education in charter schools leads to their loss of financing.

c) Charter schools differ from other schools only in their type of financing.

d) It’s a common knowledge that charter schools are mostly identical.

XXXII. Завершите утверждение согласно содержанию текста.

Charter schools are particularly popular with _________ .

a) parents of academically successful pupils

b) investors of education

c) poor and minority families

d) advanced teachers