Passage Two
[29]Religious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States. As a result, they are more expensive to attend. [31]The religious schools in America are usually run by churches. Therefore they tend to be less expensive than private schools. When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people spend money on private schools? Americans offer a great variety of reasons for doing so. Some parents send their children to private schools because the classes there are usually smaller. [30]In their opinion, the public schools in their area are not of high enough quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States range widely in size and quality, and they offer all kinds of programs to meet the needs of certain students.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. Why is it usually expensive to attend religious and private schools?
正確答案：B
解析：題目詢問為什么入讀宗教學(xué)校和私立學(xué)校通常很昂貴。關(guān)鍵是要聽到文章開頭的兩句話：“在美國，宗教學(xué)校和私立學(xué)校很少或根本沒有從公共稅收中獲得支援，因此，入讀這類學(xué)校很昂貴。”B是原文的復(fù)述，故為答案。
30. What is one of the reasons for people to send their children to private schools?
正確答案：C
解析：題目詢問人們把孩子送到私立學(xué)校去的原因之一是什么。關(guān)鍵是要聽到“在他們（家長們）看來，公立學(xué)校的教學(xué)質(zhì)量不能滿足他們的要求，而私立學(xué)校有各種規(guī)模和質(zhì)量，能夠提供各種課程以滿足某些學(xué)生的需求。”故答案為C。文中說私立學(xué)校的班級(jí)通常要小一些，即學(xué)生人數(shù)要少一些，故A不正確；文中說宗教學(xué)校比私立學(xué)校收費(fèi)低，故B不正確；選項(xiàng)D的內(nèi)容文中沒有提及。
31. Who usually runs religious schools in the United States?
正確答案：A
解析：題目詢問宗教學(xué)校通常是由誰來管理。關(guān)鍵是要聽到“美國的宗教學(xué)校通常由教學(xué)管理。”故選A。