【EducationintheUnitedStatesiscompulsory(义务的)forchildrenuptoabouttheageofsixteen．Mostyoungpeoplestayinschoollongerthanthat.Mostgraduatefromhighschoolattheageof17or18.Almosthalfofthesehigh】

EducationintheUnitedStatesiscompulsory(义务的)forchildrenuptoabouttheageofsixteen．Mostyoungpeoplestayinschoollongerthanthat.Mostgraduatefromhighschoolattheageof17or18.

Almosthalfofthesehighschoolgraduatescontinuetheireducationatacollegeoruniversity．Educationformostyoungpeopleinthiscountryisfreeuptothetimetheygraduatefromhighschool．Thereareprivateschoolsbutmostparentssendtheirchildrentopublicschoolswherestudentsdonotpaytuition(学费).Whenyoungpeoplegotocollegehowever，theymustpaytuitionatapublicuniversityoraprivateuniversity．Universitycostsaregoingupalot：privateuniversitieshavebecomeveryexpensivebecausethegovernmentdoesnothelpthem．

Whopays?Theparentsofchildrenincollegemayhavetopaymore，oroftenthestudentsmayhavetofindjobs．Thesestudentshavetoworryaboutassignmentsandgradesandalsoabouttheirjobs．Iftheyworktoomuchattheirjobstheymaybeabsentfromclassormissassignmentsormaketoomanyerrorsontests．Theymayevenfailtheircoursesandhavetoleavetheuniversity．

Formanystudentstheproblemofgettinganeducationisnotjustaproblemofhomeworkandexams．Theyalsohavetomakemoneytopayfortuition．Andprofessorsdon’tteachthemhowtodothat!

45.IntheUnitedStatesalmosthalfofthehighschoolgraduates______.

A.gotocollegesanduniversities

B.neednotpayanytuition

C.havetoenteropenuniversities

D.workhardtoavoiderrorsontests

46.Theprivateuniversitystudentshavetopaymoremoneyfortuitionbecause_____.

A.nocompaniessupporttheprivateuniversities

B.thegovernmentdoesnotsupporttheprivateuniversities

C.theteachingqualityoftheprivateuniversitiesarebetter

D.theyhavesometroublesinpassingtheexams

47.Iftheyneedmoneycollegestudentsmay______.

A.askthelocalgovernmentforhelp

B.goforahighereducation

C.havetofindjobs

D.workreallyhard

48.Themainideaofthepassagemightbe_______.

A．selectingagooduniversityintheUnitedStates

B．theincreaseonuniversitycostsintheUnitedSta