Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
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It's difficult to estimate the number ofyoungsters involved in home schooling, where children are not sent to schooland receive their formal education from one or both parents. (26)______ andcourt decisions have made it legally possible in most states for parents toeducate their children at home, and each year more people take advantage ofthat opportunity. Some states require parents or a home tutor to meet teachercertification standards, and many require parents to complete legal forms toverify that their children are receiving (27)______ in state-approvedcurricula.
cet6w.com home education claim that it'sless expensive and far more (28)______ than mass public education. Moreover,they cite several advantages: alleviation of school overcrowding, strengthenedfamily relationships, lower (29)______ rates, the fact that students areallowed to learn at their own rate, increased (30)______, higher standardizedtest scores, and reduced (31)______ problems.
Criticsof the home schooling movement (32)______ that it creates as many problems asit solves. They acknowledge that, in a few cases, home schooling offerseducational opportunities superior to those found in most public schools, butfew parents can provide such educational advantages. Some parents who withdrawtheir children from the schools (33)______ home schooling have an inadequateeducational background and insufficient formal training to provide asatisfactory education for their children. Typically, parents have fewertechnological resources (34)______ than do schools. However, the relativelyinexpensive computer technology that is readily available today is causing someto challenge the notion that home schooling is in any way (35)______ morehighly structured classroom education.