I. Read the following passage taken from Microsoft Encarta 2009, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 1 to 10. Schools in the United States have not always had a large number of libraries. As (1) as 1958 about half of the public schools in the United States had no libraries at all. The (2) of public school libraries increased dramatically when the federal government passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, (3) provided funds for school districts to improve their.
