Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30. Almost 90 percent of American students below the college level attend public elementary and secondary schools, which do not (26) ___________ tuition but rely on local and state taxes for funding. Traditionally, elementary school includes kindergarten through the eighth grade. In some places, (27) _____________ , elementary school ends after the sixth grade, and students attend middle school, or junior high school, from grades seven through nine. Similarly, secondary school, or high school, traditionally comprises grades nine through twelve, but in (28) ______________ places begins at the tenth grade. Most of the students who do not attend public elementary and secondary schools attend private schools, for which their families pay tuition . Four out of five private schools are (29) _______________ by religious groups. In these schools religious instruction is part of the curriculum, (30) _____________ also includes the traditional academic courses. There is also a small but growing number of parents who educate their children themselves, a practice known as home schooling. 26. A.expanded B.spread C.appealed D.run 27. A.however B.moreover C.whereas D.therefore 28. A.charge B.cost C.spend D.expend 29. A.that B.where C.which D.what 30. A.each B.every C,some D.few