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根据以下材料，回答题Competitionforadmissiontothecountry'stopprivateschoolshasalwaysbeentough,butthisyearElisabethrealizedithadreachedanewlevel.Herwake-upcallcamewhenamancalledtheDaltonSchoolinManhattan,whereElisabethisadmissionsdirector,andinquiredabouttheagecutofffortheirkindergartenprogram.Afterprovidingthe
information,sheaskedabouttheageofhischild.Themanpausedforanuncomfortablylongtimebeforeanswering."Well,wedon'thaveachildyet.We'retryingtofigureoutwhento
conceiveachildsothebirthdayisnotaproblem."
WorriesarespreadingfromManhattantotherestofthecountry.Precisecurrentdataonprivateschoolsareunavailable,butinterviewswithrepresentativesofindependentschoolsalltoldthe
samestory:anoversupplyofapplicants,higherrejectionrates."Wehavepeoplecallingusforspotstwoyearsdowntheroad,"saidMarilynoftheSevenHillsSchoolinCincinnati."Wehave
grandparentscallingforpregnantdaughters."PublicopinionpollsindicatethatAmericans'No.1concerniseducation.Nowthatthelongeconomicboomhasgivenparentsmoredisposable
income,manyareturningtoprivateschools,evenatpricetagsofwellover$10,000ayear."We'regettingapplicantsfromabroaderareageographicallythanweeverhaveinthepast,"said
BetsyoftheLatinSchoolofChicago,whichexperienceda20percentincreaseinapplicationsthisyear.
Theproblemfortheapplicantsisthatwhiledemandhasincreased,supplyhasnot."Everyyear,thereareafewchildrenwhodonotfindplaces,butthisyear,forthefirsttimethatIknowof,there
areasignificantnumberwithoutplaces,"saidElisabeth.
Sowhatcanparentsdotogivetheir4-year-oldanedge?Schoolsknowthereisnoeasywaytopickaclasswhenchildrenaresoyoung.Manyschoolsgivepreferencetochildrenoftheirgraduates.Somemakethechoicebydrawinglots.
Butmostrelyonamixofsubjectiveandobjectivemeasures:teststhatatbestidentifydevelopmentalmaturityandcognitivepotential,interviewswithparentsandobservationofapplicants
inclassroomsettings.Theyalsowantadiverse'mix.Childrenmayenduponawaitinglistsimplybecausetheirbirthdaysfallatthewrongtimeofyear,orbecausetoomanyapplicantswereboys.
Theworstthingapatentcandoistopressurepreschoolerstoperform-forexample,bypushingthemtoreadordomathexercisesbeforethey'reready.Instead,theexpertssay,parentsshouldtakeabreathandlookforalternatives.Anotheryearinpreschool
maybeallthat'sneeded.
Fromthistextwelearnthatitis. A．hardertomakeachoicebetweenpublicandprivateschools.
B．hardertogotoprivateschoolsthisyearthanbefore.
C．moredifficulttogotopublicschoolsthantoprivateschools.
D．asdifficulttogotoprivateschoolsthisyearasbefore.
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