It is becoming increasingly reco

It is becoming increasingly recognized that education is a process which continues throughout adult life. The scope of adult and continuing education has widened in recent years and now included, in addition to the development of the individual through cultural，physical and craft pursuits, such subjects as basic education： education for disadvantaged groups and those with special needs such as ethnic minorities or the disabled； consumer education； health education； and pre-retirement education. Continuing education includes training for those in employment, to enable them to keep pace with technological change. The British government has taken a number of recent initiatives to improve opportunities for both adult and continuing education. In 1982 it launched a Professional, Industrial and Commercial Updating Program,designed to help colleges and universities to meet the need to up-date and broaden the skills of those in mid-career in industry, commerce and the professions. A three-year program to encourage the expansion of educational opportunities for the adult unemployed was launched in 1984.
Apart from provision for mature students at universities.courses are provided by further education collegesadult education centers residential colleges,the Open Universities and various other bodies including a number of voluntary organizations. Most of the provision is made by the local education authorities in a wide variety of establishments? including schools used for adult evening classes and community schools which provide educational t social and cultural opportunities for the wider community. Most courses are part-time. Local authorities also maintain or aid many courses lasting between a weekend and a fortnight. Long-term residential colleges, grant-aided by central government departments, provide courses of one or two years and aim to provided a liberal education without academic entry tests. Most students admitted are entitled to full maintenance grants.
Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
A、Higher education might be replaced by other types of education.
B、Many British young people can receive higher education without entrance examinations.
C、Only those who pass academic entry tests can get financial aid from the central government.
D、The aid for improving adult and continuing education is provided by local and state governments.
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：判断题。文章中第一段主要讲述了为了满足公司职员及失业人员的需求，当地政府所做的一系列措施。在最后一段的第三行中说道：Most of the provision is made by the local education authorities.这些中措施都是由当地政府来进行的。答案为D。