A、The UK. B、Canada. C、France. D、Germany. C

Around 68 percent of US students pursue degrees in English-speaking countries. The top destination countries were the UK and Canada. France and Germany were third and fourth, respectively. From 2010 to 2012, the number of American students enrolling in German universities increased by almost 10 percent, says the IIE. In 2012, there were more than 4 000 American students pursuing undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in Germany. Hunter Bliss told the BBC that the cost of education was the main reason he went to Germany to get a degree in physics. As a student at the Technical University of Munich, in Germany, he pays around $6 000 dollars per year to cover his rent, insurance and other living expenses. To study at the University of South Carolina, his home university in the US, Hunter would have to pay more than $10 000 dollars per year, with scholarships. Germany continues to give free education to foreign students. The German government, says the Migration Policy Institute, wants to attract young students to help Germany’s economic competitiveness. The hope is to attract skilled foreign students who will stay in Germany.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. Which is the third top destination country for the US students?
6. What’s the main reason that Hunter chooses to study in Germany?
7. Why does Germany give free education to foreign students?