It is becoming increasingly recognized that education is a proce

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.
The two programs launched by the British government are designed for ______.
A、students and teachers in colleges and universities
B、the employed and unemployed respectively
C、the government employees in Britain
D、the disadvantaged and the disabled
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：细节理解题。文中第一段倒数第六行中说道：The British government has taken a number of... continuing education.英国政府最近采取了一系列的措施来管理成人教育及继续教育领域。紧接着就说第一个启动的项目是：1982年，工商业领域职业更新计划项目，旨在帮助各个大学拓宽中层管理人才的技能。1984年，一个“三年"计划项目旨在扩大对失业人员的教育机会。可见这两个项目的目的就是帮助公司雇员和失业人员的。答案为B。