单选题 The education ______ for the coming year is about $4 billion, which is much more than what people expected.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题中allowance意为补贴，津贴，零花钱；reservation意为保留，预订；budget意为预算；finance意为财政，财务，金融。根据题意，应选C。句意是：来年教育预算大约是40亿美元，比人们所预料的要多得多。