What is the difference between the American Prom and the UK Leavers' ball?

American Proms have become elaborate and expensive, complete with glamorous hotel ballrooms, live bands, expensive ball gowns and stretch limousines or Hummers.
B. The Leavers' Ball in the UK is not so formal.
C. American Proms now include after-Prom activities that often extend into the dawn of the next day. A beauty competition is held and the title of Prom queen comes closely akin to true royalty in the US.
D. The Leavers' Ball in the UK is held the year that scholars turn 16 and finishes their GCSEs.

In Ireland, the event is also known as ________, derived from Debutante. A debutante is a young woman making her debut into socirty.

Some Matric Dances in South Africa still follow the old-fashioned colonial British traditions.

A. 对
B. 错

In USA, the Prom is now considered as an imporatant rite of passage to adulthood. Historians believe Proms may have exsited as early as the 1900s.

A. 对
B. 错

The Leavers' Ball in the UK is not so formal. It is held the year that scholars turn 18 and finish their GCSEs.

A. 对
B. 错