Though the ways of teaching have come a long way, the ways of communicating between teachers and students are almost the same. But now, a European country is trying to change that by building schools that have no classrooms, no subject lessons and best of all, no grades.

The idea behind the special school is that children are creative. And researchers also think that kids’ learning and ideas are as important as those of the CEO of Google, so why not give them a similar environment? Kids may be successful in such an environment.

To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms. And even the lessons are taught in a special way, with mobile phones and computers.

There is no “right” or “wrong” kind of education. The school believes that everything is a learning experience, whether it is about a serious science project or making a movie inside the school’s recording studio.

One of the special schools opened in August, 2011. It has five learning areas. The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰). The Lab is a place where students can do all kinds of experiments and test their ideas. Kids can work in groups in the same projects in The Camp Fire. The Show Off is where kids can show their inventions. And if the kids need a rest, they can visit The Watering Hole, which has all kinds of fun activities.

Sounds great? And the coolest thing is that the school is free! I hope more schools like this will appear in the world!

1.What is the idea behind the special school?

A. The children are creative.

B. All the students need to be taught.

C. All the students must be successful.

D. All the students must have high grades.

2.From the passage we can infer (推断) that ?????? in the special schools.

A. students are bored???????????????? B. students are tired

C. students learn freely?????????????? D. students learn from their teachers

3.“The Cave is a secluded place ….” The word “secluded” probably means “??? ” in Chinese.

A. 清静的?????? ????????????? B. 固定的?????? ????????????? C. 吵闹的?????? ????????????? D. 混合的

4.Paragraph 5 mainly tells us that ????? .??????????????

A. the school doesn’t have grades

B. the school has clever students

C. the school has five learning areas

D. the school doesn’t have classrooms

Though the ways of teaching have come a long way, the ways of communicating between teachers and students are almost the same. But now, a European country is trying to change that by building schools that have no classrooms, no subject lessons and best of all, no grades.
The idea behind the special school is that children are creative. And researchers also think that kids’ learning and ideas are as important as those of the CEO of Google, so why not give them a similar environment? Kids may be successful in such an environment.
To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms. And even the lessons are taught in a special way, with mobile phones and computers.
There is no “right” or “wrong” kind of education. The school believes that everything is a learning experience, whether it is about a serious science project or making a movie inside the school’s recording studio.
One of the special schools opened in August, 2011. It has five learning areas. The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰). The Lab is a place where students can do all kinds of experiments and test their ideas. Kids can work in groups in the same projects in The Camp Fire. The Show Off is where kids can show their inventions. And if the kids need a rest, they can visit The Watering Hole, which has all kinds of fun activities.
Sounds great? And the coolest thing is that the school is free! I hope more schools like this will appear in the world!
【小题1】What is the idea behind the special school?

    A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school．He began his lesson by holding up a$100 bill（纸币）．Then he said to the three hundred students，“Who would like this $100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once．

    Then he said，“I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you，but first，let me do this．”He then made the bill into a ball．Then he said．“Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air．

    “Well，”he said，“What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it．He picked up the dirty，crumpled（弄皱的）bill and said，“Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air．

    “My friends，”he said，“you have learned a valuable lesson today．No matter（无论）what I did to the money，you still wanted it because it did not go down in Value（价值）．It was still worth $100!

    Many times in our lives，We are dropped，crumpled，and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us．  We feel as if we are worth nothing．  But remember, no matter what has happened to you，you will never lose your value：you are always valuable to those people who love you．Your value doesn't come from what you do or whom you know，but WHO YOU ARE．

    You are special and valuable．Don't ever forget it !

1．Even though it was dirty，the money                          ．

    A．still went up in value                                B．was still ours

    C．was worth nothing                                     D．didn't go down in value

2．We are always valuable to the people                          ．

A．who love us                                            B．who call us

C．who hate us                                              D．who pay us

3．Your value doesn't come from what you do but                         ．

A．who you know                                        B．who made you

C．who you are                                              D．who  you remember

4．The sentence “Hands went back into the air．”Means                       

A．tile students put up their hands again

B．the students put down their hands

C．the students put their hands behind their backs

D．the students put their hands in front of them

5．Why did the famous teacher use a $100 bill at his lesson?

A．Because he wanted lo make the bill into a ball。

B．Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students．

C．Because he wanted to make the students know what value WLIS．

D．Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it．