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To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.

Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.

When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

1.What's special about the school?

A. There is nobody but students there.

B. All the students are of the same age.

C. There are no classes for the students.

D. There are no rules in the school.

2.What do the students do in the school?

A. They learn everything there from the staff members.

B. They grow up there without learning anything.

C. They spend all the time with their parents.

D. They do whatever they are interested in.

3.The school seems to believe that children________.

A. learn best when they are doing what they want

B. are too young to learn anything by themselves

C. can look after themselves without any help

D. can't go to college without any hard work

4.The last paragraph wants to tell us that_          .

A. the writer doesn't like the idea of the school

B. the school is quite successful in its work

C. most of the parents don't believe in the school

D. younger students learn better there than older ones

5.The underlined word career in the last paragraph most probably means_.

A. family   B. money    C. lifestyle    d. job

 

 Your donation_________ and the money will be used to help the students from poor families.

A. is greatly appreciating              B. appreciates

C. has appreciated                      D. is greatly appreciated

 

This is my school. There are many trees and flowers in it. The teaching building is big and tall. There is a big playground in our school. After 4:30 in the afternoon, many students come to the playground to play football and some students play table tennis in the table tennis room.
There are 1,200 students in 25 classes in our school. The students all like to study. The teachers in our school are very good. They help the students to study and the students like them, too.
【小题1】The school looks _____.

A．small

B．old

C．nice

D．new

【小题2】 It’s very nice for this school to have ____.

A．trees and flowers

B．a playground

C．students and teachers

D．desks and chairs

【小题3】 There are at least (至少) _____ students in one class.

A．45

B．65

C．75

D．55

【小题4】 After class the students often go to _____.

A．their classroom

B．their homes

C．the playground

D．the art room

【小题5】What may teachers not do?

A．Give the students lessons.	B．Play football and table tennis with the students.
C．Don’t like some students.	D．Help students to study.

In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.

Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.

The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.

During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.

Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

1.The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.

A．Home-coming                          B．the football game

C．graduation                            D．winning the game

2.When do students begin to do everything for Home-coming?

A．The day before Home-coming.

B．Many weeks before the day.

C．When the guests arrive.

D．Several hours before Home-coming.

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) on Home-coming Day?

A．To see old friends.

B．To visit teachers they remember.

C．To watch the football game.

D．To go home to see their family.

4.Who can probably become Home-coming Queen or King?

A．The teacher who is kind to the students.

B．The student who is popular with the students.

C．The visitor who is famous to the students.

D．The player who plays best in the football game.

5.What’s the best title of this article?

A．Home-coming Day                       B．A Happy Day

C．The Most Important Event                 D．Home-coming Queen or King

 

This is my school. There are many trees and flowers in it. The teaching building is big and tall. There is a big playground in our school. After 4:30 in the afternoon, many students come to the playground to play football and some students play table tennis in the table tennis room.

There are 1,200 students in 25 classes in our school. The students all like to study. The teachers in our school are very good. They help the students to study and the students like them, too.

1.The school looks _____.

A．small

B．old

C．nice

D．bad

2.It’s very nice for this school to have ____.

A．trees and flowers	B．a playground
C．students and teachers	D．teaching building

3.There are at least (至少) _____ students in one class.

A．45

B．65

C．75

D．55

4.After class the students often go to _____.

A．their classroom

B．their homes

C．the playground

D．go home

5.What may teachers not do?

A．Give the students lessons.

B．Play football and table tennis with the students.

C．Don’t like some students.

D．Help the students to study