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【题目】完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedule, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very 1 .

Firstly, there are no 2 . All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only ＂staff members(管理人员) ＂. 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 three-year-old kids, go to 3 the secrets of nature. You can’t stop them!＂ says Daniel Greenberg, a founder(创始人) of the school. ＂But if you make children do what you want all day, they will lose all 4 for learning. ＂

At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, playing the piano, climbing trees, 5 just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can 6 the rules. Every week, there is a school 7 where both children and staff have one vote each — even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, 8 to spend the school budget(预算), and even which staff they want and do not want any more.

When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would 9 work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students 10 to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have become successful today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

【1】A. boring B. important C. common D. different

【2】A. lessons B. students C. books D. playgrounds

【3】A. create B. discover C. hide D. represent

【4】A. value B. taste C. importance D. energy

【5】A. and B. but C. or D. so

【6】A. break B. keep C. decide D. obey

【7】A. meeting B. experiment C. experience D. club

【8】A. when B. how C. that D. why

【9】A. never B. always C. often D. sometimes

【10】A. go up B. go down C. go on D. go back

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

【文章大意】文章主要介绍了萨德伯里山谷学校不同寻常的地方：学生不用上课，不用做作业，可以随心所欲地干自己想干的事，可以参与学校制度的制定。这样的学校的确少见。

【1】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. boring枯燥的；B. important重要的；C. common普通的；D. different不同的，句意：但是对于马萨诸塞州萨德伯里山谷学校的学生来说，学校是非常不同的。根据后文的这个学校There are no teachers（没有老师），故是不同的，故选D。

【2】考查名词及语境的理解。A. lessons课；B. students学生；C. books书本；D. playgrounds操场，句意：首先，没有课。根据后文的All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want.可知学生们想做什么就做什么，故表示没有规定的课，故选A。

【3】 考查动词及语境的理解。A. create创造；B. discover发现；C. hide躲藏；D. represent代表，句意：你不必对三岁大的孩子们说去发现自然的秘密。根据宾语the secrets of nature可知此处表示发现自然界的秘密，故选B。

【4】 考查名词及语境的理解。A. value 价值；B. taste品味，偏爱；C. importance重要性；D. energy精力，句意：但是如果你让孩子们做你想做的事，他们就会失去学习的兴趣。But前后表示转折关系，前半句表示你想让他们做，后半句表示他们不愿意做，故失去了对做这些事的喜爱，故选B。

【5】 考查连词及语境的理解。A. and而且；B. but但是；C. or或者；D. so所以，句意：在萨德伯里山谷学校你会发现孩子们在聊天、阅读、绘画、弹钢琴、爬树或者只是到处跑。此处列举孩子们做的事，故用or表示选择，故选C。

【6】考查动词及语境的理解。A. break 折断；B. keep保留；C. decide决定；D. obey遵守，句意：萨德伯里山谷学校不同的另一种方式是，孩子们可以决定规则。根据后文的Every week, there is a school ___22___ where both children and staff have one vote each-even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules.可知孩子们自己决定规则，故选C。

【7】 考查名词及语境的理解。A. meeting 会议；B. experiment实验；C. experience经历；D. club俱乐部，句意：每周都有一个学校会议，孩子和工作人员都有一票，甚至四岁的孩子。根据where both children and staff have one vote each-even the four-year-olds.可知此处表示投票，应是一个会议，故选A。

【8】 考查代词及语境的理解。A. when何时；B. how如何；C. that那个；D. why为什么，句意：如何花费学校的预算,甚至他们想要那个员工和不想要那个员工。此处表示how do do sth如何去做某事，故选B。

【9】考查副词及语境的理解。A. never从不；B. always总是；C. often经常；D. sometimes有时，句意：当学校于1968年首次开放时，人们说它永远不会起作用。根据But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students 25 to college.可知but前后表示转折关系，but后面的从句表示现在这所学校运作得很好，故but之前的主句表示这所学校运作不好，故选A。

【10】 考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. go up向上；B. go down向下；C. go on继续；D. go back回来，句意：但是今天，这所学校有200名学生，其中80%的学生继续考入大学。go on to do sth继续做另一件事，故选C。