题目内容
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 (职员)”. 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 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 for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School, you will allow children to talk, read, paint, cook, work on computers, study French, play the piano, climb trees, or just run 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 each — even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how 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 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 time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
【小题1】What does the school believe?
A.Teachers cannot teach children well. |
B.Children learn best when they do what they want to do. |
C.Learning is for adults — children should only play. |
D.Children should only learn about one thing at a time. |
A.They love learning. |
B.They are very naughty. |
C.They want to be outside all the time. |
D.They are too young to learn anything. |
A.They do the same things as children from other schools. |
B.They have problems getting into college or getting a job. |
C.They usually do very unusual jobs. |
D.They are not successful in their business. |
A.Children’s hobbies | B.Education in the US |
C.A school without rules | D.An unusual school |
BACD
【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析【小题1】根据文章内容可知答案为B
【小题2】根据文章内容 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 each — even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget(预算), and even which staff they want and do not want any more.可知答案为A
【小题3】根据文章内容最后一段,可知答案为C
【小题4】根据文章内容大意可知答案为D
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.
【小题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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
A. family B. money C. lifestyle d. job
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.
【小题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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
A. family B. money C. lifestyle d. job
Hong Kong has about 40 public(公共的) beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches, you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions: 1. Never swim alone. 2. Never swim after a meal or when feel hungry or tired. 3. Do not stay in the water too long. 4. Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember: A red flag (旗帜) means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.
【小题1】There are _______ public beaches in Hong Kong.
A. about forty b. about fifty C. about thirty D. about twenty
【小题2】We can get to ________ by bus.
A.all the public beaches |
B.a few public beaches |
C.many public beaches |
D.most of the public beaches |
A.a red flag | B.a yellow flag | C.a blue flag | D.an orange flag |
A.women should not swim |
B.children should not swim |
C.nobody should swim |
D.anybody can swim |
A.the public beaches and swimming |
B.the danger of swimming |
C.the best beaches |
D.the difficulties to go swimming |