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 ______ .

Firstly, there are no ______ . 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 ______ 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 ______ for learning. "

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

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can ______ the rules. Every week, there is a school ______ where both children and staff have one vote each-even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules. ______ 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 ______ work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students ______ 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

The date was like any other day in his life. After school David walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have a new pair for his birthday.

He sadly walked away and thought of how to tell his mother. He knew she would give him anything if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked worried and he didn’t want to make his mother worry about it. So he went to the park and there he sat on the grass. Then he saw a girl in a wheel chair. He found that the girl moved the wheels with her hands. David looked at her carefully and was surprised to see that the girl had no feet. He looked down at his own feet. “It is much better to be without shoes than without feet.” It was not right for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was luckier in life.

1.David was so sorry that ____

A. he walked past the shoe shop.

B. he forgot bring any money with him.

C. his mother couldn’t buy him a pair of shoes.

D. the shoes in the shop were not the right size for him.

2.From the story we know that ________.

A. David’s mother has much money.

B. David’s mother wouldn’t buy him anything.

C. David’s mother was a kind-hearted woman.

D. David’s mother often bought presents for David’s birthday.

3.David didn’t go home at once ________.

A. because his mother was at work.

B. because he wanted to sit on the grass in the park.

C. because his mother wouldn’t give him any money.

D. because he didn’t want to give his mother any trouble.

4.In the park, David saw a girl________.

A. without feet. B. without hands.

C. walking slowly. D. looking down at his shoes.

5.At last David ________.

A. left the park sadly.

B. decided to buy a new pair of shoes.

C. didn’t know what to do with his old shoes.

D. thought he’s more lucky than the girl in the wheelchair

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