At first I couldn't believe it!There were no 1 in rows; no bells rang; no one had to go to 2 ．Although we all lived“in”, 3 made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no“lights out”．
The 4 thing was that practically all the students went to class, 5 very few people stayed up late at night．Only the new people stayed up or 6 class．The new ones always went wild 7 , but this never lasted long．The 8 took some getting used to．Our teachers treated us like 9 ; never did we have to 10 “stand up”,“sit down”,“speak out”．I don't 11 one student who didn't try his best．
The subjects were the same as those in 12 school, but what a difference in the approach(方式)！For example, in botany(植物学)we had 13 classes in the spring or fall, but instead we 14 two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden． 15 in winter we each studied a few 16 things about what we had grown．In math the students built three different kinds of storerooms－small ones 17 , but usable．They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom．They really had a 18 time too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints, 19 the angles(角度)and so on．I didn't take 20 ．I can't stand it!Besides, I could do the basic things with numbers．That's 21 !
22 I think I am a 23 person for having gone to the school．I can read and write as well as anyone else my age, and I can think better．That's probably a real big 24 between the free school and regular school－the amount of 25 ．
As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went into the corridor(走廊)to stretch my legs．I stayed there a short while, breathing in the fresh 1 air and exchanging a few words with one of the 2 , whom I had met earlier on the station platform(站台)．
When I turned to get back to my seat, I happened to 3 into the compartment(列车车厢的隔间)next to mine． 4 there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor．He was a great 5 ．I remembered it used to take 6 to get away from him once he began a conversation．I was not at all 7 when he went to live in another part of London．We had not met since then, nor did I wish to meet him now, when my 8 was about to begin．
Luckily at that 9 he was much too busy talking to the man opposite him to see me．
I slipped back into my compartment, 10 my two suitcases and carried them to the far end of the corridor so as to be 11 to get off the train as soon as it stopped．The moment the train came to a pause, I called a 12 , who in no time at all had carried my luggage out of the 13 and found me a taxi．As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts(市郊)of the town, I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my narrow 14 ．There was little chance that I should 15 into my boring ex-neighbor again．
When I reached the hotel, I went straight to my room and rested there 16 it was time for dinner．Then I went down to the lounge(休息室)and ordered a 17 ．I had hardly raised the glass to my lips when a 18 voice greeted me．I had not escaped from my tiresome neighbor after all!He grasped me warmly by the hand and 19 that we should share a table in the room,“This is a pleasant 20 ,”he said,“I never expected to see you again after all these years．”
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