Though the ways of teaching have come a long way, the ways of communicating between teachers and students are almost the same. But now, a European country is trying to change that by building schools that have no classrooms, no subject lessons and best of all, no grades.

The idea behind the special school is that children are creative. And researchers also think that kids’ learning and ideas are as important as those of the CEO of Google, so why not give them a similar environment? Kids may be successful in such an environment.

To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms. And even the lessons are taught in a special way, with mobile phones and computers.

There is no “right” or “wrong” kind of education. The school believes that everything is a learning experience, whether it is about a serious science project or making a movie inside the school’s recording studio.

One of the special schools opened in August, 2011. It has five learning areas. The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰). The Lab is a place where students can do all kinds of experiments and test their ideas. Kids can work in groups in the same projects in The Camp Fire. The Show Off is where kids can show their inventions. And if the kids need a rest, they can visit The Watering Hole, which has all kinds of fun activities.

Sounds great? And the coolest thing is that the school is free! I hope more schools like this will appear in the world!

1.What is the idea behind the special school?

A. The children are creative.

B. All the students need to be taught.

C. All the students must be successful.

D. All the students must have high grades.

2.From the passage we can infer (推断) that ?????? in the special schools.

A. students are bored???????????????? B. students are tired

C. students learn freely?????????????? D. students learn from their teachers

3.“The Cave is a secluded place ….” The word “secluded” probably means “??? ” in Chinese.

A. 清静的?????? ????????????? B. 固定的?????? ????????????? C. 吵闹的?????? ????????????? D. 混合的

4.Paragraph 5 mainly tells us that ????? .??????????????

A. the school doesn’t have grades

B. the school has clever students

C. the school has five learning areas

D. the school doesn’t have classrooms

阅读下列短文，回答问题。（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）

Li Yundi is a classical pianist and called “Prince of the Piano” in China. He is also well-known for being the youngest pianist who won the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000, at the age of 18.

Although he comes from a family of non-musicians, Li took to music early. When he was three years old, his parents bought him an accordion (手风琴) because he was so attracted by an accordion player in a shopping mall that he refused to leave. Only one year later, he won the top prize at the Chongqing Children’s Accordion Competition. Li began studying the piano at the age of seven. Two years later, his teacher introduced him to Dan Zhaoyi, one of the most famous piano teachers in China. Dan taught Li for nine years. Li’s dream was to become a professional (职业的) pianist.

Li has got top awards (奖) at many competitions. In October 2000, Li took part in the 14th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He set not only one record. He was the first participant (参与者) to get the first prize in 15 years. And he was the youngest winner and the first Chinese in the history of the competition.

1.Why did Li Yundi’s parents buy him an accordion?

2.When did Li Yundi win the top prize at the Chongqing Children’s Accordion Competition?

3.What was Li Yundi’s dream when he was young?

4.How many records did Li Yundi set in October 2000?

5.Are Li Yundi’s parents musicians?

The time in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a   1_  bookshop, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I help you?” You   2  buy anything you don’t want. You may try to find out  3   the book you want is. But if you can’t find it, the assistant will lead（带领） you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is   4_  selling books at all. A story tells us about a good bookshop. A young student  _5   a very useful book in the bookshop.  _6   it was too expensive for him. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to _ 7  a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find  _8  from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing(示意) to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in the desk , “I put it there  _9  I don’t want other people to buy it,” said the assistant. Then he  10   the student go on with his reading.

1.                A．good           B．bad            C．cheap    D．rich

2.                A．shouldn’t      B．needn’t       C．mustn’t D．can’t

3.                A．what           B．which          C．where    D．when

4.                A．surprised at     B．not surprised at   C．interested in   D．not interested in

5.                A．bought         B．found          C．read     D．took

6.                A．But            B．And            C．So   D．Or

7.                A．look           B．read           C．watch    D．buy

8.                A．the book        B．the shop        C．the assistant   D．the shopkeeper

9.                A．so             B．though         C．because D．because of

10.               A．left            B．let             C．told D．taught