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 the four-year-olds,‘Go to 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 tastes for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School,you will permit 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,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.
21.What is the main topic of the article?
A.An Unusual School.
B.Children’s Hobbies.
C.A School without Rules.
D.Education in the US.
答案:A
解析:细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知。
22.What does Daniel Greenberg say about the children?
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.
答案:A
解析:推理判断题。结合第二段中的“Youdonotneedtosay...Youcan’tstopthem!”可知为A项。
23.Who has the most power in the school meetings?
A.The older children have more power than the younger children.
B.A child has more power than an adult.
C.The younger children have more power than the older children.
D.Everybody has equal power.
答案:D
解析:细节理解题。从第四段中第二句“...aschoolmeetingwhereboth...each—eventhefour-year-olds”可知。
24.What happens to the children after they leave this school?
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 good jobs.
D.They are not successful.
答案:C
解析:推理判断题。从第五段“Eventhetwoboyswho...havesuccessfulcareerstoday”可知。
