Question

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

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】文章主要介绍了萨德伯里山谷学校不同寻常的地方：学生不用上课，不用做作业，可以随心所欲干自己想干的事，可以参与学校制度的制定。这样的学校的确少见。

1.D

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. boring 枯燥的； B. important 重要的； C. common 普通的；D. different不同的；句意：但是对于马萨诸塞州萨德伯里山谷学校的学生来说，学校是非常不同的。根据后文的这个学校There are no teachers,没有老师，故是不同的，故选D。

2.A

考查名词及语境的理解。A. lessons 课； B. students 学生； C. books 书本； D. playgrounds操场；句意：首先，没有课。根据后文的All the children, aged between 4 and 19，do whatever they want.可知学生们想做什么就做什么，故表示没有规定的课，故选A。

3.B

考查动词及语境的理解。A. create 创造； B. discover 发现； C. hide 躲藏； D. represent代表；句意：你不必对三岁大的孩子们说去发现自然的秘密。根据宾语the secrets of nature可知此处表示发现自然界的秘密，故选B。

4.B

考查名词及语境的理解。A. value 价值； B. taste 品味，偏爱； C. importance重要性； D. energy精力；句意：但是如果你让孩子们做你想做的事，他们就会失去学习的兴趣。But前后表示转折关系，前半句表示你想让他们做，故后半句表示他们不愿意做，故失去了做这些事的喜爱，故选B。

5.C

考查连词及语境的理解。A. and 而且；B. but 但是； C. or 或者； D. so所以；句意：在萨德伯里山谷学校你会发现孩子们在聊天，阅读，绘画，弹钢琴，爬树或者只是到处跑。此处列举孩子们做的事，故用or表示选择，故选C。

6.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. break 折断； B. keep 保留； C. decide 决定； D. obey遵守；句意：萨德伯里山谷学校不同的另一种方式是，孩子们可以决定规则。根据后文的Every week, there is a school ___7___ where both children and staff have one vote each-even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules.可知孩子们自己决定规则，故选C。

7.A

考查名词及语境的理解。A. meeting 会议； B. experiment实验； C. experience经历； D. club俱乐部；句意：每周都有一个学校会议，孩子和工作人员都有一票，甚至四岁的孩子。根据where both children and staff have one vote each-even the four-year-olds.可知此处表示投票，应是一个会议，故选A。

8.B

考查代词及语境的理解。A. when 何时； B. how 如何； C. that 那个； D. why为什么；句意：如何花费学校的预算,甚至他们想要那个员工和不想要那个员工。此处表示how do do sth如何去做某事，故选B。

9.A

考查副词及语境的理解。A. never 从不； B. always 总是； C. often 经常；D. sometimes有时；句意：当学校于1968年首次开放时，人们说它永远不会起作用。根据But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students ___10___ to college.可知but前后表示转折关系，but后面的从句表示现在这所学校运作得很好，故but之前的主句表示这所学校运作不好，故选A。

10.C

考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. go up 向上；B. go down 向下； C. go on 继续； D. go back回来；句意：但是今天，这所学校有200名学生，其中80%的学生继续考入大学。go on to do sth继续做令一件事，故选C。

点睛：根据前后文的语境，结合词义辨析，时态，语态，短语，句型和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题2，句意：首先，没有课。根据后文的All the children, aged between 4 and 19，do whatever they want.可知学生们想做什么就做什么，故表示没有规定的课，故选A。