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 a three-year-old, ‘Go 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 taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running 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 (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, 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.
【小题1】What's special about the school?

A．There is nobody but students there.

B．All the students are of the same age.

C．There are no classes for the students.

D．There are no rules in the school.

【小题2】What do the students do in the school?

A．They learn everything there from the staff members.

B．They grow up there without learning anything.

C．They spend all the time with their parents.

D．They do whatever they are interested in.

【小题3】The school seems to believe that children________.

A．learn best when they are doing what they want

B．are too young to learn anything by themselves

C．can look after themselves without any help

D．can't go to college without any hard work

【小题4】The last paragraph wants to tell us that_         .

A．the writer doesn't like the idea of the school

B．the school is quite successful in its work

C．most of the parents don't believe in the school

D．younger students learn better there than older ones

【小题5】The underlined word career in the last paragraph most probably means_.
A. family   B. money    C. lifestyle   d. job

These days，cars are designed using computers．Let’s look at how a new car is created．
First，several   16  talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have．Then they sit down at their computers and   17  many sketches．The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of   18  are developed on the computer．You can change the size，shape or color of any part on the computer to see   19  the car would look and then you can choose the best design．
Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed．Part of the inside of the car is    20 so that the designers can sit in it．They can feel if there is enough  21 inside and if they can reach  22 ．Then some cars are built-there are more than 15，000 parts of a car to 23 ．
When everything is known to be   24  ，the cars are made in the factory．Again，computers are used to make sure that all the parts are   25  as they are needed．The factory
usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops．

【小题1】

A．drivers B．designers C．workers D．salesmen

【小题2】

A．draw B．order C．type D．enjoy

【小题3】

A．bicycles B．trains C．cars D．buses

【小题4】

A．how B．if C．what D．that

【小题5】

A．covered B．painted C．locked D．built

【小题6】

A．metal B．glass C．leather D．room

【小题7】

A．nothing B．somebody C．everything D．nobody

【小题8】

A．choose B．test C．show D．repair

【小题9】

A．safe B．easy C．cheap D．fast

【小题10】

A．rare B．electronic C．comfortable D．ready

先通读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Li Hua is thirteen years old. He’s a   【小题1】 . He’s the only child in the family. He doesn’t   【小题2】 his things.
One morning when the students of Class Two are   【小题3】 an English class, Li Hua goes to the door and says, “   【小题4】  I come in, Mr. Wang ?”
“Oh, you are  【小题5】 again,” says the teacher, “Can you tell me why you are late ?”
“My grandma  【小题6】 some apples, bananas and bread in my schoolbag this morning. I take the schoolbag with me after I have【小题7】. But   【小题8】 my way to school, I find there are no  【小题9】 in my schoolbag. I have to  【小题10】 and take them.”

【小题11】	A．teacher B．girl C．student D．children
【小题12】	A．look at B．look like C．look for D．look after
【小题13】	A．having B．singing C．reading D．working
【小题14】	A．May B．Should C．Must D．Will
【小题15】	A．early B．right C．late D．busy
【小题16】	A．gives B．puts C．takes D．gets
【小题17】	A．breakfast B．lunch C．supper D．bread
【小题18】	A．in B．at C．for D．on
【小题19】	A．oranges B．water C．books D．pears
【小题20】	A．get back B．return home C．go to school D．come back