Question

My Experience in a Free School

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 搃n? ___3___ made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no 搇ights 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(植物學(xué)) 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___.

1. A. desks     B. lights  C. students      D. buildings

2. A. home     B. bed     C. class   D. work

3. A. anybody B. nobody      C. teachers      D. parents

4. A. sad B. last     C. good   D. strange

5. A. and B. but     C. so       D. yet

6. A. attended B. took    C. missed       D. studied

7. A. from then on B. at first C. once more  D. just then

8. A. freedom B. habit   C. time    D. people

9. A. workers  B. pupils C. gardeners   D. grown-ups

10. A. understand   B. study  C. play    D. say

11. A. hear from    B. feel like     C. think about D. know of

12. A. night    B. regular       C. small  D. real

13. A. all B. short   C. no      D. indoor

14. A. planted B. studied       C. drew   D. toured

15. A. Still     B. Then   C. Yet     D. Next

16. A. wild     B. successful   C. usual   D. particular

17. A. as well B. after a whileC. of course   D. as a result

18. A. funny   B. great   C. convenient  D. thoughtful

19. A. looking out  B. taking out   C. finding out D. figuring out

20. A. math    B. care    C. botany       D. notice

21. A. dull      B. interesting  C. enough       D. dangerous

22. A. On the whole      B. Once again C. Sooner or later   D. After a while

23. A. careful B. better  C. busier D. lovely

24. A. problem      B. chance       C. difference   D. change

25. A. reading B. gardening   C. teaching     D. thinking

Answer 1

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解析:

本文講述了“我”在一所 free school 的經(jīng)歷。free school 與一般學(xué)校不同：教室里沒有成排的桌椅，沒有上課的鈴聲，學(xué)生可以不必在教室上課，也不必按時(shí)就寢…總之，free school 充分體現(xiàn) free。但是令“我”意想不到的是，那兒的學(xué)生卻非常自覺。

1. A。根據(jù)常識(shí)和題目中提到的 free school以及空格后的in rows，可知答案選A。

2 C。由于學(xué)校一切都很 free，不僅沒有上課的鈴聲，而且也沒有人要求學(xué)生一定要去上課(go to class)。

3. B。根據(jù)前面幾句的句意和句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知答案選 B。

4. D。在一般人看來，在如此 free 的學(xué)校里，學(xué)生一定會(huì)為所欲為，但事實(shí)完全不是那樣，所以作者這是件很“奇怪的”(strange)事。（注：本句中的 practically 意為“幾乎”）

5. A。and 表并列關(guān)系。

6. C。作者在此將新生與老生作了個(gè)對(duì)照：老生按時(shí)上課和就寢，而有的新生則熬夜(即不按時(shí)就寢)和缺課(miss class)。

7. B。根據(jù)其后的 but this never lasted long 可知此處應(yīng)填 at first(起初)。

8. A。指學(xué)生需要一定的時(shí)間來適應(yīng) free school 里的這種特殊的“自由”(freedom)。此句也可說成 It took the students some time to get used to the freedom。

9. D。一般情況下，老師都把學(xué)生當(dāng)孩子看待，但這里的老師卻把學(xué)生當(dāng)作grown-ups(成年人)看待——這也是 free school 與一般學(xué)校不同的地方。

10. C。比較四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，同時(shí)聯(lián)系空格后用作賓語的 stand up, sit down, speak out，可知選 C 最佳。這里的 play 表示“做”，同時(shí)含有“表演”的意思。

11. D。比較四個(gè)短語的意思可知 D 最佳。

12. B。答案依據(jù)是文章最后一句…between the free school and the regular school。

13. C。/ 14. A。春秋兩季不上植物課，取而代之去 …planted two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden——這正是這所 free school 與一般學(xué)校不同之處。

15. B。then 表示時(shí)間順序。即春秋先播種，然后冬天再研究所種植物。

16. D。particular 在此表示“特定的”。

17. C。在數(shù)學(xué)課上同學(xué)們學(xué)習(xí)建造儲(chǔ)藏室——這當(dāng)然(of course)是小房子而不是大房子。

18. B。had a great time 意為“過得愉快”。

19. D。figure out 意為“算出”。如：Please figure out the total cost. 請(qǐng)計(jì)算出總費(fèi)用。

20. A。作者在文中介紹 free school 中的一般情況時(shí)，均用了主語 we，但在談到 math 時(shí)，作者則說 In math the students built… / They did this… / They really had… 等，這說明作者把自己排除在學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)之外，故此題 A。I didn’t take math 的意思是“我沒有選修數(shù)學(xué)”。

21. C。作者沒有選修數(shù)學(xué)有兩方面的原因：一是認(rèn)為他受不了學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)過程中的設(shè)計(jì)、繪圖、計(jì)算等煩瑣事；二是認(rèn)為只要會(huì)進(jìn)行基本的數(shù)字運(yùn)算，就夠(enough)了。

22. A。on the whole(總的說來)在此表示概括和總結(jié)。

23. B。作者認(rèn)為自己與同齡人一樣能讀會(huì)寫，而且能 think better，所以他認(rèn)為自己“更優(yōu)秀”(better)。

24. C。這是在概括 free school 與 regular school 的區(qū)別。

25. D。由于作者與同齡人一樣能讀會(huì)寫，而且能 think better，這說明 free school 與 regular school 的最大區(qū)別就在于 the amount of thinking。