Unit 1 4 Reading for Writing，Assessing Your Progress & Video Time（限时检测）-2021-2022学年高中英语必修第一册新课标辅导【精讲精练】人教版
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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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 threeyearolds.‘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 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 fouryearolds.They decide the school rules，how to spend the school budget，and even which staff they want and do not want any more.
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.
[语篇解读] 对大多数学生来说，学校意味着老师、考试、分数等。但在美国的一所学
校却与众不同，学校里没有课程表，孩子们不用上课、做作业，可以随心所欲做自己想做的事，甚至可以参与学校校规的制定。
1．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.
解析 主旨大意题。不用上课，不用做作业，随心所欲干自己想干的事，可以参与学校校规的制定，这样的学校确实罕见，不同寻常。故A项最符合文章主旨。
答案 A
2．What does the school believe?
A．Teachers cannot teach children well.
B．Children learn best when they do what they want to do.
C．Learning is for adults－children should only play.
D．Children should only learn about one thing at a time.
解析 推理判断题。从第二段可知，该学校认为被迫学习毫无意义，学生做自己想做的事才会学得最好。
答案 B
3．What does Daniel Greenberg say about the threeyearolds?
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.
解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“You can't stop them！”可推出此句完整的意思是“You can't stop threeyearolds going explore their environment”，也由此可知，他们热爱学习。
答案 A
4．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.
解析 细节理解题。从最后一段可知，200个学生中80%的学生上了大学，甚至那两个总是钓鱼的学生也有了自己成功的事业：一个成为音乐家，另一个成为计算机科学家。故C项正确。
答案 C
B
Making friends is a skill like most skills.It improves with practice.If you want to meet people and make friends，you must be willing to take some action.You must first go where there are people.You won't make friends staying at home alone.Join a club or a group.Talking with those who like the same things as you do.Or join someone in some activities.Many people are nervous when talking to new people.
After all，meeting strangers means facing the unknown.And it's human nature to feel a bit