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Though the ways of teaching have come a long way, the ways of communicating between teachers and students are almost the same. But now, a European country is trying to change that by building schools that have no classrooms, no subject lessons and best of all, no grades.

The idea behind the special school is that children are creative. And researchers also think that kids’ learning and ideas are as important as those of the CEO of Google, so why not give them a similar environment? Kids may be successful in such an environment.

To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms. And even the lessons are taught in a special way, with mobile phones and computers.

There is no “right” or “wrong” kind of education. The school believes that everything is a learning experience, whether it is about a serious science project or making a movie inside the school’s recording studio.

One of the special schools opened in August, 2011. It has five learning areas. The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰). The Lab is a place where students can do all kinds of experiments and test their ideas. Kids can work in groups in the same projects in The Camp Fire. The Show Off is where kids can show their inventions. And if the kids need a rest, they can visit The Watering Hole, which has all kinds of fun activities.

Sounds great? And the coolest thing is that the school is free! I hope more schools like this will appear in the world!

1.What is the idea behind the special school?

A. The children are creative.

B. All the students need to be taught.

C. All the students must be successful.

D. All the students must have high grades.

2.From the passage we can infer (推断) that        in the special schools.

A. students are bored                 B. students are tired

C. students learn freely               D. students learn from their teachers

3.“The Cave is a secluded place ….” The word “secluded” probably means “    ” in Chinese.

A. 清静的                     B. 固定的                     C. 吵闹的                     D. 混合的

4.Paragraph 5 mainly tells us that       .              

A. the school doesn’t have grades

B. the school has clever students

C. the school has five learning areas

D. the school doesn’t have classrooms

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文提到现代的教育交流方式很单一，现在欧洲国家尝试改变，建立一个没有教室，没有课程，没有分数的学校，全是为了开发学生的创造性，没有对错之分，学校分为五个区域，有助于学生潜能的开发，并且是免费的。

1.A 细节理解题。根据第三段提到To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms为了使学生更有创造性，他们建的学校是特殊学习区域而不是传统的教室，所以选A项。

2.C 细节推断题。根据第二段提到The idea behind the special school is that children are creative.这个学校为那些有创造力的学习准备的，所以推断出C项。

3.A 细节理解题。根据第五段提到The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰)这个地方是一个安静的地方，在这，学生能集中注意力到个人的项目上而且不被打扰，所以选A项。

4.C 细节理解题。根据第五段中提到主要介绍五个学习区域，没有提到分数，也没有提到聪明的学生，而D项没有教室不是这段的内容，所以选C项。

考点：教育类阅读。