阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I got lots of interesting experiences in a free school. At first I couldn’t believe it. There were no 1in rows or loud-sounding bells, nor did anyone have to go to 2. Although we lived “in”, 3made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no “ lights out”.
The 4thing was that practically all the students went to class, and very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new people stayed up or 5class. The new ones always went wild 6, but his wildness never lasted long. The freedom took some getting used to. Our teachers treated us like _7; never did we have to 8_ “ stand up”, “ sit down”, “ speak out”. I don’t 9one student who didn’t try his best.
The subjects were the same as those in the ___10_____ school, but what a difference in the method! For example, in botany (植物学) we had 11__ classes in the spring or fall, but instead we planted two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden. Then in winter we each studied a few 12things about what we had grown. In math the students built three different sizes of storerooms---small ones 13, but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom. They really had a 14time, too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints(蓝图;设计图), figuring out the angles and so on. I didn’t take 15__ . But I could do the basic things with numbers. That’s 16.
17_ I think I am a 18person for having gone to the school. I can read and write as well as anyone else of my age, and I think better. That’s probably a real big ___19between the free school and the regular school--- the amount of 20.
1.A.desks B. lights C. books D. windows
2.A. home B. bed C. class D. work
3.A. teachers B. parents C. nobody D. somebody
4.A. sad B. last C. good D. strange
5.A. attended B. took C. missed D. studied
6.A. from then on B. at first C. once more D. just then
7.A. workers B. pupils C. gardeners D. grown- ups
8.A. play B. say C. study D. understand
9.A. hear from B. feel like C. think about D. know of
10.A. night B. regular C. small D. real
11.A. all B. short C. no D. indoor
12.A.wild B. successful C. interested D. particular
13.A. as well B. after a while C. of course D. as a result
14.A. funny B. great C. convenient D. terrible
15.A. math B. angle C. botany D. gardens
16.A. uninteresting B. interesting C. enough D. dangerous
17.A.On the whole B. Once again C. Sooner or later D. After a while
18.A. careful B. better C. busier D. lovely
19.A. problem B. chance C. difference D. change
20.A. reading B. gardening C. teaching D. thinking
---What’s the matter with Tim?
---Oh. Tim’s cellphone was left in a taxi accidently, never _____ again.
A. to find B. to be found C. finding D. being found
Mrs. White bought a _____ wallet for her husband.
A. small black leather B. black leather small
C. small leather black D. black small leather
The boy is the equal of the girl, _____ intelligence is concerned, but he doesn’t work hard at all.
A. as far as B. as soon C. as well as D. as long as
They are singing and dancing to _______ their high spirits despite great hardships.
A. keep up B. set up C. bring up D. pick up
I recommended ________ an English-Chinese dictionary, which I thought would be of great help to his studies.
A. him buy B. he bought C. to buy D. buying
