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 year­old，‘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 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.
　　1、Who has the most power in the school meetings?
　　A.The older children have more power than the younger children.
　　B.A child has more power than an adult.
　　C.The younger children have more power than the older children.
　　D.Everybody has equal power.
　　参考答案：D
　　参考解析：细节理解题。从倒数第二段第二句可知D正确。
　　2、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.
　　参考答案：A
　　参考解析：主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了Sudbury Valley School不同寻常的地方：学生不用上课，不用做作业，可以随心所欲干自己想干的事，可以参与学校制度的制定。这样的学校的确少见。
　　3、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.
　　参考答案：B
　　参考解析：推理判断题。从第二段可知，被动学习只会让学生失去兴趣，让学生做自己想做的事他们才会学得最好。
　　4、What does Daniel Greenberg say about 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.
　　参考答案：A
　　参考解析：细节理解题。Daniel Greenberg的话是对“you do not need to make children learn,because children want to learn anyway”的进一步说明，由此可知A正确。
　　参考译文：
　　对我们大多数人来说，学校意味着上课、老师、课表、成绩和考试。但是对于马萨诸塞州萨德伯里山谷学校的孩子来说，学校是非常不同的。
　　首先，没有课程。所有4到19岁的孩子都想做什么就做什么。没有老师只有“工作人员”。这背后的想法是你不需要让孩子学习，因为孩子们无论如何都想学习。“你不需要对一个三岁的孩子说‘去探索你的环境’。”他们！学校的创始人丹尼尔·格林伯格说：“但是如果你让孩子们整天做你想做的事情，他们就会失去学习的全部乐趣。”
　　在萨德伯里山谷学校，你将允许孩子们说话、读书、画画、做饭、在电脑上工作、学习法语、弹钢琴、爬树或到处跑。两个男孩花了三年时间才钓鱼！
　　Sudbury Valley学校的另一个不同之处在于，孩子们可以决定规则。每周都会有一次学校会议，在会上，孩子们和员工们都有一个投票权，甚至是四岁的孩子。他们决定学校规则，如何使用学校预算，甚至是他们想要和不想要的员工。
　　1968年这所学校首次开学时，人们说它不会工作。但今天，这所学校有200名学生，80%的学生继续上大学。即使这两个一直去钓鱼的男孩今天也有成功的事业，一个是音乐家，另一个是计算机科学家。