A. in shops B. at school C. in clubs D. at home

26. The writer wrote the passage to ask the students to .

A. clean school B. help students study C. join clubs D. help teachers

27. Which of the following statements is true?

A. In the clubs, students usually work together to make the earth less polluted.

B. Students can take their lunch in paper, so they can throw it after lunch.

C. On No-car day, only the teachers can go to school in their cars.

D. The water in the toilet can fill a river in a day.

　　Should children be allowed to get bored? They should be allowed to get bored so that they can develop their ability to be creative.

　　After school, children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may hamper their ability to imagine, while(然而) boredom can give them opportunities to develop creativity.

Boredom often comes with loneliness(孤独), but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had developed her mind. When she was a child, Syal often talked with her neighbors or tried to do things like learning to bake cakes. "But importantly, I thought and wrote a lot, because I was bored," Syal said. She filled her time with short stories and poems she made up.

　Grayson Perry, an artist, grew up in a family with little money. He enjoyed himself by writing stories, drawing pictures for his stories and reading in the library. Bored but free, he spent hours looking out of the window, watching the changing clouds and seasons. He became creative, because he could think what he liked at free time.

Dr. Belton is doing researches on boredom. "Boredom could be an uncomfortable feeling," she said. "But some young people cannot do with that boredom creatively. So sometimes they may break a classroom window, or drive a car out very fast."

Usually, when children have nothing to do, they would turn on the TV, the computer, or the phone. Their time on these things has increased, yet they need to have time