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.

　　A　[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。]

　　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.