R-MA is a college-prep boarding school with Air Force JROTC, devoted to developing students of academic achievement, leadership, and responsible citizenship. With smaller classes - on average, 14-17 students per class - students at R-MA find themselves building their confidence because our teachers care about each student. Graduating classes have a 100% college acceptance rate and average over $56.6 million in college scholarships offers each year.

21. How does LOUDOUN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL differ from the others?

A. It offers field trips. B. It has a variety of courses.

C. It provides one-to-one classes. D. It has award-winning programs.

22. Why do many students choose NYSMITH SCHOOL?

A. It has no homework. B. It is the world's best school.

C. It is a frequent winner of the Tommy Award.

D. It gives them a chance to learn from experience.

23. Which school specializes in personalized education?

A. NYSMITH SCHOOL. B. FUSION ACADEMY TYSONS.

C. RANDOLPH-MACON ACADEMY. D. LOUDOUN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL.

　　From the minute I met him I didn't like Edward Dahlberg, or, maybe, I was nervous about meeting a man of letters, my introduction to the social world of American literature.

　　The evening Alberta and I came over, he sat in a deep armchair facing a semicircle of admirers. They asked his opinion about various writers. He waved his hand and, except for himself, dismissed everyone in the twentieth century: Hemingway wrote "baby talk," Faulkner "sludge." Joyce's Ulysses was "a tiring walk through the waste of Dublin."

　　R'lene introduced me. This is Frank McCourt from Ireland. He teaches high school English.

　　I put out my hand but he let it hang. "Oh, still a high school boy, are you?"

　　I didn't know what to say. He laughed and said to R'lene, "Does our friend teach English to deaf mutes (聋哑人)?" In the Dahlberg world, teaching was for women only.

　　I backed away to my chair, confused.

He wasn't finished. He turned to me. "Does our high school boy read? And what does he read? "