Question

Now, there is a new-type school in New York, which has no everyday lessons, no class teachers and even no school buildings. It is called “City-as-School”. The name just means the city itself is the place where students learn their lessons. They are from the age of 15 to 18. The students choose areas of work which interest them. Then they help to do that work. One girl spends her week in a government office helping the public with problems like housing. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends a week for first-year courses at college.

Well, students have to pass Maths and science exams before they enter the “school”. These subjects are not easy to provide in“City-as-School”. Teachers watch the progress of the students. The success rate (比率) is high. 80% of the students go to college after the “City-as-School”.

The students like the duty of their work. They have the sense of purpose. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. One of the students, Lizette Martinez, writes “I want to say that I do not know where I would be right now if I had never become part of City-as-School. Leaving my regular high school and going to City-as-School was the best decision I have ever made. The way the school works to get you to go out there and learn different fields instead of sitting in a classroom is wonderful. For all those who are in between school and dropping out, go to CAS and it will change your life forever.”

City-as-School High School is the nation’s leading (引導) external (外部地) learning or experiential (來自經驗的) learning model for high school students.

1.What can we learn about“City-as-School”?

A．It has no teachers.	B．It has no school buildings.
C．It has only girl students.	D．It is the only school in the city.

2.What do students do in“City-as-School” most of the time?

A．They do whatever they like.

B．They learn Maths and Science.

C．They help with work in a certain area.

D．They learn all the college courses.

3.According to the passage,“City-as–School” can help _________.

A．all the students go to college

B．students forget the duty of their work

C．students earn much money while studying

D．students learn a lot about different kinds of work

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A．A New City	B．A New School
C．A New-type School	D．A Girl in New York

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：

1.本文第一段第一行和第二行的意思為在美國的紐約有一種新類型的學校是把城市看成學校，沒有日常的課程，沒有授課老師，甚至沒有教學樓，城市本身就是學生們學習課程的地方，故本題選B。

2.根據第一段的意思可知學生們選擇城市里他們感興趣的工作，通過工作從而達到知識的掌握和能力的提高，故本題選C。

3.本文第三段第一行有一句They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city.意思為城市學習可以幫助學生們更多的了解城市里不同種類的工作，故本題選D。

4.本文主要談論了把城市當作學校來學習，從而達到自身能力的提高，所以本文的最佳標題為一種新類型的學校，故本題選C。

考點：本文是一篇介紹新類型學校的說明文。

點評：本文主要談論了一種新類型的學校，也就是把城市看成學校，去學習和體驗城市里不同種類的工作，通過體驗可以達到知識的掌握和能力的提高，閱讀本文時，應以城市學習所產生的積極效果為主要內容，通讀全篇，把握文章的主要內涵。