In New York, there is now a school with no daily lessons, no class teachers, not even a school building. The “school” is a project. It is called “City-as-School” and the name means just that, the city itself is the place where 350 students, between the age of 15 and 18, learn their lessons.

Students choose areas of work which interest them and then they help to do that work. For instance, one girl spends her week in the offices of a Congresswoman — an elected official — helping the public with problems such as pensions（養(yǎng)老金），housing, etc. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends one day a week taking first-year courses at college.

City-as-School is 30 years old. The education system in New York accepts it now, as an alternative to final years at school. But can it replace ordinary lessons? Well, students have to pass maths and science exams before they enter the “school”. These subjects are not easy to provide for in “ City-as-School”. Teachers monitor the progress of the students. 80 to 85% of the students go to college (or university, as it is called in Britain) after their time at “City-as-School”. The success rate is high. And the students are enthusiastic about their “school”. They like the responsibility of their work, and the sense of purpose it gives them.

When the students leave “City-as-School”, they don’t have a normal academic education; but they do know a lot about different kinds of work in the city!

1. “City-as-School” is special because it is ________.

       A. in New York, one of the most famous cities in the world

       B. not a common school we usually see and know

       C. a school having special students

       D. free of charge for the citizens

2. What do the teachers at “City-as-School” do?

       A. To monitor the progress of the students.

       B. To give lessons to the students.

       C. To evaluate the students’ performance.

       D. To protect the students.

3. What is the author’s attitude to “City-as-School”?

       A. Agreeable.       B. Doubtful.    C. Neutral (中立的). D. Disagreeable.

【小題1】B

【小題2】A

【小題3】A

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　　　The man from the West stopped and drew back his arm.“Yor're not Jimmy Wells.”he said in a quick and angry way, “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man's nose from a Roman to pug.”

　“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one, ” said the tall man, “You've been under arrest for ten minutes, Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and phones us she wants to have a word with you. Going quietly, are you ?That's sensible. Now before we go to the station here's a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. It's from Patrolman Wells.”

　　　The man from the West opened the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he'd finished. The note was rather short.

　　　Bob: I was at the right place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man (便衣) to do the job.

(1)The man from the West had been waiting for ________.　　　

[　　]

A． his friend

B． his companion

C． Bob

D． Jimmy

(2)The man from the West must have broken the law ________.　　　

[　　]

A． in Chicago

B． in New York

C． in the West

D． somewhere else

(3)The man from the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man ________.　　　

[　　]

A． had a different accent

B． had a different nose

C． was much taller

D． said“Chicago wants to talk with you.”

(4)The two men might have walked ________.　　　

[　　]

A． for ten minutes

B． arm in arm

C． face to face

D． both A and B

(5)We can suppose Jim ________.　　　

[　　]

A． was afraid of the man from the West

B． got another man to help him

C． had an appointment 20 years ago

D． had something else to do and couldn't come himself

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