Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球場) was not very large.
　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
【小題1】How long is it since basketball was invented?

A．1000 years	B．More than 100 years
C．1100 years	D．Less than 100 years

【小題2】The students felt unhappy because _______.

A．they had much homework to do

B．they often got into fights

C．they couldn't play outdoors

D．they had little time to study

【小題3】Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

A．Some students	B．Some teachers
C．Some students' parents	D．Some of his friends

【小題4】When a student ______ , he makes a score.

A．receives the ball.

B．throws the ball to another student

C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand

D．throws the ball into the basket

【小題5】Which sentence is right?

A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball.

B．It was easy to invent the game.

C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor.

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades, and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members (職員)”. 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 a three-year-old. ‘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 taste for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School, you will allow 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 four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget（預(yù)算）, 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 time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
【小題1】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.

D．Children should only learn about one thing at a time.

【小題2】What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?

A．They love learning.

B．They are very naughty.

C．They want to be outside all the time.

D．They are too young to learn anything.

【小題3】What happens to the children after they leave this school?

A．They do the same things as children from other schools.

B．They have problems getting into college or getting a job.

C．They usually do very unusual jobs.

D．They are not successful in their business.

【小題4】What is the main topic of the article?

A．Children’s hobbies	B．Education in the US
C．A school without rules	D．An unusual school

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school  (寄宿學(xué)校). 1   being sent away, this boy was the   2 student in his class. He was at the top in every  3  always with high marks.

But the boy changed after   4 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started    5  . He hated being in a   6 . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he   7  committing suicide  (自殺). All of this was because he felt   8  and no one loved him.

His parents started   9 about the boy. But they even did not know what was  10  with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and   11  him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and  12 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To   13  my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most   14  person for me.  I want to see you   15 . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words   16  the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He  17  his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had   18  he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He   19  the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him  20  ！

1.	A．After B．Before C．When D．While

 

2.	A．hardest B．naughtiest C．brightest D．dullest

 

3.	A．exam B．a(chǎn)ctivity C．game D．class

 

4.	A．coming B．returning C．leaving D．reaching

 

5.	A．rising B．increasing C．reducing D．dropping

 

6.	A．group B．term C．company D．party

 

7.	A．led to B．felt like C．thought back D．looked for

 

8.	A．worthless B．careless C．concerned D．a(chǎn)nnoyed

 

9.	A．caring B．turning C．worrying D．speaking

 

10.	A．crazy B．true C．possible D．wrong

 

11.	A．talk with B．listen to C．tell to D．care about

 

12.	A．family B．friends C．study D．grades

 

13.	A．realize B．a(chǎn)nalyze C．check D．test

 

14.	A．Outstanding B．important C．famous D．familiar

 

15.	A．happy B．excellent C．interested D．satisfied

 

16.	A．caused B．wanted C．encouraged D．forced

 

17.	A．a(chǎn)nswered B．ignored C．hated D．hugged

 

18.	A．nothing B．something C．everything D．a(chǎn)nything

 

19.	A．showed B．meant C．intended D．expressed

 

20.	A．sad B．a(chǎn)ngry C．pleasant D．joyful

 

New Books this Month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and …	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

 
【小題1】The Long Night was written by _________.

A．David Reilly

B．Maha

C．Joanna

D．Marcie Jacome

【小題2】The story of Hard Work happened in _______.

A．Australia

B．Thailand

C．India

D．England

【小題3】From the passage we can see Tina is_________.

A．a(chǎn) doctor

B．a(chǎn) film star

C．a(chǎn) writer

D．a(chǎn) college(大學(xué)) student

【小題4】_______ is about a difficult journey.

A．Hospital or Cinema

B．Hard Work

C．The Long Night

D．Harry Potter

【小題5】The passage above is___________.

A．a(chǎn)n advertisement(廣告)

B．a(chǎn) story

C．a(chǎn) novel

D．a(chǎn) diary

【小題1】If you want to take English classes, you should pay______ an hour.

A．$8

B．$10

C．$15

D．$18

【小題2】You want to work in a restaurant, so you should call________.

A．Lisa

B．John

C．Ben

D．Sue

【小題3】You can see a new play at Bay College Theatre at________ on Saturday.

A．8:00 p. m.

B．5:00 a. m.

C．5:00 p. m.

D．9:00 p. m.

【小題4】Dave worked in Center’s Restaurant from Monday to Friday last week, 2 hours every night, so he could get______ last week.

A．$8

B．$80

C．$16

D．$10

【小題5】You can help the book sale every day except__________

A．Sunday

B．Monday

C．Thursday

D．Saturday