Imagineaschoolwheretherearenoacademicrequirementsnocurriculumandnotests.Childrenhavetotalcontro1oftheireducationandarefreetodowhattheywantalldayeveryday.SudburyValleySchoolinFraminghamMassachusettshasbeenoperatingthiswaysince1968.Morethan30schoolsworldwidehaveimitatedtheSudburymodelandover200schoolsidentifysimilarlyas“democraticschools.”Theseschoolsaredesignedbasedonthebeliefthatchildrenhaveaninnatecuriositytolearnanddobestwhentheydirecttheirownlearning.

SudburyVallevSchooladmitsanyonewhowantstoenroll(注册)betweentheagesof4and18.Manyparentssendtheirkidsfromayoungagebecausetheybelievethatkidsdobestwhentheylearnwhattheywanttolearn.OtherstudentscometoSudburybecausetheyhadvariousissuesintraditionalschoolsystemsincludingrebellionlearningdifficultiesand emotionalproblems.

Sudburyisadministeredthroughademocraticprocesswhereeverystudentandstaffmemberhasanequalvote.Infactstudentsoutnumberstaff20to1.There’snoage segregation(差别)；four-year-oldscanhangoutwithteenagers.Manystaffmembersareparttimeandhaverichcareersashistoriansbusinessmenpsychologistsartistsamongothers.

Learningisself-directedandoccursinformallythroughhavingconversationsstarting projects.readingforenjoymentandplayinggames.Ifstudentsareinterestedinaparticulartopictheyworkwithstaffandotherstudentstoorganizecoursesandfindresources.The requirementforgettingahighschooldiplomaistowriteanessayabouthowtheyarepreparedt0beanadult.95％ofstudentsgraduate.90％ofgraduatesendupgoingtocollegebetterthanthenationalaverageof66％.

Mostgraduatessaythattheybenefitedfromaself-directededucationbecausetheywere moremotivatedthantheirpeerslackedfearofauthorityfiguresandgotaheadstartintheirfieldofinterest.Theyworkhardatdoingthethingstheylovetodo.

51.FromParagraph1wecanknowthat_____.

A.therearecurriculumsandtestsintheschool B.childrencancontroltheireducationfreelyintheschool

C.theschoolhasbeena“democraticschool”for50years D.theschoolthinkstheirchildrenlackcuriosity

52.Para