In New York, there is now a school with no daily lessons, no class teachers... ( 1 ) a school building! The ‘school’ is a new project. It is called ‘City-as-School’ and the name means just that: the city itself is the place where 350 students, between the ages of 15 and 18,learn their lessons.Students choose( 2 )of work which ( 3 ) 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 ( 4 ) problems such as pensions, housing, etc. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends one day a week ( 5 ) first-year courses at college.City-as-School is six years old. The education system in New York ( 6 ) it now, as an alternative to final years at school. But can it ( 7 ) ordinary lessons? Well, students have to pass maths and science exams( 8 ) 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 ( 9 )rate is high. And the students are enthusiastic ( 10 ) their ‘school’.They like the responsibility of their work, and the ( 11 ) of purpose it gives them.In a big city like New York, there are enough resources for a ( 12 ) like this. But in Philadelphia, another large town in America, a similar school ( 13 ) because there wasn’t enough ( 14 ) of work for the students.When the students leave ‘City-as-School’, they don’t have a normal academic education;but they do know ( 15 ) about different kinds of work in the city.
1.A. even not B. not even C. no even D. even no
2. A. areas B. regions C. respects D. aspects
3. A. interests B. interest C. interested D. interesting
4. A. to B. with C. about D. on
5. A. taking B. to take C. take D. takes
6. A. admits B. receives C. accepts D. agrees
7. A. supplement B. take place C. replace D. take place of
8. A. before B. until C. unless D. after
9. A. successful B. failure C. success D. successive
10. A. at B. about C. in D. to
11. A. sense B. sensibility C. sensitivity D. sensing