By the rivers and under trees of rural South Auckland, New Zealand’s newest and most special school is in class. The weather is fine, so the students would go fishing, and then they would cook lunch on a wild fire. What about homework and lectures? No. “We are called a school but we look nothing like any school out there,” says Joey Moncarz, co-founder and head teacher at Deep Green Bush School.
Moncarz used to be a teacher in the traditional schools. After five unhappy years there in New Zealand, he stopped to found Deep Green Bush School, which was kind of inspired by the Sudbury Valley School in the US. Now It has a roll of eight students, and no classroom walls or tests. Most importantly, he considered that traditional schools were not preparing children for the global problems of the future – such as climate change, so Moncarz founded Deep Green Bush School, a completely different kind of education, based on the skills of hunting, gathering and survival.
The more traditional school skills, such as reading, writing and maths, are learned at students’ own pace, after they begin showing an interest in them. Not, says Moncarz, when the teacher orders it is time to learn.
“We don’t have what you’d traditionally consider problem kids,” says Moncarz. “Our parents saw their kids were unhappy and stressed in traditional education and they started questioning: is it normal or right for kids to come home stressed and unhappy?”
Moncarz insists that the school isn’t an “experiment” in education, and is based on two million years of evidence of how parents have raised their kids.
24. Where do students in Deep Green Bush School study?
A. In the classroom. B. At home. C. In the wild. D. On the Internet.
25. What’s Moncarz’s main purpose of founding Deep Green Bush School?
A. To stop his unhappy teaching years.
B. To compete with the traditional schools.
C. To research how parents raise their kids.
D. To prepare children for the future global problems.
26. When do students of Deep Green Bush School learn traditional school skills?
A. After teachers order study time.
B. After students have interest in them.
C. As soon as students come into the school.
D. As soon as students finish learning the basic skills.
27. What can we infer from the passage?
A. All the students in schools are stressed.
B. Moncarz had fun teaching in traditional schools.
C. Deep Green Bush School is the first special school.
D. Some parents may be unsatisfied with traditional schools.
【答案】24. C    25. D    26. B    27. D
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章对一家叫做深绿丛林学校进行了详细介绍。
【详解】1.细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“Now It has a roll of eight students, and no classroom walls or tests. ”（现在它有8名学生，没有教室墙壁，也没有考试。）可知，深绿丛林学校的学生在野外学习。故选C。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“Most importantly, he considered that traditional schools were not preparing children for the global problems of the future – such as climate change, so Moncarz founded Deep Green Bush School, a completely different kind of education,            based on the skills of hunting, gathering and survival.”（最重要的是，他认为传统学校并没有让孩子们为应对未来的全球性问题做好准备——比如气候变化，因此蒙卡兹创办了深绿丛林学校，这是一种完全不同的教育，基于狩猎、采集和生存技能。）可知，蒙卡兹创办深绿丛林学校的目的是让孩子们为应对未来的全球性问题做好准备。故选D。
3.细节理解题。根据倒第三段第一句“The more traditional school skills, such as reading, writing and maths, are learned at students’ own pace, after they begin showing an interest in them. ”（更传统的学校技能，如阅读、写作和数学，是在学生开始对这些技能表现出兴趣后，按照他们自己的节奏学习的。）可知，深绿丛林学校的学生在表现出对传统学校技能表现出兴趣后才会学习它们。故选B。
4.推理判断题。根据倒第二段最后一句“Our parents saw their kids were unhappy and stressed in traditional education and they started questioning: is it normal or right for kids to come home stressed and unhappy?”（我们的父母看到他们的孩子在传统教育中不快乐和压力大，他们开始质疑:孩子们带着压力和不快乐回家是正常的还是正确的?）可知，一些家长可能对传统学校不满意。故选D。