【BridgeofHopeSchoolisaprivateschool.ItwassetupinKalangalaabouttwoyearsago.Unlikegovernmentschoolswhichhaveverylargeclassesof90childrenmanyofwhomdonotwanttolearnBridgehassmallclassessopupils】
BridgeofHopeSchoolisaprivateschool.ItwassetupinKalangalaabouttwoyearsago. Unlikegovernmentschoolswhichhaveverylargeclassesof90childrenmanyofwhomdonotwanttolearnBridgehassmallclassessopupilsgetagreatdealofattention.Smallclassesaregoodforteachingbuttheschoolisalwayshavingdifficultywithmoneysinceprivateschoolsaredependentonparentspayingontime.
Theschoolhasfiveprimaryclassesandthreenurseryclasses(幼儿班).Asthechildrenprogressthroughtheschooltheywilladdanotherclassnextyear.Thetotalnumberofchildrenintheprimaryisabout50.TheparentsofBridgechildrenareoftenhigherearnersthanthosethatattendgovernmentschools.Theywanttheirchildrentohavethebesteducationavailable.
Theschoolisnotyetfinished.Theclassroomshavenowindowsordoors.Butitisveryformalandinsistsonchildrenwearinguniforms(制服).Disciplineisstrictandthechildrenarewell-behaved.OnlyEnglishmaybespokenandnotthelocallanguage.AlthoughEnglishisthenationallanguageandthelanguageofeducationgovernmentschoolsteachintheirownlanguageforthefirstthreeyears.
Schoolstartsat7amandthechildrenhavetobeontime.Classesareformalbutchildrenhavetocopylotsofthingsfromtheblackboardbecausetherearefewtextbookssometimesonlyonefortheteachertouse.Classworkisheavyandthechildrenhavetestseveryweek.Theyalsostudyduringtheholiday.
63.ParentssendtheirchildrentoBridgeofHopeSchoolbecausethey_________________.
A.thinktheschoolenvironmentisbetterthere
B.hopetheirchildrengetthebesteducation
C.wanttheirchildrentobedifferent
D.havenotimetotakecareoftheirchildren
64.Whatcanwelearnaboutgovernmentschools?
A.Theclassesconsistofalargenumberofstudents.
B.Teachersdon’tspeakEnglishinclass.
C.Childrenalwaysworkveryhard.
D.Itisfreeforchildrentoattendthem.
65.WhichoffollowingisTRUEaboutBridgeofHopeSchoolaccordingtothetext?
A.Childrencanwearwhattheylikethere.
B.Textbooksarenotneeded.
C.Lessonsaregiveninthelocallanguagethere.
