【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.