Our class is studying how things have changed over time. For my task, I spoke with my great-grandmother to find out what her school was like when she was my age. Here is what she told me.
My school was called Algoe School. It was a pretty, one-story building located at the bottom of two hills between some oak trees. The school was built in 1875 and was what is known today as a one-room school. There was only one teacher, but the students might be from different grades. Algoe School sometimes had as many as 18 students, but once there were only two.
Every morning, the teacher would ring the large school bell that decorated the roof. A flagpole (旗杆) stood to the left of the door. We held a ceremony every morning and afternoon to raise and lower the flag.
The school was heated by a wood-burning stove. On very cold mornings, we gathered around the stove and the teacher read us stories while we waited for the room to heat up.
We all had jobs to do during the school day. Some of us cleaned the blackboard. Some cleaned the erasers. Every day, two students had the task of walking to a nearby farm to bring back our drinking water.
| Daily Schedule 9:00 A.M. Raising the flag Singing Teacher reads stories K-1:Reading Maths 10:30—10:45 BREAK! Reading Civics(公民学) Spelling 12:00—1:00 P.M. Lunch Teacher reads stories Language 2:30—2:45 BREAK! (Younger children go home) Geography Science History 4:00 Dismissal(解散) |
My favorite class was spelling, and I often won the spelling bees and got dictionaries as prizes. In the summer, I received several books for completing summer reading lists. During break, we played on the land in front of the school. In the wintertime, we all brought our sleds(雪橇) to school and went sledding during break. I fell down that hill several times; we all did. It was part of the fun of winter games. I will always remember Algoe School and the good times I had there.
56. The author learned about Algoe School by __________.
A. taking a field trip there B. talking with a person who studied there
C. watching a movie about it D. reading a newspaper article about it
57. According to the daily schedule, which activity happened more than once a day?
A. Singing. B. Maths. C. Reading. D. Science.
58. The author’s great-grandmother was awarded a dictionary for __________.
A. completing a reading list B. cleaning the blackboard
C. winning spelling bee D. winning a sled race
59. According to the daily schedule, which subject was taught only to the older students?
A. Civics. B. Spelling. C. History. D. Language.
60. We can infer from the text that the time the author’s great-grandmother spent in Algoe School was____.
A. difficult B. wonderful C. limited D. sad