Students must follow rules in schools. But some schools have unusual school rules and you may get a surprise when hearing about them.
In a school in the USA, students cannot wear some winter clothes like jackets or hats in class because they are “criminal symbols.” But the town is freezing even indoors in winter and the students don’t understand why they cannot wear warm clothes to school.
An American college has many dorm (宿舍) rules. One of them is that students must make their bed before 9 a. m. every day. One student said if he wanted to continue to sleep on Saturday morning, he must get up, make his bed, and then go back to sleep on top of the quilt.
Students in a school in Japan will get a punishment (惩罚) if he cannot finish the meal. What’s more, students must not talk at lunch. If a student is found talking to someone, he has to sit alone on a chair with no table.
Teachers in parts of the UK and Australia are told not to grade their student’s homework using red pens. What is wrong with red pens? Well, it’s partly because the color red is felt as danger, and schools think it makes children unhappy when they receive their homework with red marks. Teachers must use other colors like blue, purple, yellow or even with a pencil.
【小题1】The underlined word “freezing” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_________”.A.dry | B.beautiful | C.large | D.cold |
A.convenient | B.funny | C.exciting | D.smart |
A.To sit alone with no table. | B.To sleep on top of the quilt. |
C.To have lunch at school. | D.Not to wear a jacket or a hat. |
A.it makes the school dangerous | B.some students feel terrible about it |
C.red pens are too expensive | D.students like blue or yellow colors better |