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In the United States, federal law requires public schools to provide special education services for children
with any disability (障碍). But today we look at three private schools that serve only students with learning
disabilities.
The Hillside School in Pennsylvania accepts up to one hundred and twenty-eight children. The students
aged five to thirteen have disorders with language, writing or working with numbers. They may also have
attention disorders. Hillside administrators say the main goal is to prepare students to learn effectively in a
regular school. Teachers and specialists develop individual learning plans for the students, which is something
a public school may not do. Development director Kathy Greene says most students remain at Hillside for
about three years before leaving for a regular classroom setting.
"Serving intelligent students with learning differences" is the slogan of the Shelton School in Texas. Its
website says the school has about eight hundred forty students in all twelve grades, and one teacher for every
six students. The Shelton School also says its goal is to prepare students to return to regular classes, although
some do finish high school there. The website says forty-four students graduated from Shelton in 2006. And
it says they received acceptances from a total of seventy-seven colleges and universities.
Landmark College in Vermont is a college for students with learning difficulties. It offers a two-year
program that prepares students to continue their studies at a four-year school. Each student has an adviser
and an individual learning program. Landmark has international students this year from South America,
Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
All three schools offer financial aid. Hillside costs about seventeen thousand dollars a year to study in
Hillside,while it costs between ten and twenty-one thousand to study in Shelton, depending on the grade level.
Shelton and Hillside students live at home. It costs about fifty thousand dollars a year to study in Landmark
College, which includes housing.
1. How many classes are there at the Hillside School in Pennsylvania at least?[ ]
A. 3.
B. 8.
C. 16.
D. 128.
2. In _____ students can study at school at night. [ ]
A. Landmark College
B. the Shelton School
C. the Hillside School
D. Hillside and Shelton
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? [ ]
A. Teachers in public schools don't make individual learning plans for the studnets.
B. There are about 140 teachers working in the Shelton School.
C. The Shelton School has the largest number of students of the three.
D. Students can have a 6-year study at Landmark College.
4. After reading the passage we can infer that _____. [ ]
A. few students of the Shelton School were admitted to colleges and universites in 2006
B. Hillside,Shelton and Landmark are not normal schools in the United States
C. students with learning disabilities can't go to public school in America
D. Landmark College offers financial aid only to the native students
5. Which would be the best title for this passage?[ ]
A. Public Schools and Private Schools
B. Students With Learning Disabilities
C. The Regular Processes to Success
D. Schools for the Learning Disabled
