Question

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13 to 19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend US schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world．

         Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America．

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. Schools were completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual(個人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

    “Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

    At the same time, In America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea．“I suppose I should criticize(批評) American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens(公民). There ought to be some middle ground between the two.

1.The world exchange programme is mainly to ________.

A．help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B．send students in America to travel in Germany

C．have teenagers learn new languages

D．let students learn something about other countries

2.Fred and Mike agreed that ________.

A．American food tastes better than German food．

B．Americans and Germans were both friendly

C．German schools were harder than American schools

D．There were more cars on the streets in America

3.What is special in American schools is that ________.

A．there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings

B．students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car

C．students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D．there are a lot of after-school activities

4.After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought _________.

A．German schools trained students to be better citizens

B．A better education should include something good from both America and Germany

C．American schools were not as good as German schools

D．The easy life in the American schools was more helpful to students

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：這是美國的一個項目。他們國家的青少年與世界上其他國家的青少年進行交換，彼此到對方的國家去生活學習，以期讓學生們真正了解他國，增進對世界其它地區的了解。

1.D歸納概括題。文章第二段至結束都是講述美國的Fred和德國的Mike到對方的家里去生活學習的情況。因此，這種世界性交換生的目的只可能在第一段里出現。而第一段中有They will attend US schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world．他們將會去美國的學校讀書，相遇美國的青少年，從而構建對真正美國的印象，與此同時，大約1，300美國的青少年將會去別的國家學習新的語言獲得對世界其它地區的新理解。由此可知，這種世界交換生的目的是為了讓學生真正學到其它國家的一些東西。所以，D項正確。

2.C推理判斷題。由題目中的Fred and Mike agreed可知要到文中去找兩人共同認為的事情。第三段Schools were completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Fred認為德國的學業難多了；最后一段“I suppose I should criticize(批評) American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level….” Mike要批評美國的學校，那里的學業對他們的水平來說太容易了。由此判斷，他們倆人都認為德國的學習難度更大，因此，選C。

3. D根據題目可知，要找的是美國學校的特別之處。最后一段Here we take part in many outside activities.由此可知，正確答案應該是D。

4.B推理判斷題。根據最后一段可知，Mike感覺關于美國他要批評的地方是那里學業太簡單，但他同時也認為課外活動多也許對培養公民更有利，最后There ought to be some middle ground between the two. Mike認為在這兩者之間應該有一個中間地帶，意思也就是要取兩國之長，不要走極端，既不要像在德國那樣整天就是學習，也不要像在美國這樣學業過于簡單。

考點：考查夾敘夾議體材的閱讀理解。