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(个人). 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(批评) 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.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：这是美国的一个项目。他们国家的青少年与世界上其他国家的青少年进行交换，彼此到对方的国家去生活学习，以期让学生们真正了解他国，增进对世界其它地区的了解。

1.D归纳概括题。文章第二段至结束都是讲述美国的Fred和德国的Mike到对方的家里去生活学习的情况。因此，这种世界性交换生的目的只可能在第一段里出现。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．他们将会去美国的学校读书，相遇美国的青少年，从而构建对真正美国的印象，与此同时，大约1，300美国的青少年将会去别的国家学习新的语言获得对世界其它地区的新理解。由此可知，这种世界交换生的目的是为了让学生真正学到其它国家的一些东西。所以，D项正确。

2.C推理判断题。由题目中的Fred and Mike agreed可知要到文中去找两人共同认为的事情。第三段Schools were completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Fred认为德国的学业难多了；最后一段“I suppose I should criticize(批评) American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level….” Mike要批评美国的学校，那里的学业对他们的水平来说太容易了。由此判断，他们俩人都认为德国的学习难度更大，因此，选C。

3. D根据题目可知，要找的是美国学校的特别之处。最后一段Here we take part in many outside activities.由此可知，正确答案应该是D。

4.B推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，Mike感觉关于美国他要批评的地方是那里学业太简单，但他同时也认为课外活动多也许对培养公民更有利，最后There ought to be some middle ground between the two. Mike认为在这两者之间应该有一个中间地带，意思也就是要取两国之长，不要走极端，既不要像在德国那样整天就是学习，也不要像在美国这样学业过于简单。

考点：考查夹叙夹议体材的阅读理解。