Have you ever been on a student exchange program? How useful was it? We asked three people for their opinions.

Ellen

I spent 8 days in Germany when I was studying for my Level A. I went to school every day, and spent the evenings with a family. It was great because I had to speak German all the time. However, the most useful thing was that I was paying more attention to communicating in the language, instead of speaking perfectly correct German. I was really glad that people could understand what I was saying. I’d certainly introduce it to other students studying languages.

Frank

I went on an exchange with my class for a week in Japan. Before the exchange, I thought my understanding of grammar was pretty good, but I had much trouble listening and speaking. So, what I thought most meaningful was that I had no choice but to use everyday language skills, rather than the language from books. If I had the opportunity, I’d certainly take part in another language exchange.

Alice

I took part in a French exchange. It lasted two weeks and I stayed with my exchange family in a small town just outside Paris. I’m quite a shy person, so in the first few days, I was kind of nervous, but then it was fine. I love French and my French has always been good. But the exchange really helped develop my speaking skills, and made me a much more confident person. It felt great to be able to talk with French people. I also found that everyone who took part in the exchange did a lot better in their end-of-year exams.

1.How long did Frank stay in Japan?

A.A week B.Eight days. C.Two weeks. D.Half a year.

2.What did Alice think about her exchange?

A.It developed her listening skills. B.It made her more confident.

C.It taught her exam skills. D.It took too much of her time.

3.All three people would most likely describe their exchange as .

A.tiring B.exciting C.boring D.helpful

4.Who will be interested in the passage above?

A.Students who are learning a foreign language.

B.Students who want to work as teachers later.

C.Students who are interested in traveling abroad.

D.Students who are not doing well in their studies.

Air pollution comes from factories, power stations and cars.Chemicals in the smoke from power stations cause a lot of damage(损害;毁坏) They can travel hundreds of miles in the wind before falling to the ground in the rain.And this "chemical rain" gradually destroys trees in the forests and kills fish in the lakes.In Germany, over 50% of the country's trees had been damaged by the year 1986.

Time and time again there are serious accidents that pollute the air.In 1986 there was a serious accident at a nuclear power station in Russia.A cloud of radiation flew across the whole Europe.It is said that 125, 000 people died in Russia as a result of illness caused by this accident.

In 1984 there was a serious accident at a factory in India and a cloud of dangerous gas covered the town of Bhopal.Over 2, 500- people were killed that night, and hundreds of thousands of people were injured(受伤的). Many of the injured lost their sight.

1.Air pollution comes from__________.

A.factories B.power stations C.cars D.all of the above

2.According to the passage, which sentence is right?

A.“Chemical rain” is good for the trees.

B.Chemicals in the smoke from power stations are very safe.

C.“Chemical rain” is bad for our environment.

D.Chemicals in the smoke from power stations can't travel far in the wind.

3.In Germany, how many trees had been damaged by the year 1986?

A.a quarter B.A half C.Three quarters. D.A third.

4.From the sentence “Many of the injured lost their sight.”we can know__________.

A.the gas covered the town of Bhopal at that -time was poisonous(有毒的)

B.gradually the injured could see everything

C.many of the injured couldn't see anything any more

D.Both A and C

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