Question

阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

         In college, Spring Break（春假）is usually associated with the beach, parties and sleepless nights, bringing about relaxation, free time and friends. Students who wish to spend their break doing something productive and rewarding, however, may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program. It places college students in communities both at home and abroad.

         The Program allows students to take part in various projects dealing with issues such as literacy（识字）, homelessness and the environment. It includes helping kids with their lessons, raising money for families in need and collecting data for environmental research.

         The hope is that, by getting themselves involved in different environments, students will have the opportunities and broaden their view. In turn, they will incorporate（融合）their experiences and lessons learned into their own communities. In a word, the program aims to encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a difference in society.

         In the spring of 2006, about 3,600 students in the USA participated in the Alternative Break Program.

         Samantha Giacobozzi, now director of the Program, has been on five alternative break trips herself, including trips to New Orleans, India and the Dominican Republic. “I was a student who went on alternative break trips and had my life totally transformed by that experience,” she said. “Every year, we meet many students who have attended the Program. You can see changes in their life that are connected with their alternative break experiences.”

         The Program began in 1991. Today, it has become increasingly popular with college students in the United States.

1.Who may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program?

(No more than 12 words)

2.What issues will students deal with in the Program? (No more than 10 words)

3.What is the aim of the Program? (No more than 20 words)

4.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “transformed” in Paragraph 5? (1 word)

5.Would you like to join in the Program? And why? (No more than 25 words)

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.Students who wish to do something productive and rewarding,

2.literacy（识字）, homelessness and the environment.

3.It is to encourage students to be active citizens and make a difference in society.

4.changed  

5.Open. E.g. Yes, I’d like to. Because I want to help others and I’m glad to have a change in my life.

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了大学生在春假可以做的一项活动the Alternative Break Program。该活动可以帮助认字、无家可归的人和环保。它鼓励大学生为社会做贡献，帮助他人，改变自己的人生。

1.根据第一段的Students who wish to spend their break doing something productive and rewarding, however, may choose to participate in the Alternative Break Program.可知答案。

2.根据第二段的第一句The Program allows students to take part in various projects dealing with issues such as literacy（识字）, homelessness and the environment. 可知答案。

3.根据第三段的最后一句In a word, the program aims to encourage students to be active citizens and engage themselves in making a difference in society. 可知答案。

4.根据线后的 You can see changes in their life可知，意思与changed一样。 

5.开放性回答。结合文章的内容可以写：Yes, I’d like to. Because I want to help others and I’m glad to have a change in my life.

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