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阅读理解 　　WASHINGTON－Laura Straub is a very worried woman．Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer． 　　It’s not easy, even desperate(希望渺小)． 　　“We have many children left to place：40 out of 75, ”said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreign-exchange programme called LEC． 　　When the exchange programme started 50 years ago, family life was more accommodating．For one thing, more mothers stayed home． 　　But now, increasing numbers of women work outside home．Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30 000 teenagers who annually come from abroad to spend an academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who participate in summer programmes． 　　School systems in many parts of the US, unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept．At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic(异国情调的)． 　　In searching for host families, she usually receives no pay．Exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their appeals(呼吁)to include everyone from young couples to retirees． 　　“We are open to many different types of families, ”said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE．A 25-year-old programme that sends about 30 000 teenagers on academic-year exchange programme worldwide． 　　For elderly people and exchange students, “Keep us young－they really do, ”said Jean Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Porst Denmark． (1) In the past, Straub’s job was easy, because _________． [　　] A． American families needed more money to live B． American families had fewer children to support C． American families had spare rooms to rent D． American families were not as busy as now (2) The underlined word “accommodating” in the 4th paragraph means _________． [　　] A． simple and interesting B． colourful but poor C． hard to deal with D． eager or willing to help others (3) To deal with the problem in recent years, Straub and her workmates have to _________． [　　] A． ask different kinds of families to help B． limit the number of the exchange students C． borrow much money to pay for the costs D． force some families to accept students (4) How many facts can you find that may have caused difficulty for the exchange programmes? [　　] A． None． B． One． C． Two． D． Three．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．D;3．A;4．D;
解析：

(1)	此题为归纳题，从文章前半部分可知从前多数妇女不上班，社会生活节奏慢。相对悠闲的生活使人们乐善好施，乐于接受外国的孩子。
(2)	此题为单词猜意题，要求弄通句子意思，猜出单词意思。
(3)	此题为归纳题，从前是学生交流项目组织者挑选接待家庭，现在他们不得不放宽条件，更广泛地寻找接待家庭。
(4)	此题为归纳题，三个因素：一是多数妇女都工作，没有精力照顾外国交流学生；二是学校经费有限，不愿接收不交税的外国学生；三是随着世界一体化的进程，接待异域学生不再那么新鲜有趣。