(A)
This year some twenty-three hundred
teen-agers(young people aged from 13-19)from all over the world will spend
about ten months in U. S.
homes. They will attend U.
S. schools, meet U. S.teen-agers, and form
impressions of the real America.
At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teen-agers 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(交换)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. School was 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(活动).
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 you schools
are better in training for citizens(公民). There ought to
be some middle ground between the two. "
66. This year
teen-agers will take part in the exchange programme between America and
other countries.
A. twenty three hundred
B. thirteen hundred
C. over three
thousand D. less than two thousand
