A MENTORING (导师制) program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth.

Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions for students and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.

Alex Goldberg, the program's founder, said; "We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook.

"We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth. For example, we've secured internships (实习) with world-famous firms such as Honda.

"At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring, it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures. " Kieran Hepburn, 14, is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from the program so far. In October the Banbury School pupil was accompanied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Youth Forum (论坛).

The event was held for young people from around the world, to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look. Kieran joined several hundred observers mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. " Before we left I didn't quite know what to make of it but when we got there we didn't stop, it was amazing," he said, " We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon."

The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life. It dealt with issues such as drug abuse, violence and unemployment.

Kieran said: " It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August. "

The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury. For details visit www.younginspirations.com.

1.66.The Young Inspirations mentoring program aims to _____.

A. train staff for world-famous firms

B. provide youth with unique experiences

C. offer job opportunities to young adults

D. equip the unemployed with different skills

2.67.According to Alex Goldberg, it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to ______.

A. the shortage of money                  B. the cultural differences

C. the effect of unemployment              D. the lack of support from firms

3.68.According to the passage, the forum focused on how youth can ______.

A. build up their confidence at school

B. find work experience opportunities

C. improve their social skills for the future

D. play an active role in the change of society

4.69.We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. the visit to the United Kingdom was amazing 

B. the youth have found a way to solve their problems

C. Kieran has made great progress in many aspects

D. the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday

5.70.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young Inspirations

B. Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to Paris

C. Young People Find a World of Opportunity

D. Debates Help Youth with Their Grades

完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

1.We had so much trouble _____________________ our proposal.   (talk)

我们费了好大的劲才说服他接受我们的提议。

2.How come such a rich man robbed the bank?  It _______________________. (sense)

这么富有的一个人怎么会抢银行呢？这讲不通呀。

3.Many of the soldiers were diagnosed with cancer after they came back from the front because they ______________________ radiation during the war.   (expose)

很多士兵从前线回来都被诊断出了癌症，因为他们在战争期间曾暴露在辐射中。

4.Our software, unless _________________________, may not serve us well in our work.  (update)

除非定期升级，否则我们的软件无法很好地为我们服务。

5.The Western markets _________________________ cheap products made in China. (flood)

西方国家的市场上充斥着中国制造的廉价商品。

6.Only if you work hard from now on ______________________ your classmates in studies.   (catch)

只有从现在开始努力，你在学习上才能赶上你的同学

7.________________________________ at 2013 World Swimming Championships made us all very proud.   (win)

孙杨在2013年游泳世锦赛上夺得三枚金牌使我们都非常骄傲。

8.Luckily we brought with us a map, without which we                ___ in the jungle.（get）

幸运的是，我们带了地图，要不然在丛林里就迷路了。

9.Peter learned German, French and Spanish at an evening school, ____________ fluently now. (speak)

彼得在一所夜校学习了德语、法语和西班牙语，所有这些语言他现在都讲得很流利。

10.I can’t help thinking what it is in the computer games __________________ the boys.  （appeal）

我禁不住想，电脑游戏中到底是什么吸引了这些男孩子。

请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。

Without pain and struggle, life is never complete and successful, just as without amounts of suffering and struggle in cocoon(茧)，a butter can never fly.

注意：1．无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语。     2．除诗歌外，文体不限。

3．内容必须结合生活中的一个事例。       4．词数为120左右。

A poet and artist with high fame ______ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature

and painting tomorrow afternoon.

A. is              B. are               C. was           D. were

To keep healthy, you should eat any of the food that is offered on the table _______ it is not well cooked.

A. if                B. until             C. that            D. unless

When his wife returned from abroad, Kevin ____ his paintings at the art museum in his hometown.

A. was exhibiting    B. exhibited

C. would exhibit      D. had been exhibiting

I would prefer _______ a low-income job that I am interested in rather than _________ my interest.

A. to do; abandon    B. doing; abandon

C. to do; to abandon   D. doing; to abandon

______ the point that we should be punctual the next day, our director left the meeting room ahead of time.

A. Stressing         B. Having stressed        C. To stress     D. Being stressed

The naughty boy had wanted to play football with the kids in the street, but his parents warned him ____.

A. not to             B. not to do           C. to do         D. of doing

Faced with challenges, your ability is        makes a difference.

A．that              B. which             C. how          D. what