【Thisyearsometwenty-threehundredteen-agers(youngpeopleagedfrom13-19)fromallovertheworldwillspendabouttenmonthsinU.S.homes.TheywillattendU.S.schoolsmeetU.S.teen-agersandformimpressionsoftherealAmerica.At】
Thisyearsometwenty-threehundredteen-agers(youngpeopleagedfrom13-19)fromallovertheworldwillspendabouttenmonthsinU.S.homes.TheywillattendU.S.schoolsmeetU.S.teen-agersandformimpressionsoftherealAmerica.AtthesametimeaboutthirteenhundredAmericanteen-agerswillgotoothercountriestolearnnewlanguagesandgainanewunderstandingoftherestoftheworld.
Hereisatwo-waystudentexchange(交换)inaction.FrednineteenspentlastyearinGermanywithGeorge'sfamily.InturnGeorge'ssonMikespentayearinFred'shomeinAmerica.
FredalivelyyoungmanknewlittleGermanwhenhearrivedbutaftertwomonths'studythelanguagebegantocometohim.Schoolwascompletelydifferentfromwhathehadexpected-muchharder.Studentsroserespectfullywhentheteacherenteredtheroom.TheytookfourteensubjectsinsteadofthesixthatareusualintheUnitedStates.Therewerealmostnooutsideactivities(活动).
Familylifetoowasdifferent.Thefather'swordwaslawandallactivitieswerearoundthefamilyratherthantheindividual(个人).Fredfoundthefoodtoosimpleatfirst.Alsohemissedhavingacar.
"Backhomeyoupickupsomefriendsinacarandgooutandhaveagoodtime.InGermanyyouwalkbutyousoonlearntolikeit."
AtthesametimeinAmericaMikeafriendlyGermanboywasalsoforminghisidea."IsupposeIshouldcriticize(批评)Americanschools"hesays."Itisfartooeasybyourlevel.ButIhavetosaythatIlikeitverymuch.InGermanywedonothingbutstudy.Herewetakepartinmanyoutsideactivities.Ithinkthatmaybeyouschoolsarebetterintrainingforcitizens(公民).Thereoughttobesomemiddlegroundbetweenthetwo."
1.Thisyear teen-agerswilltakepartintheexchangeprogrammebetweenAmericaand
othercountries.
A.twentythreehundred B.thirteenhundred
C.overthreethousand D.lessthantwothousand
2.Thewholeexchangeprogrammeismainlyto .
A.helpteen-agersinothercountriesknowtherealAmerica.
B.sendstudentsinAmericatotravelinGermany
C.letstudentslearnsomethingaboutothercountries
D.haveteen-agerslearnnewlanguages
