AlthoughinternationalstudentswanttodiveintoAmericancultureitiseasiertostayclosetothefamilies．“MostinternationalstudentstoldmethattheywanttomeetandmakefriendswithasmanyAmericansastheycan”saidMa

　　AlthoughinternationalstudentswanttodiveintoAmericancultureitiseasiertostayclosetothefamilies．

　　“MostinternationalstudentstoldmethattheywanttomeetandmakefriendswithasmanyAmericansastheycan”saidMarkGallowayInstituteforInternationalStudies(IIS)studentadviseratStateUniversity．

　　“Butinrealitytheyarecomfortablewithbeingaroundpeoplefromtheirowncountryifpossible．”

　　TestingofEnglishasaForeignLanguage(TOEFL)isanadmissiontestforinternationalstudentsenrollinginAmericanuniversities．Gallowaysaidstudents’scoresdecreasedwhentheyspendlesstimewithAmericanstudents．

　　Morethan450internationalstudentsareoncampusatMurrayStateUniversity．ThailandJapanSouthKoreaChinaandGermanyarecountrieswiththemoststudentsthissemesteraccordingtoanIISreport．

　　WichienEampromateThaiStudentAssociationPresidentsaidpoorEnglishabilityandculturaldifferencesmakeitdifficultforThaistudentstospendtimewithAmericans．

　　“Weeatdifferentthings;wedodifferentkindsofthings”saidEampromate．

　　OntheotherhandJoon-SeongBaeanexchangestudentfromKoreaUniversitysaidhetriedtoavoidhangingaroundotherKoreans．

　　Butitisnoteasyforhim．HesaidheislesscomfortablewithAmericansbecausehecannotsayeverythinghewantstosayandnotallAmericansarepatientwithhislimitedEnglish．

　　“ThereweretwoorthreeAmericansandme”Baesaid．“Wetalkedaboutsomething．AstimewentbyIwaskindofexcluded(排斥在外)becausetheytalkedtoeachother．

　　WhileinternationalstudentsventureoutsidetheircomfortzonesAmericanstudentsalsohavetheopportunitytobeexposedtoothercultures．

　　“Iknowtherearealot(ofAmericanstudents)whowanttogettoknowinternationalstudents”saidPhilipLeeseniorfromBoonvilleIndiana．“Theyarejustuncomfortable．”

　　Leesaidhehaslearnedaboutlifefromhisinternationalfriendsalthoughitissometimesachallenge．

　　“Ican’tliveacomfortablelifeallthetime”Leesaid．“Irealizedthereisagreatbenefitofsteppingoutofmycomfortzonetomeetpeople．”

　　1．Fromthefirstparagraphwelearnthat______________．

　　A．intern