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【题目】This year, about 2,300 teenagers from all over the world will spend about 10 months in US homes. At the same time about 1,300 American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and learn the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred,19, 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 of studying, the language became easy for him. School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took 14 subjects instead of 6 that were usually taken in the US.

Family life, too, was different. The father's word was the law. All the activities were done with the family rather than individually. Fred found the food to be too simple at first. He also missed having a car.

"Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to 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 own ideas. "I suppose I should criticize American schools" he says, "It is far too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot. In Germany, we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many other activities. I think that maybe American schools are better in training their citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two."

Differences between American school life and German school life

Comparisons	【1】 students	German students
school life	They don’t have to stand up when their teacher comes into the classroom They have six subjects which are very【2】 to learn. They take part in many other activities besides study	They have to stand up and show【3】to their teacher when he enters the room They have 14 subjects which are much more【4】 . They have to 【5】hard all the time.
Family life	They do their own things individually. They can go to meet friends in a car and【6】themselves.	They have to listen to their 【7】. They have to【8】all the way. All the activities shouldn’t be done 【9】
Mike’s idea
Although school life in Germany is a little difficult, it is worthwhile. But American school can【10】students how to be citizens better. There should be some middle ground between the two

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】American

【2】easy

【3】respect

【4】difficult

【5】study/ work

【6】enjoy

【7】father/fathers

【8】walk

【9】alone/individually

【10】train

【解析】本篇文章通过介绍两个交换生的日常生活，向读者展示了美国、德国在学校生活、家庭生活和教育理念方面的一些异同。

【1】意义：美国学生。原文“Here is a two-way student exchange in action.”（这是一个双向学生交流活动。），结合文章，这篇文章讲的正是一个美国交换生去德国生活学习的故事，所以表格的这一栏应该是在谈论“美国的学生”的情况，右边那一栏是“德国的学生”的情况。故这里填“American”（美国的）。

【2】句意：他们有六个非常容易学习的学科。原文“School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.”（学校与他所期望的完全不同，而且更难。）说明这些原来在美国的科目是比较容易学习的（easy to learn），故填easy。

【3】句意：当老师进入教师时，他们必须站起来向老师展示自己的尊重。原文“Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room.”（老师走进教师时，学生们充满敬意地起身。）说明老师进教室学生应该展现（show）出自己的敬意（respect）。

【4】句意：他们有14个更难的学科。原文“School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.”（学校与他所期望的完全不同，而且更难。）说明在德国的学科比在美国的更难。原文用的是“harder”，这里题干中有“more”，要想也表达“更难”，需要用“more difficult”。

【5】句意：他们不得不一直努力学习。原文“School was completely different from what he had expected and it was much harder.”（学校与他所期望的完全不同，而且更难。）就说明他需要一直努力学习，“努力学习”为“work/study hard”。

【6】句意：他们可以去开车去见朋友并且玩的开心。原文“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out to have a good time.”（回到家里，你在车里接了一些朋友，出去玩得很开心。）描述在美国的生活，最后玩的很开心（have a good time），即“enjoy themselves”。

【7】句意：他们不得不听从他们的父亲。原文“The father's word was the law.”（父亲的话就是法律。）就说明了必须听从父亲的话，“listen to father/fathers”就是“听从父亲的话”。

【8】句意：他们不得不一直走路。原文“He also missed having a car.”（他想念以前有一辆车），说明现在出行是要走路了，“walk all the way”就是“一直走路”。

【9】句意：都有的活动不得独自一个人完成。原文“All the activities were done with the family rather than individually.”（所有的活动都是和家人完成的，而不是单独完成的。）说明活动不得是一个人单打独斗的，即“can’t be done individually”。

【10】句意：但美国学校可以培养学生如何成为更好的公民。原文“maybe American schools are better in training their citizens.”（也许美国学校在培训公民方面更好。）说明了美国学校在“训练，培训”（train）公民方面做得更好，故这里填“train”。