This year 2, 300 teenagers from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions  (印象)  of the real American teenagers. American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and have a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. In return, 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 (尊敬地) 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.
Family life, too, was different. The family's word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. 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 your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two."
【小题1】The whole exchange program is mainly to______.

This morning I got a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my  1  , and I had been doing this for a long time!

    Mum came into the kitchen, asking, "Are you ready(准备好的), Sam?"     

"Yes," I answered quietly,2  in fact I wasn't ready, really!

    On my way to school, I could feel my heart beating (跳动) fast. I hated this.

    I went into Mrs. Green's class. She is smiling (微笑), and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.

    "Hi, Sam," she said to me as I walked  3  the classroom.

    "Hi," I said and quickly sat in my  4  . I looked at the clock. The class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Green started, "Sam, it's time for you to give your speech."  "  5  in front of everybody? Oh, no! "

    I stood up slowly, looking at the ground and I walked to the front of the classroom. Then, I looked up, and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Green knew I was  6  , so she came beside me, and put  7  hand on my back.

    She said to the class, "Sam has worked very hard on his  8  and I know it is a very interesting report." Then she turned to me and asked, "Sam,  9  did you like best about the report on Hawaii?"  

      I thought about the funny things I had read about surfing, and I  10  to talk. I talked and talked in front of the whole class, and I was not nervous at all. It was great fun. I wasn't nervous. The class cheered when I finished and Mrs. Green was smiling.

1. A. house         B. class.             C. party              D. home

2. A. But            B. Then            C. So              D. Or

3. A. away         B. out of            C. into                D. from

4. A. seat           B. bed               C. desk             D. car

5. A. Put up        B. Stand up         C. Fix up          D. Dress up

6. A. glad          B. active            C. nervous          D. happy

7. A. she          B. her                C. hers                    D. herself

8. A. dictionary     B. magazine         C. newspaper         D. report

9. A. what         B. who                    C. where           D. whom

10. A. came.     B. allowed          C. forgot           D. started

      She is a cute, quite girl. As a daughter, she has no secret from her mother, who is very pleased with her. But these days she has become not so open as before. She has a diary that she keeps under lock and key. Her mother cannot help worrying about her: what if she falls in love, which is too early of her age? After all she is reaching the "dangerous time". These thoughts have caused trouble in her mother's mind.

      One weekend the girl came to tell her mother that she was going to the cinema with her schoolmate and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed, and she couldn't help worrying because her daughter had never been away at night before. The mother waited till nine. She decided to go out to meet her daughter. Just at that time the noise of a car pulling up drew her to the window and--there was her daughter, waving goodbye to a boy. Her heart missed a beat. When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, just like nothing had happened. "Mum, I 'm back." "Yeah." "Sorry to be late. Still sitting up?  Yes. Oh, That... Who's that boy?" The daughter was stunned (发愣) for some time. "Ah. It's my monitor. He gave me a lift on his way home. Mum, I'm going to bed." "All right. Go to sleep early."

     Next morning when the mother went to the daughter's room to do some cleaning, she found her diary left on the bed. After a few minutes' thinking, she at last opened it to the page of the night before. It reads: Mum, it's love that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn't.

1. Which is the correct order according to the story?

    a. She took a lift back in her monitor's car.

    b. She went to see a film with her classmate.

    c. She wrote a diary to her mother.

    d. Her mother was watching TV.

    e. Her mother worried about her daughter's returning late.

    A. b, e, a, d, c     B. e, b, a, d, c     C. b, a, e, d, c     D. b, e, a, c, d

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

    A. The girl knew her mother would ask her the question about the boy.

    B. What the daughter did these days worried her mother.

    C. The mother wanted to read her daughter's dairy the next day.

    D. The girl's diary was always on the bed.

3. From the diary, we can see the daughter_____.

    A. thanked her mother for asking her

    B. thought her mother cared about her very much

    C. thought it was her mother's duty to ask

    D. thought her mother's understanding is better than simple love

4. The main purpose (目的) of this article is to show that parents should ______.

    A. care about what their children really think and feel

    B. not give much freedom to their children

    C. talk with their children about their early love

    D. not read their children's diary

5. Which can be the best title for this story?

A. Mother's True Love              

B. Early Love Between Students

C. To ask or Not to Ask             

D. Dangerous Age