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【題目】 Have you ever been on a student exchange program? How useful was it? We asked three people for their opinions.

Ellen

I spent 8 days in Germany when I was studying for my Level A. I went to school every day, and spent the evenings with a family. It was great because I had to speak German all the time. However, the most useful thing was that I was paying more attention to communicating in the language, instead of speaking perfectly correct German. I was really glad that people could understand what I was saying. I’d certainly introduce it to other students studying languages.

Frank

I went on an exchange with my class for a week in Japan. Before the exchange, I thought my understanding of grammar was pretty good, but I had much trouble listening and speaking. So, what I thought most meaningful was that I had no choice but to use everyday language skills, rather than the language from books. If I had the opportunity, I’d certainly take part in another language exchange.

Alice

I took part in a French exchange. It lasted two weeks and I stayed with my exchange family in a small town just outside Paris. I’m quite a shy person, so in the first few days, I was kind of nervous, but then it was fine. I love French and my French has always been good. But the exchange really helped develop my speaking skills, and made me a much more confident person. It felt great to be able to talk with French people. I also found that everyone who took part in the exchange did a lot better in their end-of-year exams.

【1】How long did Frank stay in Japan?

A.A weekB.Eight days.C.Two weeks.D.Half a year.

【2】What did Alice think about her exchange?

A.It developed her listening skills.B.It made her more confident.

C.It taught her exam skills.D.It took too much of her time.

【3】All three people would most likely describe their exchange as .

A.tiringB.excitingC.boringD.helpful

【4】Who will be interested in the passage above?

A.Students who are learning a foreign language.

B.Students who want to work as teachers later.

C.Students who are interested in traveling abroad.

D.Students who are not doing well in their studies.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

本文詳細介紹了三位同學(xué)作為交換生去國外交流學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)歷，具體說了他們?nèi)サ膰�家，時間和體會等。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“I went on an exchange with my class for a week in Japan”，可知是去了一周，故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“But the exchange really helped develop my speaking skills, and made me a much more confident person”，可知這讓她更自信了，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“the most useful thing was that I was paying more attention to communicating in the language”，“what I thought most meaningful was that I had no choice but to use everyday language skills”和“the exchange really helped develop my speaking skills, and made me a much more confident person”，可知三個人都提及了這些交換經(jīng)歷有用的地方，故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。通讀全文，可知文章主要介紹了三位同學(xué)作為交換生去國外交流學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)歷，而且都提到了交換經(jīng)歷對于他們的外語有很大幫助，可推知想要學(xué)習(xí)外語的同學(xué)會對文章感興趣，故選A。

閱讀理解一般考查學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解能力、主旨理解能力和推理判斷能力。做閱讀理解題，首先要準確理解題意，然后根據(jù)題意和短文內(nèi)容選出正確的答案。如題1，考查細節(jié)理解能力，此類型題較簡單，準確理解題意后，直接到文中找出答案，根據(jù)“I went on an exchange with my class for a week in Japan”，可知是去了一周，故選A。