1 . Here are the major ways for your teens to gain international experience during a summer abroad:

1. Summer Teen Volunteer Programs

Volunteering abroad offers a unique insight into another culture. Programs can teach much, while strengthening a commitment to the life of volunteering. Amigos International offers immersive programs that include leadership training, along with volunteering. Visions Service International shows ways for your teens to be a teen without borders through service work and cross-cultural living.

2. Summer Study Abroad Programs

Study abroad is my passion — there’s something unique about studying in another country that makes the subject matter come alive, from archaeology to literature. Studying abroad in high school, whether for a summer or on exchange, can get your teens excited about learning again. For those who can’t afford it, there are many ways of financing study abroad, including government programs to fund language learning overseas.

3. Summer Adventures and Cultural Travel Abroad

Maybe your teen is more drawn to adventure. There are many opportunities for adventures abroad — the best programs combine adventures with language learning, cultural activities, and community service, so that adventurous teens get the best of both worlds. Broadreach offers more than 70 summer adventures in more than 40 countries, including marine biology, sailing, language immersion, culture, arts, community service, leadership, and outdoor skills.

4. Summer Language Immersion (沉浸)

Some language learning programs also provide volunteer opportunities. This can be an ideal way to study by helping others. Intercultural Costa Rica also includes cultural activities and tours. The Alpine French School provides both language learning and cultural and outdoor activities. French Summer Classes is a unique opportunity for your teen to have a homestay and the language program in one place. Whatever language program your teen chooses, the chance to learn language through immersion is, as research has shown, the best way to not only learn a language, but gain academic, cultural, and employment benefits.

Start Looking Now and Change Your Teen’s Life!

What are you waiting for? Start researching options with your teens and help them have a summer that will change their lives.

For more information, please visit Why Your Teen High School Student Should Go Abroad: The Parents’ Guide.

1. Whom is the passage written for?

A．The teens.	B．The volunteers.
C．The language learners.	D．The parents.

2. If a teen wants to learn a foreign language by living in a local family, the best choice is ________.

A．French Summer Classes	B．Visions Service International
C．Broadreach	D．Intercultural Costa Rica

3. What is the purpose of the writer in writing the passage?

A．To introduce the ways to experience the foreign culture.

B．To introduce how to spend a summer holiday correctly.

C．To recommend the parents some proper ways to help their teens gain foreign experience.

D．To encourage the teens to learn foreign languages through summer exchange programs.

3 . When I was thirteen years old , a girl gave me an important gift. It was a _______. It was the early autumn of my first year at a new school. No one _______ me. I was very lonely. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt even more _______. I could not talk to anyone about my_______, and I did not want my parents to worry about me.

One day, my classmates were talking with their friends, but I sat _______. At that moment, a girl entered the classroom,_______ me without a word and gave me a bright smile._______, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel _______. It was like a hidden treasure. That smile   _______ my life. I started to talk with the other__________. Day by Day, I learnt to__________people, and they included me in their circle of friends. The girl with the __________smile has become my best friend now. One day, asked her __________ she smiled at me that day. She said she could not remember!

Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you __________ that you are lonely, you might always be alone. My __________ is : smile at the world and it will smile back.

1.

A．toy

B．smile

C．postcard

2.

A．reminded

B．cheated

C．knew

3.

A．lonely

B．comfortable

C．excited

4.

A．problem

B．suggestion

C．danger

5.

A．in turn

B．in silence

C．in surprise

6.

A．shouted to

B．looked at

C．sent for

7.

A．Briefly

B．Terribly

C．Suddenly

8.

A．warm

B．angry

C．shy

9.

A．destroyed

B．controlled

C．changed

10.

A．workers

B．neighbors

C．students

11.

A．trust

B．ignore

C．refuse

12.

A．bright

B．forced

C．sad

13.

A．how

B．why

C．where

14.

A．doubt

B．answer

C．think

15.

A．difficulty

B．advice

C．chance

6 . The next day would be Christmas. Jim was shopping for a gift for his wife Della. With an income of twenty dollars per week, life was really _________ for the couple, but Jim wanted to buy a perfect gift for Della. He thought of the beautiful set of _________ Della had wanted for so long in one of the shop windows on Broadway. Tomorrow, Jim decided, he was going to make Della’s dream come true.

Jim and Della _________ two things they were both proud of. One was Jim’s gold watch, and the other was Della’s beautiful _________. Jim looked at the gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. _________, Jim knew what he had to do: he would sell his watch.

That afternoon, Jim _________ the watch, went to the shop for the combs (发插) and returned home with a package in his pocket. He was sure that they would be the most wonderful gift for Della. He was _________ about what Della was going to think when she saw the gift the next day.

The door opened and Della walked in. Jim looked at her with a puzzled _________. “Jim,” Della cried, “don’t look at me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a watch chain. Give me your watch. Let me see how it looks on it.”

Jim smiled. “Della,” he said, “I sold my watch to buy you a gift.” Jim _________ the package from his pocket and __________ it on the table. Della opened it. There lay the set of combs that she had always wanted. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.

1.

A．easy

B．true

C．comfortable

D．hard

2.

A．watches

B．combs

C．books

D．flowers

3.

A．made

B．missed

C．owned

D．learned

4.

A．hair

B．nose

C．smile

D．face

5.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Indeed

6.

A．broke

B．repaired

C．sold

D．lost

7.

A．worried

B．angry

C．surprised

D．excited

8.

A．expression

B．answer

C．problem

D．figure

9.

A．carried away

B．set off

C．took out

D．looked up

10.

A．hit

B．threw

C．changed

D．put

8 . Alice was at her home on Christmas Day when she heard someone shouting on her street. When she looked outside, she saw a man _______ for help in the cold. She brought the man, 64-year-old Joe White, into her home to _______ but she feared it was too late. His hands had frostbite (冻伤) and his body was looking worse and worse the longer he stayed in her home.

In search of _______, Alice took to Facebook Live. “We gotta get some help,” she said on the livestream. “He’s going to lose his fingers. I don’t know what else to do. I have fed him. I have _______ him.” “I’m going crazy because I’m scared. His body has changed rapidly every _______.”

Alice said she made a(n) _______ call but due to the snowstorm, emergency workers were unable to respond to calls for hours over the weekend. Ambulances (救护车) were getting _______ in the thick snow.

_______, her request was answered. A group of men arrived and took Joe to the hospital on Christmas night.

Joe is now _______ in the ICU with fourth-degree frostbite, his sister June said. June has expressed her thanks to Alice. “We were all trying to help each other and it was ________,” June said. “He was in a mess. And Alice clearly saved his life.”

1.

A．searching

B．calling

C．preparing

D．applying

2.

A．cheer up

B．stay up

C．warm up

D．clear up

3.

A．help

B．doctors

C．cars

D．heat

4.

A．examined

B．protected

C．saved

D．bathed

5.

A．hour

B．day

C．month

D．year

6.

A．treatment

B．rescue

C．delivery

D．emergency

7.

A．attacked

B．stuck

C．contacted

D．involved

8.

A．Finally

B．Definitely

C．Immediately

D．Regularly

9.

A．waiting

B．functioning

C．recovering

D．suffering

10.

A．normal

B．generous

C．wonderful

D．promising

10 . London’s best local theatres

Bush Theatre

The Bush Theatre in Shepherd’s Bush began life in 1972 above a pub that held only 80 people, but in 2010 it moved to an old public library building. Under the artistic directorship of Madani Younis, the theatre became one of the city’s most influential artistic spaces. Now that Lynette Linton has taken control of it, the theatre continues to host groundbreaking works

7 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherd’s Bush, bushtheatre.co.uk

Arcola Theatre

Set up by artistic director Mehmet Ergen in 2000, the Arcola in Dalston has two theatre spaces and plays host to a number of works. As well as hosting new writing, they hold Grime born, an opera (歌剧) festival that runs for several weeks every summer.

24 Ashwin St, Dalston, arcolatheatre.com

Southwark Playhouse

Southwark Playhouse began life in 1993, with a disused workshop being turned into a theatre space. With two performance spaces, they put on a widespread of works, from musicals to new plays. The Playhouse is moving into two new venues (剧场), a flagship site at Elephant and Castle and another in the arches of London Bridge Station.

77—85 Newington Causeway, southwark playhouse.co.uk

Rose Theatre

It’s worth making the journey to the Rose Theatre. It opened in 2008 and its layout (布局) was based on that of the original Elizabethan Rose Theatre on London’s Bankside. It hosts works from theatre companies as well as producing its own, and can attract the best. The world’s first public performance of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend took place here in 2017.

24—26 High St, Kingston upon Thames, rosetheatre.org

1. Who takes control of the Bush Theatre at present?

A．Elena Ferrante.

B．Mehmet Ergen.

C．Madani Younis.

D．Lynette Linton.

2. If you enjoy an opera festival in summer, you can go to          .

A．7 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherd’s Bush	B．24 Ashwin St, Dalston
C．77—85 Newington Causeway	D．24—26 High St, Kingston upon Thames

3. Of the following theatres, the second oldest one is        .

A．Bush Theatre

B．Arcola Theatre

C．Southwark Playhouse

D．Rose Theatre

4. What information is given about Rose Theatre?

A．Its website.	B．Its hostess.
C．Its workshop.	D．Its list of performances.