1 . Here are the major ways for your teens to gain international experience during a summer abroad:
1. Summer Teen Volunteer ProgramsVolunteering 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 ProgramsStudy 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 AbroadMaybe 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. |
A.French Summer Classes | B.Visions Service International |
C.Broadreach | D.Intercultural Costa Rica |
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. |
2 . Students at West Side Elementary School in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline to offer cheerful advice during difficult times. In just days, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour. The hotline, available in English and Spanish, offers the happy voices of children of different ages sharing positive messages.
Most people agree that with concerns like Covid-19, extreme weather, and the climate crisis, the last years have been stressful.
“To hear the pure joy from kids is extremely comforting in these difficult times,” art teacher Jessica Martin says.
Ms. Martin called the project “Pep Talk”, which later changed to “PepToc” to draw an ad for the hotline. The project had two parts, one the hotline, and the other creating encouraging posters. Along with artist Asherah, she worked with students from kindergarten to sixth grade. Students working on the hotline thought of what they would like to say. When they were ready, Ms. Martin recorded each one. Later, she sorted out the recordings into the different parts of the telephone hotline. For example, pressing 2 results in words of encouragement and life advice. This includes messages like: “The world is a better place with you in it.” and “You are okay!” Pressing 4, you hear the sounds of children laughing — a sound certain to bring a smile to anyone’s face. Other students took part in making encouraging posters to hang up around the town. Many posters had strips of paper that people passing by could tear off and take with them.
Ms. Martin thought the project would attract interest from people near the school. But word of the hotline spread quickly on social media. The hotline has become popular with stressed adults, patients in hospitals, older people in homes, and others to beat stress by hearing the happy voices of children.
1. What’s the purpose of the telephone hotline?A.To get people to express themselves. |
B.To provide a way for people to cheer up. |
C.To inspire children to face difficulties. |
D.To have children learn foreign cultures. |
A.To satisfy the need of an advertisement. |
B.To make it attractive to people of all ages. |
C.To add to the humorous effect of the hotline. |
D.To show the work value of Ms. Martin. |
A.She sorted out the most cheerful information. |
B.She advertised them in the local radio station. |
C.She put them into different parts for the hotline. |
D.She added children’s laughter as the background. |
A.It will grow popular all over the city. |
B.It greatly reduces people’s loneliness. |
C.It puts ads in media for its existence. |
D.It can help people deal with stress. |
3 . I’m a mother of three and a psychologist. Recently, I come to understand what makes childhood valuable in its own right.
One day, when I went to get my 7-year-old son from soccer
The traditional view of such a moment is that it is
A.appointment | B.display | C.practice | D.experience |
A.served | B.greeted | C.witnessed | D.treated |
A.envied | B.criticized | C.promoted | D.forgiven |
A.hanging | B.settling | C.putting | D.turning |
A.shyness | B.weakness | C.loneliness | D.sadness |
A.pick up | B.look for | C.stare at | D.bring out |
A.ears | B.hands | C.mouth | D.face |
A.biggest | B.simplest | C.strangest | D.dullest |
A.eyes | B.arms | C.legs | D.feet |
A.entertainment | B.delight | C.satisfaction | D.confusion |
A.gather | B.play | C.sit | D.stay |
A.practical | B.impossible | C.accessible | D.unnecessary |
A.capacity | B.respect | C.effort | D.responsibility |
A.experienced | B.absorbed | C.rich | D.skillful |
A.seeking | B.studying | C.missing | D.denying |
4 . As a popular tour operator, Travel China Guide designs a lot of China tour packages (旅游套餐) for foreigners with the best-selling travel deals to wonderful must see destinations and offers the best quality services. We warmly invite you to join us on an exciting vacation. Today we will offer you a three days’ private Zhangjiajie in-depth tour.
Day 1 Arrival in Zhangjiajie
Welcome to this charming city, Zhangjiajie. Your guide and driver will pick you up at the airport and drive you to the hotel we booked for you ahead of time. The rest time of the day remains free for you to relax.
Day 2 Glass Bridge in Zhangjiajie
Today, your private Zhangjiajie tour will start with a visit to the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, where you will have a chance to experience the world’s longest and highest glass bridge, Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge. In addition to an unforgettable experience, it will also give you a special angle to enjoy the beauty of the Grand Valley
Afterwards, your guide will lead you to the Baofeng Lake where you will take a scenic boat ride. When you finish visiting the scenic area, the driver will send you back to the hotel.
Day 3 Away From Zhangjiajie
Today your Zhangjiajie tour will continue to go to the Tianmen Mountain, known as the most beautiful “Hanging Garden” in the world. Tianmen Mountain is named after a natural wonder, Tianmen Cave, which is a naturally formed hole among thousand-metre high cliffs. In addition to this wonder, you may also see different old trees, green vines and rare animals there.
Your three-day Zhangjiajie tour package will come to an end here. You will then be driven to the airport and we will say goodbye there. If you want to have your China tour schedule further, we will be glad to provide detailed information.
1. What will the visitors do on Day 1?A.Book a hotel. | B.Drive to a hotel. |
C.Start with a visit. | D.Spend time relaxing freely. |
A.The Grand Valley. | B.The Baofeng Lake. |
C.The Tianmen Mountain. | D.Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge. |
A.It can book the hotel for free. |
B.It offers no pick-up services. |
C.It is designed for Chinese visitors. |
D.It provides travelling services for foreign tourists. |
5 . As is known to all, true beauty comes from within, but sometimes it’s not easy to know how to explain it.
Inner beauty is in the everyday choices you make.
When we are faced with small, daily choices such as whether to tell a white lie to avoid trouble, our inner beauty or lack thereof comes out.
I’ve known several people who were pretty on the outside, but when they said unkind words, they suddenly looked so ugly! True beauty comes from within and often comes out through your words.
Inner beauty is in how you respond to (应对) mistakes.
When someone makes a mistake and it annoys you, how do you respond? True beauty comes from within when someone is understanding. Someone without inner beauty will be angry. And when you are the one who made a mistake, how do you respond? Do you accept it and move on, giving yourself room to grow? A person with inner beauty doesn’t see mistakes as threats.
Inner beauty is on the outside.
If you look closely enough, you can see inner beauty from the outside.
A.Inner beauty is in your words |
B.Words may speak louder than actions |
C.Good choices are based on an honest heart |
D.It will lead you to avoid the challenge in your life |
E.Here are four things that help you understand inner beauty |
F.When you are full of good things on the inside, it shows in your smile |
G.Instead, he sees them as an important part of life and a chance to learn |
6 . Returning from an early-morning walk with my dog, I dug in my pockets for the keys to the front door but failed. I decided to return to find them.
I spent an hour looking for the keys, but the keys remained lost. At home again, I pulled the backup key from its hiding place, let myself in the house, and fell on the couch thinking. The house key wasn’t that important as I had an extra. I had a spare car key, but the iron heart made by my grandson was precious. For some reason, thinking of it being gone forever made tears come to my eyes. I blamed myself for not being more careful. In my head, I reflected on my steps but finally gave up. Life is too short to get worried over these things.
For some reason, I continued the day without beginning the various tasks of getting replacements. That night, it began to snow. I settled into a peaceful evening. It was peaceful until I heard the scream of my car alarm. I rushed to the car, opened it, and stopped the alarm. I felt red-faced as I imagined my next-door neighbors being annoyed.
I went back in the house, and the next sound was the front doorbell. Assuming it was a neighbor ready to complain, I opened the door with apologies ready.
In the light snow stood three neighbors from several streets away. One of them held out my keys with a smile! I wanted to hug her, but in a COVID world, all I could do was say. “Oh, my goodness! Thank you!” She said, “Sorry about the alarm. We had to press it to find your home!” Pressing the alarm until I heard a car alarm wouldn’t have occurred to me. I was astonished by her clever kindness and wished I could have hugged her. Instead, I hugged the keys.
1. What made the author cry?A.Failing to enter her house. | B.Losing the spare house key. |
C.Losing the heart-shaped iron. | D.Feeling tired after the search. |
A.It began to snow before she replaced her keys. |
B.The alarm of her car might annoy the neighbors. |
C.She wasted her life worrying over small things. |
D.Her neighbor noticed her crying over the lost keys. |
A.To demand an apology from her. | B.To offer to check and repair her car. |
C.To share COVID information with her. | D.To return her lost keys that they found. |
A.The neighbor pressed the author’s car alarm to find her. |
B.People like to keep social distance because of COVID. |
C.The author’s neighbor refused the author’s hug politely. |
D.The author planned to sound the alarm to find people. |
7 . One thing that has always attracted us is the food taboos (禁忌). There is one that seems to be acknowledged in the West: the idea that seedless (无籽) fruits are dangerous.
For those unfamiliar with this belief, it seems to go like this. The basic function of fruit in nature is to spread the seeds of the plant to ensure the survival of the species. When fruits are seedless, however, it is meant to be a sign that they want to give up their basic function. According to more extreme views, these fruits not only have fewer vitamins and minerals, but also are actually harmful to humans.
In fact, from the view of science, seedless fruits are the result of a biological development. While it is true that this development can be the result of human actions, it also happens in nature all the time. Often, it is a combination of both.
What effect does the absence of seeds have on nutrition (营养)? Well, seeds do often contain nutrients like fibre, which can mean seed-containing fruits are a little bit higher in fibre. They can also contain potentially beneficial nutrients. This, however, will make a difference only when you eat up the seeds, bite them with your teeth and break the seeds in a digestible form.
Then there is the question of popularity. It doesn't matter how nutrient-packed a crop is if people are unwilling to eat it. While the nutritional difference between seeded and seedless is very small, we know that the sale of seedless fruits has greatly increased since seedless forms were introduced to the market. So when seen in this wider viewpoint, rather than being a loss for nutrition in our diets, seedless fruits have been a gain for us human beings.
1. What do western people with extreme views believe?A.Seedless fruits are the result of a biological process. |
B.Seedless fruits could actually do harm to human beings. |
C.Seedless fruits could have more vitamins and minerals. |
D.Seedless fruits could spread seeds to ensure survival of the species. |
A.Seedless fruits existed due to human actions rather than nature. |
B.Biting seeds of fruits can be helpful to your teeth more or less. |
C.Seedless fruits have no difference from fruits with seeds in nutrition. |
D.Many people choose seedless fruits after its presence at the market. |
A.Uninterested | B.Positive | C.Negative | D.Cautious |
A.Well, Seed Or Seedless, That Is a Question |
B.Yes, Fruits with Seeds Always Win Your Heart |
C.No, There's Nothing Wrong with Seedless Fruits |
D.Surprise! A New Study Supports Fruits without Seeds |