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A MENTORING (導師制) program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth.

Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions for students and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.

Alex Goldberg，the program’s founder，said：“We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook.

“We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth.For example，we’ve secured internships (實習) with world?famous firms such as Honda.

“At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring，it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures.”Kieran Hepburn,14，is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from the program so far.In October the Banbury School pupil was accompanied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational，Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) International Youth Forum (論壇)．

The event was held for young people from around the world，to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look.Kieran joined several hundred observers mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event.Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience.“Before we left I didn’t quite know what to make of it but when we got there we didn’t stop，it was amazing，”he said，“We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon.”

The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life.It dealt with issues (問題) such as drug abuse，violence and unemployment.

Kieran said：“ It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August.”

The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury.For details visit www.younginspirations.com.

1.The Young Inspirations mentoring program aims to ________.

A．train staff for world?famous firms

B．offer job opportunities to young adults

C．provide youth with unique experiences

D．equip the unemployed with different skills

2.．According to Alex Goldberg，it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to ________.

A．the lack of support from firms

B．the cultural differences

C．the effect of unemployment

D．the shortage of money

3.According to the passage，the forum focused on how youth can ________.

A．build up their confidence at school

B．find work experience opportunities

C．improve their social skills for the future

D．play an active role in the change of society

4.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．the visit to the United Kingdom was amazing

B．Kieran has made great progress in many aspects

C．the youth have found a way to solve their problems

D．the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Alex Goldberg，Founder of Young Inspirations

B．Young People Find a World of Opportunity

C．Kieran，Banbury School Pupil to Paris

D．Debates Help Youth with Their Grades

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.B

【解析】本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了一種新型體系——Young Inspirations。這種體系既能提高年輕人的學業(yè)水平，又能幫助他們擁有更多的生活經(jīng)歷以便更好地塑造未來。

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2.2】解析：選D。細節(jié)理解題。由第五段第一句可知由于資金縮減，造成了學校采用這一體系的困難，所以D項正確。A項“缺少公司支持”，與第四段最后一句“我們與世界著名公司，如Honda公司落實了實習關(guān)系”這一表述相矛盾；B項和C項文章沒有提及。

3.3】解析：選D。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段可知這次討論會的主題是年輕人如何駕馭政治和公眾生活的變化，這將對他們?nèi)松�的變化起著積極的指導作用，所以D項正確。A、C兩項的表述只是Kieran的個人看法而不是討論會的主題；文章并沒有提到討論會的主題是“找到就業(yè)經(jīng)驗機會”，故B項不正確。

4.4】解析：選B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二、三段不難推斷，這次討論會不僅使Kieran獲得了信心，而且社會技能和學業(yè)也取得了巨大進步，故B項正確；A項錯在這次參觀的目的地不是英國而是法國。C項“年輕人通過這次論壇已經(jīng)找到了解決問題的辦法”，過于絕對化；D項“導師制論壇除了星期五每天都舉行”，而文章最后一段講到“只在周五舉行”，正好相反。

5.5】解析：選B。主旨大意題。文章主要介紹通過關(guān)于導師制這一新體系的參觀研討活動，給年輕人的未來生活提供了許多經(jīng)驗和機會，故B項正確。A項只是介紹創(chuàng)始人；C項只是一個個案，沒有升華為主題；D項則強調(diào)辯論的意義，偏離主題。