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、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分） A This year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teen-agers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teen-agers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world. Here is a two-way student exchange (交换) in action . Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. In turn, 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 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 (活动). Family life, too, was different. The father's word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual (个人). 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." | 
