Below are several programs designed for students.
ARCC Gap
ARCC Gap has been offering programs for young adults since 1983. ARCC Gap Semester programs are an opportunity to live and learn in some of the greatest classrooms on earth. Our Semester programs take students on a journey of discovery of local peoples, places, cultures and ideas.
Program Locations: International — Africa, Asia, Latin America, and India
Phone: 415-332-5075
Email: gap @ adventurescrosscountry.com
Thinking Beyond Borders
Thinking Beyond Borders’ gap year programs are specifically designed for students who like learning and are eager to create meaningful social change in the world. We combine working with inspiring local leaders, and engage readings and discussions to create an exciting, supportive, and transformational learning environment.
TBB’s full-year and semester options include a 7-country Global Gap Year.
Program Location(s): International — Global, South America, Asia
Phone: 203-993-0236
Camps International
Our inspirational AGA programs give you the chance to live with the communities you will be supporting and work with locals on service projects that make a significant and lasting difference to people’s lives. You can also contribute to protecting the environment and endangered wildlife.
Program Locations: Kenya, Borneo, Cambodia, Ecuador, Peru and our newest locations Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Phone: 44 1425 485 390
Email: rcig@campsintemational.co.uk
Raleigh International
For more than 30 years Raleigh International has been running life-changing Expeditions to some of the most remote places on the planet.
A Raleigh Expedition is overseas volunteering. Our 5, 7 or 10-week Expeditions provide exposure to different people, new cultures, situations, and environments. This is your chance to create a real change in the communities that need it most, and to develop a range of skills for yourself.
Program Locations: Africa, Asia and India
Phone: 00 44 (0)207 183 1270
1.What do ARCC Gap and Thinking Beyond Borders have in common?
A. They are to bring about social changes.
B. They are designed to train young leaders.
C. They have a history of about three decades.
D. The participants will travel to different continents.
2.What is the advantage of taking part in Camps International?
A. Gaining the chance to get support.
B. Knowing more about national affairs.
C. Developing the awareness of serving others.
D. Having a good command of a foreign language.
3.How can we get in touch with Raleigh International?
A. By fax. B. By phone.
C. By email. D. In person.
假如你是李华，下个月8号是你的加拿大笔友Smith的生日，你给他寄了200克中国绿茶作为礼物。请你给他写一封信，要点如下：
1. 向他表达生日祝福；
2. 介绍中国的茶文化（4000多年历史、种类繁多、好处等）；
3. 希望他将来有机会来中国时体验中国茶文化；请他介绍加拿大咖啡文化。
注意：1. 词数100左右，（开头结尾已给出，不计入词数）；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Smith,
How time flies! __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Times waits for no man. This is something I learned very clear last term. I spent so much time fool around that my grades began to fall. I finally realize that something necessary had to done. It was time of a change.
Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half a hour. This will give him a head start on the day. I have also been decided to keep a record of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on which I’ve done will give me some idea on how to rearrange my time.
When we mention the most famous Chinese painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, the image coming into people’s mind1. (be) Qingming Shangle Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
This painting is important 2. several reasons. First, up till that time, almost all Chinese paintings were landscapes, 3. (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll（卷轴）painting 4. (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing (now Kaifeng in Henan Province). Third, the painting is 5. (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic 6. (activity) in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them 7. great deal in understanding 8. the Chinese lived.
The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the 9. (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies-the Qing version 10. (hold) in the National Palace Museum inn Taipei.
My 8-hour sleepy voyage finally came to an end after I stepped out of the airport. ________ on the bus, I was waiting anxiously for it to start.
A woman beside me and her daughter both seemed ________. She told me that her daughter had an upset stomach and would ________ continuously; ________, the mother had lost her purse. Apart from a significant ________ of money, the purse also had her phone and a phone number of an important ________. She would meet him for discussing a(n) ________ matter which had to be ________ by tomorrow morning.
I handed her my cellphone without ________ and told her that she could make any ________ she wanted. I also produced a bottle of water I had in my bag to relieve her daughter of her ________. After making several calls, they finally ________ to the official! They turned to look at me ________ and thanked me many times. The woman tried to ________ for my assistance, but I refused ________ I knew she had lost her money.
The next morning, I received a call from the mother, saying that they couldn’t ________ how much my generous act touched them. They were so ________ that they had taken down my number to thank me. I was astonished to be thanked in this way. I never thought my simple offer ________ so much in her heart. And I thought of how many opportunities for kindness we had lost by plugging into cellphones and being disconnected ________ the reality around us-something with easy ________ may make a big difference to others.
1.A. Getting B. Got C. Seated D. Seating
2.A. relaxed B. excited C. unconscious D. uncomfortable
3.A. throw up B. put up C. take up D. pick up
4.A. however B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise
5.A. number B. variety C. mass D. amount
6.A. accountant B. official C. lawyer D. doctor
7.A. simple B. political C. urgent D. financial
8.A. settled B. ignored C. raised D. dropped
9.A. doubt B. permission C. question D. hesitation
10.A. call B. decision C. choice D. promise
11.A. fever B. stress C. sickness D. appetite
12.A. came over B. went through C. got through D. turned around
13.A. doubtfully B. closely C. curiously D. gratefully
14.A. thank B. pay C. award D. praise
15.A. since B. if C. while D. although
16.A. express B. talk C. describe D. compose
17.A. reasonable B. considerate C. flexible D. considerable
18.A. increased B. balanced C. weighed D. ranked
19.A. in B. beyond C. of D. from
20.A. reach B. access C. range D. goal
Test anxiety can be a real problem if you’re so stressed out over a test that you can’t get past the nervousness to focus on the test questions and do your best work. Feeling ready to meet the challenge can keep test anxiety at a manageable level.
Be prepared. Some students think that going to class is all it takes to do well on tests. 1. You will find your test anxiety eases when toy start to study more regularly. The reason is that the more you know the material, the more confident you’;; feel. Having confidence going into a test means you expect to do well.
Watch what you’re thinking. If expecting to do well on a test can help you relax, what about if you expect you won’t do well? 2. They can contribute to your anxiety. If you find yourself having these thoughts, replace them with positive ones. Not unrealistic positive messages, of course, but ones that are practical and true.
Accept mistakes. Another thing you can do is to learn to keep mistakes in view-especially if you are a perfectionist or you tend to be hard on yourself. Everyone makes mistakes, and you may have heard teachers refer to mistakes as learning opportunities. 3.
4. If sitting for a test gets you so stressed out that your mind goes blank and causes you to miss answers that you know, then your level of test anxiety probably needs some attention. Your teacher or your school guidance counselor（顾问）can be good people to talk to.
Take care of yourself. For some people, this might mean learning a simple breathing exercise. Practise breathing exercise regularly when you feel stressed. 5. Then you can calm yourself down and get centered.
A. Ask for help.
B. Learn to praise yourself.
C. This helps your body receive a signal to relax.
D. But good study habits and skills are more important.
E. So it’s time to regard small failures as valuable experiences.
F. Then you will become more interested in asking questions.
G. You may send yourself some negative messages about the test.
