A MENTORING (导师制) 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 (实习) with worldfamous 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 acpanied 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 (论坛)．
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 (问题) 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..
【小题1】The Young Inspirations mentoring program aims to .A．train staff for worldfamous firmsB．offer job opportunities to young adultsC．provide youth with unique experiencesD．equip the unemployed with different skills【小题2】．According to Alex Goldberg，it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to .A．the lack of support from firmsB．the cultural differences C．the effect of unemploymentD．the shortage of money【小题3】According to the passage，the forum focused on how youth can .A．build up their confidence at schoolB．find work experience opportunitiesC．improve their social skills for the futureD．play an active role in the change of society【小题4】We can learn from the passage that .A．the visit to the United Kingdom was amazingB．Kieran has made great progress in many aspectsC．the youth have found a way to solve their problemsD．the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday【小题5】What would be the best title for the passage?A．Alex Goldberg，Founder of Young InspirationsB．Young People Find a World of OpportunityC．Kieran，Banbury School Pupil to ParisD．Debates Help Youth with Their GradesC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了一种新型体系——Young Inspirations。这种体系既能提高年轻人的学业水平，又能帮助他们拥有更多的生活经历以便更好地塑造未来。
【小题1】解析：选C。推理判断题。通读文章我们可以发现Young Inspirations不仅能帮助年轻人提高学业水平还能为他们塑造美好未来提供各种经验，故C项正确。A项“为世界著名公司培训员工”，更换了适用对象，与原文不符；B项给young adults提供工作，扩大了适用对象，也不正确；D项“为失业者培训不同的技能”，也是片面的。
【小题2】解析：选D。细节理解题。由第五段第一句可知由于资金缩减，造成了学校采用这一体系的困难，所以D项正确。A项“缺少公司支持”，与第四段最后一句“我们与世界著名公司，如Honda公司落实了实习关系”这一表述相矛盾；B项和C项文章没有提及。
【小题3】解析：选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段可知这次讨论会的主题是年轻人如何驾驭政治和公众生活的变化，这将对他们人生的变化起着积极的指导作用，所以D项正确。A、C两项的表述只是Kieran的个人看法而不是讨论会的主题；文章并没有提到讨论会的主题是“找到就业经验机会”，故B项不正确。
【小题4】解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二、三段不难推断，这次讨论会不仅使Kieran获得了信心，而且社会技能和学业也取得了巨大进步，故B项正确；A项错在这次参观的目的地不是英国而是法国。C项“年轻人通过这次论坛已经找到了解决问题的办法”，过于绝对化；D项“导师制论坛除了星期五每天都举行”，而文章最后一段讲到“只在周五举行”，正好相反。
【小题5】解析：选B。主旨大意题。文章主要介绍通过关于导师制这一新体系的参观研讨活动，给年轻人的未来生活提供了许多经验和机会，故B项正确。A项只是介绍创始人；C项只是一个个案，没有升华为主题；D项则强调辩论的意义，偏离主题。