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 differencesC．the effect of unemploymentD．the shortage of money【小题3】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4】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：
【小题1】细节理解题。由第三段中的“‘We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences...'”可知目的是给青年提供独特的经历。
答案 C
【小题2】推理判断题。由第五段中的“funding cutbacks”(削减资金)可知，缺乏资金给导师制的发展带来了困难。
答案 D
【小题3】推理判断题。由文章倒数第二段中的“‘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. '”可知Kieran在很多方面取得了进步。故选B项。
答案 B
【小题4】标题归纳题。本文主要就Alex Goldberg创建了导师制，给青年人提供了了解社会、获得社会经验的机会，最后这个项目扩大到国际范围，给青年人改变自己和社会的机会。所以正确答案为B。
答案 B