Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they  are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
小題1:Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?
A．IndiaB．GhanaC．ThailandD．New Zealand
小題2:Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?
A．Teaching young childrenB．Health care work
C．Saving elephantsD．Teaching Chinese
小題3:What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
A．The keepersB．The doctors
C．The studentsD．The elephants
小題4:What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?
A．It is amazingB．It is boring
C．It is helpfulD．It is expensive

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
短文大意：這篇短文重點介紹了一個特殊的教育項目，并重點介紹了在泰國幫助大象的活動。
小題1:根據(jù)表格第三行描述，可知要想從事醫(yī)學(xué)職業(yè)，可以去加納。故選B。
小題2:根據(jù)表格第一行描述，可知喜歡孩子和藝術(shù)的人，可知選項教孩子們。故選A。
小題3:聯(lián)系前兩句描述，可知they指的是前文提到的那些大象們。故選D。
小題4:根據(jù)短文第三行They help students to find the experience they are looking for. 描述，可知作者認為這個教育項目很有幫助。故選C。
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