A MENTORING program (导师制) 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 world?famous 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 accompanied 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 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 .
( )41.The Young Inspirations mentoring program aims to ________.
A．train staff for world?famous firms
B．offer job opportunities to young adults
C．provide youth with unique experiences
D．equip the unemployed with different skills
( )42.According to Alex Goldberg, it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to ________.
A．the lack of support from firms
B．the cultural differences
C．the effect of unemployment
D．the shortage of money
( )43.According to the passage, the forum focused on how youth can ________.
A．build up their confidence at school
B．find work experience opportunities
C．improve their social skills for the future
D．play an active role in the change of society
( )44.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．the visit to the United Kingdom was amazing
B．Kieran has made great progress in many aspects
C．the youth have found a way to solve their problems
D．the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday
( )45.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young Inspirations.
B．Young People Find a World of Opportunity.
C．Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to Paris.
D．Debates Help Youth with Their Grades.
本文是一篇广告类应用文。讲述了年轻人激励项目的种种好处，如帮助年轻人增加信心，提高学习成绩和社会技能等，号召大家参与到这个项目中。
41．C 细节理解题。根据第三段的“We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook.”可知正确答案是C。
42．D 细节理解题。从第五段“At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring”可以看出，学校很难提供导师制的原因是资金问题。
43．D 推理判断题。从第七段的“The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life.”可以看出，论坛的主题是关于年轻人在政治和公共生活中如何驾驭应对各种变化，再结合第六段的“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.”可知论坛本身是要年轻人积极参与探讨年轻人的未来和教育该是什么样子，这些都印证了论坛的目的就是为了关注年轻人如何在多变的社会中发挥积极的作用。故选D。
44．B 推理判断题。从第八段“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.'”可以看出，Kieran参加这个活动后，很多方面都有了进步，包括信心、社会技能以及学习成绩。故答案是B。
45．B 主旨大意题。根据句首的“A MENTORING program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth.”可知，导师制为年轻人提供了改变生活的机会，带他们进入一个新的世界，故答案是B。
