We develop our impressions of other countries and their people through books, movies, television, newspapers, magazines, fellow students, and friends. But is there really any substitute for first-hand experience
Come, spend a summer studying in the U. S. A, and get to know a people and a land which are incredibly rich in their variety and vitality. You may end up on an urban campus or a warm one, in San Francisco or St. Louis. But whatever your experience is, it will be firsthand personal, alive, and unforgettable !
If you spend a summer studying in the U. S. A, you’ll have advantages which the tourist never will. Not only will you learn the subject matter of your choice, but you’ll gain an understanding of the American educational system as will. You’ll experience the culture of the people and the dynamics of your physical environment. But above all, as a student, you’ll have a chance to meet Americans, get to know us, communicate,
A. through firsthand experience
B. only through friendships with people
C. in the very countries
D. through various sources
Passage Three
We spend our leisure hours efficiently for higher production, live by the clock even when time does not matter, modernize our homes and speed the machinery of living in order that we can go to the most places and do the most things in the shortest period of time possible. We try to eat, sleep, and talk efficiently. Even on holidays and Sundays, the efficient man relaxes on timetable with one eye on the clock and the other on an appointment sheet.
To squeeze the most out of each shining hour we have shortened the opera, quickened the pace of the movie and put culture in pocket-sized packages. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, the ant like a sluggard. We live sixty-mile-minute and the great efficiency smiles.
We wish we could return to that pleasant day when we considered time a friend instead of an enemy; when we did things willingly and because we wanted to, rather than because our timetable called for it, B
A. did not feel guilty about wasting time
B. were able to act of our own free will
C. seemed to have better weather
D. did not have so many enemies
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