300 American students are growing up in the middle of the windy English countryside. Their parents work for the US Government based abroad. They attend an American school in a small All-American community of government employees. There are shops selling American products, sports facilities and a bowling hall, but somehow the students must adapt themselves to living away from everything they knew as children. The situation is similar to that of the Chinese students who leave home to study in another country.

Scott Lovelady has lived on the US base in Britain for nearly nine years. “I feel deprived (失落) in Britain. Before coming here I couldn’t imagine a town without 30 fast-food places and giant shopping mall.” He said. However, others see advantages of studying in a foreign country. Many of the students leave the base at 18 and go back to America for university. “Living in a different culture helps you adapt more quickly in your first few weeks at a university when you don’t know anyone and everything is new,” said one of them. “Living in an entirely new place can make you a more interesting person as you have more to offer in conversations,” said Seth Romero, another high school student on the base. Students who mix with local people often settle into their new home better, according to Barbara Jordan, a teacher at the school. “ If you are open to new experiences, you could well have the best time of your life,” she said.

Angela Green, a student also from the base, offered some advice to Chinese students going to a foreign school for the first time: “ Your friends and family are only one telephone call away. If you feel sad at any time you must remember that you can go home at any time. Living in a different place is not a jail sentence, though it may seem so at times. You will enjoy yourself soon. You may even prefer it to home.”

1. The 300 American students live in Britain _________.

A. because their parents are working there for the government of Britain

B. in order to learn something from the hard life in the windy English countryside

C. in order to improve their ability of adapting to new environments.

D. because they must stay with their parents who work there

2. The advantages of studying in a foreign country are all the following except the fact that ________.

A. that you are only one telephone call away from your family

B. you will be able to adapt to a new environment more quickly than others

C. you may understand life better because of such an experience

D. you may become more attractive because you have more interesting things to offer while talking with others

3. All the people mentioned in the passage talked about the advantages of studying in a foreign country except ________..

   A. Seth Romero            B. Angela Green 

C. Scott Lovelady           D. Barbara Jordan

4. The writer wrote this article mainly to _______.

A. talk about what it is like studying in a foreign country

B. advise people to think it over before going to study abroad

C. inform the Chinese students what it is like studying abroad and to tell them not to be too worried

D. tell students from other countries not to be afraid to study in America

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