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For years children in the industrial areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to see the
beauties of the countryside. Not that the woods and fields were always far away, but they were too far from
the city to permit people to make a round trip between morning and nightfall. What's more, factory workers
did not have enoug money to send their children on country holidays away from home.
In 1907 a young German schoolmaster had an idea which changed this state of affairs. He decided to turn
his little schoolhouse into a domitory for the summer holidays. Anyone who bmught his sleeping bag and
cooking equipment along could stay there for a very smaU amount of money. The idea was a success. A few
years later the schoolhouse was far too small to hold so many young people who wanted to stay there. So, a
dormitory was set up in an old caste nearby. This was the first Youth Hostel.
Today young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostels and get to know each other.
Some spend a week or more in the same hostel, seeing the surrounding sights and meeting the people of the
area. Other youths go on foot or by bicycle from place to place, spending a night or two in one hostel, then
going to the next.
Sometimes an infomal program will be organized after the meal, with dances, songs, or short talks followed
by a question period. One can _____ about other places, just by meeting people who come from these places.
For this reason, a few weeks spent "hostelling" can be just as useful a part of one's education as classes in
school.
1. Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph l into Chinese.
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2. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us? (Please answer within 10 words)
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3. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one? Some youths stay in a hostel for
several days, during which period they go sightseeing and visit the local people.
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4. Fill in the blank in the 4th pamgraph with proper words to complete the sentence. (P1ease answer within 7
words)
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5. List 3 of the advantages of hostelling according to the text. (Please answer within 15 words)
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