Young people and older people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk to sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
小题1:In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.
A．are friendly to one another
B．teach one another new ways of building houses
C．live together but do not work together
D．spend 8 weeks together, working as farmers.小题2:Living together, _________.
A．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults made.
B．the members don’t have to obey the rules.
C．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together.
D．the members have no free time except on weekends小题3:The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is _________.
A．disappointing
B．helpful
C．tiring
D．unpleasant小题4:The best title for the passage is ________.
A．Sadness of Living Together
B．Different Ideas About Living
C．Teenagers and Adults Together
D．Life in New York State
