阅读理解专题卷6WASHINGTON—LauraStraubisaveryworriedwoman.HerjobistofindfamiliesforFrenchteenagerswhoexpecttolivewithAmericanfamiliesinthesummer.Itisnoteasy,evenhopeless.“Wehavemanychildrenlefttoplace—40outof75,”saidStraub,whoworksforaParis-basedforeigner-exchangeprogramstarted50yearsago.Familylifewasmorethanaccommodating(提供膳宿).Foronething,moremothersstayedathome.Butnow,increasingnumbersofwomenworkoutsidethehome.Exchange-studentprogramshavestruggledinrecentyearstosignuphost(主人)familiesforthe30000teenagerswhoeveryyearcomefromabroadtospendaschoolyearintheUnitedStates,aswellasthethousandsmorewhotakepartinsummerprograms.SchoolsystemsinmanypartsoftheU.S.,unhappyaboutacceptingnon-taxpayingstudents,havealsostrictlylimitedthenumberofexchangestudentstheyaccepted.Atthesametime,theideaofhostingforeignstudentsisbecominglessexotic.Insearchforhostfamilies,whousuallyreceivenopay,exchangeprogramsareincreasinglybroadeningtheirrequeststoincludeeveryonefromyoungcouplestoretirees.“Weareopentomanydifferenttypesoffamilies,”saidVickieWeiner,easternareadirectorforASSE,a25-year-oldprogramthatsendsabout30000teenagersonschool-yearexchangeprogramsworldwide.Forelderlypeople,exchangestudents“keepusyoung—theyreallydo”,saidJenFoster,whoishosting16-year-oldNinaPostfromDenmark.1．Theunderlinedword“exotic”means_________.A.difficultB.wonderfulC.excitingD.accommodating2．Accordingtothetext,whywasiteasierforLauraStraubtofindAmericanfamiliesforforeignstudents?A.Moremotherswasn’tworkingoutsideandwasabletoaffordtolookafterchildren.B.Americanschoolsystemswerebetterthannow.C.Foreignstudentspaidhostingfamiliesalotofmoney.D.Thegovernmentwashappybecauseitcouldgaintax.3．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Allthefamiliescanhostforeignstudents.B.Onlyyoungcouplescanhostforeignstudents.C.Onlythosewhowereretiredcanhostforeignstudents.D.Exchangeprogramsareopentomanydifferenttypesoffamiliesincludingeveryonefromyoungcouplestoretirees.4．Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleofthispassage?A.U