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2016考研英语阅读暑期集训（1） 　2016考研英语阅读暑期集训(1) 　　Hidden valley looks a lot like the dozens of other camps that dot the woods of central Maine. Theres a lake， some soccer fields and horses. But the campers make the difference. Theyre all American parents who have adopted kids from China. Theyre at Hidden Valley to find bridges from their childrens old worlds to the new. Diana Becker of Montville， Maine， watches her 3-year-old daughter Mika dance to a Chinese version of “Twinkle， Twinkle Little Star.” “Her soul is Chinese，” she says， “but really shes growing up American.” 　　Hidden Valley and a handful of other “culture camps” serving families with children from overseas reflect the huge rise in the number of foreign adoptions， from 7，093 in 1990 to 15，774 last year. Most children come from Russia (4，491last year) and China (4，206) but there are also thousands of others adopted annually from South America， Asia and Eastern Europe. After cutting through what can be miles of red tape， parents often come home to find a new dilemma. “At first you think， I need a child，” says Sandy Lachter of Washington， D.C.， who with her husband， Steve， adopted Amelia， 5， from China in 1995. “Then you think， What does the child need? ” 　　The culture camps give families a place to find answers to those kinds of questions. Most grew out of local support groups; Hidden Valley was started last year by the Boston chapter of Families with Children from China， which includes 650 families. While parents address weighty issues like how to raise kids in a mixed-race family， their children just have fun riding horses， singing Chinese songs or making scallion pancakes. “My philosophy of camping is that they could be doing anything， as long as they see other Chinese kids with white parents，” says the director， Peter Kassen， whose adopted daughters Hope and Lily are 6 and 4. 　　The camp is a continuation of language and dance classes many of the kids attend during the year. “When we rented out a theater for Mula