Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，根据短文填空，注意：每个空不超过3个词。

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

An apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman-- someone who has done the job for many years. The rest of the apprentice's time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full-time undertaking.

One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What's more, it offers apprentices an "earn while you learn" opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from.

Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off(下岗) if business for the employers is slow.

Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go onto different companies or become self-employed contractors.

Title： 【1】	Definition	on-the-job training that combining workplace experience and 【2】 · 【3】 of the time in a workplace：learning the practical skills ·the rest of the time in a classroom：learning the 【4】 skills
	Advantage	costing apprentices nothing offering apprentices money-making opportunities ·half the way of a journeyman 【5】 ·gradually increasing pay in the process ·90% of 【6】 near the end offering employers 【7】
	Disadvantage	little time for anything else the possibility of 【8】
	【9】	a formal certification 【10】 free choices of jobs

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 Apprenticeship 【2】 classroom learning

【3】 the majority 【4】 theoretical

【5】 at the beginning 【6】 a journeyman’s wages

【7】 many well-trained workers. 【8】 being laid off

【9】 Results 【10】 another pay increase

【解析】【1】 Apprenticeship 全文是围绕“Apprenticeship”而展开描写的，故填Apprenticeship。

【2】 classroom learning 根据第一段第一句“An apprenticeship is a form of on the job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning.”可判断。

【3】 the majority 根据第一段“An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman”可判断。

【4】theoretical 根据第一段“The rest of the apprentices time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires.”可判断。

【5】at the beginning 根据第二段“They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman，and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies.”可判断。

【6】a journeyman’s wages 根据第二段“Near the end of the apprenticeship，their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive.” 可判断作答。

【7】 many well trained workers 根据第二段 “It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from.”可判断。

【8】being laid off 根据第三段 “Sometimes, they might be laid off(下岗) if business for the employers is slow.” 可判断。

【9】 Results 综合右栏内容可判断。

【10】 another pay increase 根据最后一段 “Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again.”可判断。