题目内容
Every summer, a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the 1 are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and 2 .The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the 3 of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain(逗乐)kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are 4 jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not easy to find work,“ 5 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,”says Anthea Ellis, an adviser on 6 for students.“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak 7 .British students only have a language 8 for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
9 enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been 10 .One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was 11 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 12 they made, and Sarah herself was robbed on her only 13 evening of the entire trip.“I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was 14 and it really was a 24 hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The trouble is, students expect to have 15 time of it.”Anthea Ellis points out.“ 16 ,they see it as a holiday. In practice, 17 ,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual(临时)work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. 18 ,you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that employs you. But you have 19 employment rights. As soon as the holiday season 20 ,they’ll get rid of you.”
1. A. work B. luck
C. chances D. services
2. A. agriculture B. industry
C. hotels D. restaurants
3. A. pains B. comfort
C. difficulty D. excitement
4. A. always B. hardly
C. never D. seldom
5. A. If B. Unless
C. Because D. Although
6. A. health care B. vacation work
C. language studies D. tourist safety
7. A. Italian B. English
C. French D. Spanish
8. A. chance B. ability
C. possibility D. advantage
9. A. No one B. None
C. Not everyone D. Everybody
10. A. abroad B. employed
C. alone D. respect
11. A. driven B. ridden
C. left D. flown
12. A. friends B. decision
C. noise D. damage
13. A. busy B. free
C. tiring D. pleasant
14. A. nice B. reasonable
C. fair D. poor
15. A. a hard B. an easy
C. a demanding D. an adventurous
16. A. After all B. Worse still
C. However D. Therefore
17. A. besides B. altogether
C. though D. until
18. A. In a word B. In other words
C. And what’s more D. More or less
19. A. few B. little
C. many D. much
20. A. starts B. lasts
C. goes D. finishes
提示:
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional(偶尔) walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.
【小题1】 Which of the following statements is true?
A.People who like country things prefer to live outside the city. |
B.Few people who work in London prefer to live in the country. |
C.One disadvantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. |
D.The people living outside London must like gardens. |
A.getting a small flat with a garden |
B.having a small flat with a garden |
C.renting a small flat without a garden |
D.buying a small flat without a garden |
A.who live in the country |
B.who have spent time working in the garden |
C.who work inside the city |
D.who sometimes walk in the parks |
A.their life was meaningless |
B.their life was invaluable |
C.they didn’t deserve a happy life |
D.they were not worthy of their happy life |
I can still remember when I met my best friend.She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to 1 me.I hid behind my mother she hid behind her grandmother, 2 to look at each other.Soon we lost the 3 and started playing with each other.
In the 7th grade,I first intentionally distanced myself from her.At that time, she was 4 family problems and I deserted her to be with me because she got _ 5 than ever before.None of my new friends liked her as much as I did because they knew she had_ 6 .However,every summer we couldalways sit at each other’s house and watch soap operas,and talk about all the boys we liked.
It was last year when I noticed the problem.I guess I was too devoted in high school to 7 she needed someone there for her.Anyway,she made a new best friend and so did I.Then I didn’t know why,but she started cutting herself!
She then was diagnosed(诊断)with clinical depression.At first,I was very 8 ,but we still stayed in __9___.I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend basically 10 __ her and people were calling her 11 .
Yesterday she came to me and said:“I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me cutting.I 12 you so much,and you didn’t even know you were ___13 me.”
We both cried.And a kind of 14 that I learn from my life so far is never to give up on your friends.Even if they aren’t as warm as others,or people think they are crazy,they need someonethere.If you desert them,you will only be 15 yourself.
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