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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 now 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. respected
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
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But it is not easy now 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. respected
11. A. driven B. ridden &n ?bsp; 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
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The Western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a __36__ that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are __37__ with the opposite sex. They are good?looking and people want to __38__ their style. They can do their homework but they don't __39__ a big effort. That would not be cool.
The uncool kids are in the __40__ of the playground. They are very bright，but they don't have great __41__skills and they are __42__ at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus(微积分) in their heads, they are reading comic books and watching shows __43__ the X Files. They are __44__ as the geeks(怪人)．
Here are the geeks. The geeks are taking over(占上风). Make friends with them now __45__ they will put virus in your computer and __46__ your math homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university，but __47__ good degrees.
The most important __48__ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates __49__ others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a __50__ of their own to work and play in，making them a global force. __51__， the effect of the geeks __52__ popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be __53__. Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than __54__ you look like.
But there are also __55__. Geeks were often bullied (欺侮)or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss. Perhaps it is time for punishment.
36．A.division B．part C．class D．habit
37．A.pleasant B．popular C．crazy D．particular
38．A.take B．act C．copy D．advance
39．A.have B．suffer C．support D．make
40．A.corner B．team C．group D．center
41．A.operating B．speaking C．social D．experimental
42．A.good B．active C．hopeless D．sharp
43．A.like B．for C．such D．as
44．A.admired B．thought C．known D．treated
45．A.and B．so C．or D．that
46．A.put B．place C．bring D．take
47．A.win B．take C．wish D．finish
48．A.industry B．progress C．discovery D．improvement
49．A.excite B．discourage C．demand D．promise
50．A.room B．world C．chance D．heaven
51．A.Somehow B．However C．Though D．Besides
52．A.in B．of C．on D．for
53．A.rich B．uncool C．attractive D．handsome
54．A.how B．that C．how much D．what
55．A.risks B．questions C．shortcomings D．chances
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Once upon a time, there were two very good friends who lived together in the shade of a rock. Strange as it may seem, one was a and one was a tiger. They had met when they were too to know the difference between lions and tigers. So they did not think their was at all unusual. Besides, it was a peaceful part of the mountains, possibly the influence of a gentle forest monk who lived nearby. He was a hermit, one who far away from other people.
For some unknown reason, one day the two friends got into a silly . The tiger said, “Everyone knows the cold when the moon wanes from full to new! ” The lion said, “Where did you hear such nonsense? Everyone knows the comes when the moon waxes from to full! ”
The argument got stronger and stronger. Neither could the other. They could not any conclusion to resolve the growing dispute. They started calling each other names! Fearing for their friendship, they decided to go to ask the learned forest , who would surely know about such things.
Visiting the hermit, the lion and tiger bowed respectfully and put their question to him. The friendly monk thought for a while and then gave his . “It can be cold in any phase of the , from new to full and back to new again. It is the wind that brings the cold, from west or north or east. Therefore, in a way, you are both right! And neither of you is by the other. The most important thing is to live without conflict, to remain . Unity is best by all means. ”
The lion and tiger thanked the wise hermit. They were happy to be friends.
1.A. fox B. hen C. donkey D. lion
2.A. weak B. unforgettable C. young D. poor
3.A. friendship B. difference C. relationship D. connection
4.A. in turn B. due to C. according to D. as to
5.A. lived B. survived C. walked D. moved
6.A. argument B. decision C. activity D. conference
7.A. happens B. bears C. comes D. seems
8.A. clean B. cold C. cool D. good
9.A. wonderful B. fresh C. delicious D. new
10.A. solve B. compete C. convince D. remind
11.A. arrive B. reach C. cause D. paint
12.A. far B. ever C. yet D. even
13.A. monk B. teacher C. mother D. parent
14.A. kind B. different C. peaceful D. rich
15.A. answer B. speech C. comment D. remark
16.A. sun B. weather C. moon D. day
17.A. whether B. until C. if D. when
18.A. rewarded B. won C. defeated D. awarded
19.A. moved B. united C. interested D. amused
20.A. too B. quite C. also D. still
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第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 31 into laughter, love, and belonging. Each time she found a new 32 for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 33 for her, and the families didn't ever forget it.
One evening, Mary was 34 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the 35 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 36 , red paper rose.
“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 37 . I didn't know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.
Then Mary 38 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 39 . They not only loved me 40 . They opened a world of 41 that I didn't know existed. My new parents told me, ‘Reach for your dreams!’
I did, and today I'm 42 to be giving that chance to a child who 43 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you 44 where she got it so long ago.
Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 45 a new spring, a beautiful new 46 for my own little girl. It 47 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.
Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 48 our lives together. And thank you for all you've done for me and so many families over the years!”
One brief even can send our spirits soaring or 49 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 50 it is also the very small things, like Mary's roses, that tie together the meaningful things.
31.A. poverty B. loneliness C. misery D. suffering
32.A. home B. place C. school D. life
33.A. glory B. favor C. habit D. tradition
34.A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending
35. A. new B. grateful C. kind D. active
36. A. broken B. faded C. treasured D. dried
37.A. tasteless B. powerless C. priceless D. worthless
38.A. directed B. introduced C. brought D. accepted
39.A. loved B. protected C. cared D. cheered
40.A. silently B. continuously C. unintentionally D. unconditionally
41.A. necessities B. possibilities C. beauties D. riches
42.A. eager B. willing C. proud D. lucky
43.A. started out B. came up C. turned out D. grew up
44.A. understand B. guess C. tell D. know
45.A. replaces B. symbolizes C. equals D. creates
46.A. chance B. mystery C. challenge D. beginning
47.A. reminds B. helps C. accompanies D. drives
48.A. fix B. close C. tie D. gather
49.A. cause B. push C. put D. leave
50.A. Yet B. Besides C. Otherwise D. Therefore