Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the opportunities are in   1  work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work   2  for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always   3  in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well, there will be very   4  openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will   5  you to speak French. British students only have a language   6  for jobs in the USA and Australia.
Not every one   7  the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children in Europe. During the   8 , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the  9  they made. Sarah says, “It really was a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never   10 ! And the pay was awful. It wasn’t worth it.”
The trouble is that   11  expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a  12 . In practice, though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are   13  only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment   14 . As soon as the holiday season finishes, companies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn’t like them, they’ll be   15 , too.

How long does it ________ to travel from Dalian to Beijing?

1. A.
   use
2. B.
   cost
3. C.
   spend
4. D.
   take

More and more Chinese people follow the practice ______ they will travel to various scenic spots to enjoy the scenery in their leisure time.

Chinese Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different   26  about the foods they eat on this  27  day. In Northern China, people   28  eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the   29  and the beginning of time. According to historical  30 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps   31  the areas in Southern China   32  more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  33  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.   34  , the most common foods for the first   35  are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  36  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which   37  the hope of improvement in   38  year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of   39   according to the Chinese.
To  40  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   41   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   42  , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   43  new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   44  , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   45  .