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【题目】 Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the chances are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and service The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the_________of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are________ jobs in hotels and restaurants.

But it is not easy now to find work. “_________you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser on_________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 _________. British students only have a _________advantage for jobs in the USA and Australia.”

________enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been _________. One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was _________home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the__________they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only free evening of the entire trip. “I did visit a lot of new places,” she says, “but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was __________and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”

“The trouble is, students expect to have a(n)__________time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a __________. In practice, however, you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In other words, you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that employs you. But you have __________employment rights. As soon as the holiday season __________, they’ll get rid of you.”

【1】A.painsB.comfortC.difficultyD.excitement

【2】A.alwaysB.hardlyC.neverD.seldom

【3】A.IfB.UnlessC.BecauseD.Although

【4】A.health careB.vacation workC.language studiesD.tourist safety

【5】A.ItalianB.EnglishC.FrenchD.Spanish

【6】A.countryB.languageC.readingD.culture

【7】A.No oneB.NoneC.Not everyoneD.Everybody

【8】A.abroadB.employedC.sadD.respected

【9】A.drivenB.riddenC.leftD.flown

【10】A.friendsB.decisionsC.noiseD.destruction

【11】A.niceB.highC.fairD.poor

【12】A.hardB.easyC.difficultD.terrible

【13】A.holidayB.jobC.festivalD.study

【14】A.fewB.littleC.allD.much

【15】A.startsB.lastsC.approachesD.finishes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【11】D

【12】B

【13】A

【14】A

【15】D

【解析】

每年夏天，许多学生去其他国家寻找工作和旅行。大多数机会是季节性工作，主要与旅游和服务有关。

【1】句意：工资报酬通常低，但人们还是在国外工作，这是因为旅行的乐趣。

pains疼痛；comfort舒服；difficulty困难；excitement兴奋。根据句意可知，这里说的意思是人们愿意去国外工作的原因是为了旅行的乐趣（excitement）。故选D。

【2】句意：当然，酒店和餐馆总是有工作的。

always总是；hardly几乎不；never从不；seldom很少。上文提到季节性工作与tourism有关，最后一段也提到旅馆，可推测这里应该用肯定副词。故选A。

【3】句意：除非你能说好这个国家的语言，否则很少有机会。

If如果；Unless除非；Because因为；Although虽然。根据语境可知，这里说的是：除非（unless）你能说好这个国家的语言，否则很少有机会。故选B。

【4】句意：Althea Ellis——学生假期工作顾问。

health care保健，健康护理；vacation work假期工作；language studies语言研究；tourist safety旅游安全。因为Althea Ellis在讨论学生假期到国外找工作的问题，因此她是一个adviser on vacation work“假期工作顾问”。故选B。

【5】句意：店主希望你说法语。

Italian意大利语；English英语；French法语；Spanish西班牙语。Paris属于法国，根据语境可知，这里说的是：店主希望你说法语（French）。故选C。

【6】句意：英国学生在美国和澳大利亚的工作中只有语言优势。

country国家；language语言；reading阅读；culture文化。英国学生在讲英语的美国、澳大利亚找工作肯定有语言（language）优势。故选B。

【7】句意：并不是每个人都喜欢这种经历。

No one没人；None没有人；Not everyone并不是每个人；Everybody每个人。上文说学生去寻找这种工作，而下文Sarah的经历又是另一番滋味，因此“并非人人（not everyone）都喜欢这种工作”。故选C。

【8】句意：带着孩子的两位老师从未出过国。

abroad去国外；employed被雇佣的；sad悲伤的；respected受尊敬的。既然是美国孩子去欧洲，当然与其海外经历有关，故选A。

【9】句意：另一个得了重病，被飞机运回家。

driven驱赶；ridden骑；left离开；flown飞行。在异国他乡患重病，人命关天，当然越快越好。fly用作及物动词表示“（坐飞机）飞”，此处用被动语态。故选D。

【10】句意：由于他们制造的噪音，整个团队被赶出了一家旅馆。

friends朋友；decisions决定；noise噪音；destruction破坏，毁灭。从本段的最后一句The kids never slept ! 可知，他们睡不着，闹哄哄的。从搭配上make a noise表示“吵闹”。故选C。

【11】句意：工资很低，实际上是一天24小时的工作。

nice愉快的；high高的；fair公平的；poor差的，穷的。根据文中多次提到The pay was/is poor。可推测这里应该填poor。故选D。

【12】句意：问题是，学生们希望过得轻松。

hard坚硬的；easy容易的；difficult困难的；terrible可怕的。根据下文After all, they see it as a holiday。可知，这些学生想过得愉快些。故选B。

【13】句意：毕竟他们把它看做是一个假期。

holiday假期；job工作；festival节日；study研究。after all毕竟，指他们毕竟只是把这当做一个假期。故选A。

【14】句意：但是你几乎没有就业权。

few很少，几乎没有，修饰可数名词；little很少，修饰不可数名词；all所有的；much很多，修饰不可数名词。从上下文可知，公司需要时用你，不需要时赶你走，没有就业权。故选A。

【15】句意：假期一结束，他们将会赶你走。

starts开始；lasts持续；approaches接近；finishes完成，结束。根据文中的all vacation work is casual work。可推知，假期一结束，他们将会赶你走。故选D。