Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the 21 are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and 22 . The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the 23 of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in
But it is not easy now to find work. “ 25 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser on 26 for students. “If you work with a family in
29 enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been 30 . One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was 31 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 32 they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only 33 evening of the entire trip. “I did visit a lot of new places,” she says, “but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was 34 and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The trouble is, students expect to have a(n) 35 time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a 36 . In practice, 37 , you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的) 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 38 you. But you have 39 employment rights. As soon as the holiday season 40 , they’ll get rid of you.”
21. | A. works | B. challenges | C. chances | D. hardships |
22. | A. service | B. industry | C. business | D. science |
23. | A. pains | B. comfort | C. difficulty | D. excitement |
24. | A. always | B. hardly | C. never | D. seldom |
25. | A. If | B. Unless | C. Because | D. Although |
26. | A. health care | B. vacation work | C. language studies | D. tourist safety |
27. | A. Italian | B. English | C. French | D. Spanish |
28. | A. chance | B. ability | C. possibility | D. advantage |
29. | A. No one | B. None | C. Not everyone | D. Everybody |
30. | A. abroad | B. employed | C. sad | D. respected |
31. | A. driven | B. ridden | C. left | D. flown |
32. | A. friends | B. decisions | C. noise | D. destruction |
33. | A. busy | B. free | C. tiring | D. pleasant |
34. | A. nice | B. reasonable | C. fair | D. poor |
35. | A. hard | B. easy | C. difficult | D. ordinary |
36. | A. holiday | B. job | C. festival | D. study |
37. | A. besides | B. therefore | C. however | D. meanwhile |
38. | A. fires | B. employs | C. recommends | D. appreciates |
39. | A. few | B. little | C. all | D. much |
40. | A. starts | B. lasts | C. approaches | D. finishes |