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   Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or have a break first? Taking a gap (間隙) year between school and university is quite common in the UK,and there are lots of different ways to spend your time.

   A “gap year” is a period of time,usually an academic (學術的) year,when a student takes a break from formal education. It is often spent traveling or working.

   People used to think that taking a gap year was negative (消極的) . In the past you took a gap year if you had to retake exams or had problems between finishing school and starting higher education. But now,universities positively (肯定地) encourage a gap year,and employers are happy to give jobs to students who take a gap year. A gap year can give young people useful learning experience,help them pick up new skills and make them more independent.

   Young people in formal education usually take a gap year when they are about eighteen years old,before going to university. They can also be taken at a different time,for example,by someone who wants to break up their degree course or to do something different before a postgraduate (研究生) course.

   Many gap year students choose to do voluntary (志愿的) work. Popular gap year activities for young people are looking for adventure. Lots of gap year students just want to see more of the world.

   Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. Some students travel for three or six months then work for the rest of the year.

  閱讀以上短文，根據短文內容，完成下面的表格，每空一詞。

A gap year in the UK

What is a gap year?

It is the time when a student 1. from formal education.

The opinion in the past about a gap year was thought to be 2.

Now a gap year can help young people get useful 3. , new skills and make them more independent.

When?

About eighteen years old, before going to university or at a different time.

What to do?

Doing voluntary work, traveling around the world and the popular_esare4.   .

What about money?

By doing 5.  to make money.

 你知道間隔年(gap year) 嗎？在英國，很多學生在結束 高中課程上大學之前，會有一個間隔年，他們在此期間做志 愿者，環(huán)游世界，參與冒險活動，同時做一些兼職工作賺取 旅游費用。

1. takes a break 根據第二段“when a student takes a break from formal education”可知一個間隔年指的是學生在正 規(guī)教育期間，中斷學習的那段時間。

2. negative 根據第三段第一句 “ People used to think that taking a gap year was negative. ”可知，人們過去常常認為 接受一個間隔年是負面的。

3. learning experience 根據第三段尾句 “A gap year can give young people useful learning experience…”可知，一 個間隔年可以幫助年輕人獲取有用的經驗。

4. looking for adventure 根據倒數第二段“Popular gap year activities for young people are looking for adventure. ”可知，最受學生歡迎的活動是“去冒險”。

5. a part-time job 根據尾段 “ Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. ”可知進行間隔年的學生會做兼職，賺取旅游 費用。

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