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 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 and 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 a(n)   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 vacational work is casual 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. fair      D. damage

13.A.busy    B. free      C. tiring      D. pleasant

14.A.nice     B. reasonable   C. fair       D. poor

15.A.hard     B. easy     C. demanding   D. 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. 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

 

1.C 此處chance 指找到工作的可能性,用復(fù)數(shù)形式與謂語(are)保持一致,A、B在此不能用。

2.A 既然是seasonal work,當(dāng)然選A不選B、C、D,下文提到摘葡萄就是農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)的一方面。

3.D 工資報酬低,但人們還是愿意去做,這是因為海外旅行的樂趣。

4.A 上文提到季節(jié)性工作與tourism有關(guān),下文最后一段也提到旅館等,可見用肯定副詞。

5.B “除非你講該國的語言”,不然就難以找到工作。

6.B 下文他的一番話是針對學(xué)生季節(jié)工而說的,由此可見其身份。

7.C 在法國首都巴黎洗盤子,當(dāng)然得懂法語而不是其他三種語言。

8.D 英國學(xué)生在講英語的美國、澳大利亞找工作有(語言)天然優(yōu)勢。7、8題均與第5題表達(dá)的意思一致。

9.C 上文說學(xué)生去尋找這種工作,而下文Sarah的經(jīng)歷又是另一番滋味,因此“并非人人都喜歡這種工作”。

10.A 既然是美國孩子去歐洲,當(dāng)然與其海外經(jīng)歷有關(guān),其他三項不合題意。

11.D 在異國他鄉(xiāng)患重病,人命關(guān)天,當(dāng)然越快越好。fly用作及物動詞表示“(坐飛機)飛”,此處用被動語態(tài)。

12.C 從本段的最后一句The kids never slept ! 可知他們睡不著,鬧哄哄的。從搭配上make a noise表示“吵鬧”,do/cause damage表示“損失”。

13.B 前面講她很忙,惟一一個空閑的晚上又遭搶劫。

14.D 文中多次提到The pay was/is poor 。

15.B 求職的學(xué)生把這看得很輕松容易,而事實上很累。

16.A after all 表示“畢竟”,其后面的句子對前面作進(jìn)一步詮釋。正因為他們把這視為度假,才會認(rèn)為很容易。

17.C though 用作副詞放于前句中或句末表示“可是,然而”。

18.B 后面這一句實際上是對前句的進(jìn)一步解釋,因而選B。

19.A 從上下文可知,公司需要時用你,不需要時趕你走,顯然選A。

20.D 一旦假日季節(jié)結(jié)束了,一切就隨之而去。

 

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