Question

【题目】Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the are in seasonal work，mainly connected with tourism and . The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the （3） of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France ,entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always jobs in hotels and restaurants.

But as far as they are ，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 Par-is，the owner will expect you to speak . British students only have a language 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 and just after they ，another became seriously ill and was flown home. Even worse, 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 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 time of it，” Althea Ellis points out. “ ，they see it as a holiday. In practice, ，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, you will be with the service. In other words ,you'll work if it's convenient for the company that employs you, otherwise it is . You have few employment rights. As soon as the holiday season ，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. asked B. said C. told D. concerned

【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. settled in B. flew in C. ran in D. looked in

【12】 A. friends B. decisions C. noise D. damage

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

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

【15】 A. a hard B. an easy C. a demanding D. an adventurous

【16】 A. After all B. Worse still C. However D. Therefore

【17】 A. besides B. altogether C. though D. until

【18】 A. taken B. sent C. brought D. occupied

【19】 A. out of trouble B. out of date

C. out of work D. out of the question

【20】 A. starts B. lasts C. goes D. finishes

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 C

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 D

【5】 B

【6】 B

【7】 C

【8】 D

【9】 C

【10】 A

【11】 A

【12】 C

【13】 B

【14】 D

【15】 B

【16】 A

【17】 C

【18】 D

【19】 D

【20】 D

【解析】【1】此处指 “大多数的 (工作)机会都是季节性工作”。

【2】由下文的"You can pick grapes on farms in France...“可知此处应为“农业”。

【3】大多数出国工作是为了旅游时的兴奋。其他选项与语境不符。

【4】as far as...be concerned “就……而言”。句意为“但是就他们而言,现在找工作不容易”。

【5】句意为“如果你说不好那个国家的语言,那就几乎没有机会”，unless在此相当于if...not。

【6】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”。

【7】Paris是法国的城市，因此应该说“法语”。

【8】因为美国和澳大利亚的官方语言都是英语,因此英国学生在这两个地方工作有语言优势。

【9】从本段作者举的例子可知有人不喜欢在国外工作，而从第一段我们知道有人喜欢在国外工作,因此,最佳答案为C项。

【10】从上句我们知道Sarah James所帮忙的这一团队来自美国,他们现在在欧洲。根据语境和所给四个选项可知此处指他们从来没有出过国。

【11】此处指就在他们刚刚安顿下来之后。settle in“(迁人新居、更换工作等后)安顿下来”。

【12】从下文The kids never slept!可知是这些学生的吵闹使得他们被赶出宾馆。

【13】从空格前的only可知Sarah James一直很忙，只有一晚上有空。

【14】由前面的“...but it wasn't worth it. ”可知做这项工作很不划算,工作很辛苦，报酬却很低。

【15】have an easy time“过得轻松、愉快”。从后文的“...they see it as a holiday. ”可知这些学生想过得愉快些。

【16】after all“毕竟”，指他们毕竟只把这当作一个假期。worse still“更糟的是”,不符合题意.

【17】though在这里表示转折,相当于however。

【18】be occupied with “忙于”。此处指当旅馆、餐馆和野营地忙的时候,你将忙于服务工作。

【19】out of the question“不可能，不值得讨论”,符合题意。out of date “过期”;out of work “失业”。

【20】从前文“...all vacation work is casual work. ”可推知,假期一结束,他们就会把你打发走。