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 France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are 24 jobs in hotels and restaurants.
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 Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak 27 . British students only have a language 28 for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
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. chance s 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
20. The students had the lights ___________ for almost three hours.
A. to burn B. burning C. burnt D. to be burning
19. “Do you have any clothes _______ today, Master?” asked the servant politely.
A. to wash B. to be washed C. washing D. being washed
18. _________ it is to have a cold drink on such a hot day!
A. What a fun B. How fun C. What fun D. How a fun
17. Some birds fly ______in winter and some stay in the north.
A. south B. the south C. in the south D. to south
16.I don’t think math .
A.easily to be learned B.easily to learn
C.easy to be learning D.easy to learn
15.To her surprise, the life she had been looking forward to ________ to be unpleasant.
A.prove B.being proved C.proving D.proved
14. --- How often do you eat out?
--- _________, but usually once a week.
A. It depends B. Have no idea C. As usual D. Generally speaking
13. --- Got your driving license?
--- No. I ______ too busy to have enough practice, so I didn’t take the driving test last week.
A. was B. have been C. had been D. am
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