Question

【題目】 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 agriculture. The pay is usually poor, but most students work abroad for the excitement of travel. You can pick grapes in France, look after kids in American summer camps, and, of course, there are _______ jobs in hotels and restaurants.

But it is not easy to find work. “_______ you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Anthea Eills, an adviser on vacation work for the 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 _______. British students only have a language advantage for jobs in the USA and Australia.”

Noteveryoneenjoysthe_________.SarahJamesandherfriendwereemployed (雇傭)tohelpfortyAmericanchildreninEurope.Thetwoyoungteacherswiththechildrenhadneverbeen_________. One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill during the journey and was sent home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the noise they made; and Sarah herself _______ on her only free evening of the entire trip. “We did have the _______ chance in our life to go abroad and 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 __________ to have an easy time at it,” Anthea Ellis points out. “In fact, they have to work hard, with few employment rights. As soon as the holiday season finishes, they’ll lose the jobs.”

【1】A.workB.luckC.chancesD.changes

【2】A.alwaysB.hardlyC.neverD.seldom

【3】A.IfB.UnlessC.BecauseD.Although

【4】A.ItalianB.EnglishC.FrenchD.Japanese

【5】A.travelB.tripC.journeyD.experience

【6】A.aloneB.abroadC.awakeD.anywhere

【7】A.robbedB.robsC.robD.was robbed

【8】A.firstB.finalC.bestD.only

【9】A.goodB.highC.poorD.a lot

【10】A.exploreB.expectC.offerD.advise

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要講許多學生在假期到國外尋找工作，事實上在國外工作并未他們想象的那么美好，文中列舉了一些到國外求職過程中及工作期間所遇到的一些問題。

【1】句意：大多數(shù)機會都是季節(jié)性工作，主要與旅游業(yè)和農業(yè)相關。

考查名詞辨析。A. work工作；B. luck運氣；C. chances 機會；D. changes變化。根據(jù)上文“looking for work and adventure”及空后系動詞are可知要用chances表示工作機會。故選C。

【2】句意：你可以在法國摘葡萄、在美國夏令營照顧孩子，當然，總還有旅館、飯店里的工作。

考查副詞辨析。A. always總是；B. hardly 幾乎不；C. never從不；D. seldom極少。根據(jù)上文可知此處列舉的是在國外的一些工作機會，不能用否定形式，只有always無否定含義。故選A。

【3】句意：“除非你該國語言說得好，否則將會極少有職位空給你，”假期學生工作顧問Anthea Eills說。

考查連詞辨析。A. If如果；B. Unless除非；C. Because因為；D. Although盡管。根據(jù)題干可知前半句是后半句發(fā)生的條件，排除CD；結合句意“_____你該國語言說得好，將會極少有職位空給你”可知A項不符合題意。故選B。

【4】句意：當你在巴黎的餐館里洗盤子，主人會希望你說法語。

考查名詞辨析。A. Italian意大利語；B. English英語；C. French法語；D. Japanese日語。根據(jù)上文“When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris”可知在法國巴黎，應說法語。故選C。

【5】句意：并不是所有人都享受這種經歷。

考查名詞辨析。A. travel長途旅行；B. trip短途旅行；C. journey長途旅行；D. experience經歷。第3段主要講了一些人在國外求職的不好的經歷。故選D。

【6】句意：兩位年輕老師和孩子們從未出過國。

考查形容詞辨析。A. alone獨自；B. abroad往國外的；C. awake醒著的；D. anywhere任何地方。根據(jù)上文“SarahJamesandherfriendwereemployed tohelpfortyAmericanchildreninEurope.”可知他們是出國了，此處說從未出過國。故選B。

【7】句意：而Sarah自己在她全程中僅有的空閑夜晚被搶劫了。

考查一般過去時的被動語態(tài)。根據(jù)題干可知Sara與rob之間是動賓關系，要用被動語態(tài)；再根據(jù)語境可知講的是過去發(fā)生的事，用一般過去時。故選D。

【8】句意：“我們有生以來第一次出國，參觀了一些新地方，”她說，“但并不值得。報酬很低，而且是份一天上班24小時的工作。孩子們從不睡覺！”

考查形容詞辨析。A. first第一；B. final最終的；C. best最好的；D. only僅有的。根據(jù)上文“Thetwoyoungteacherswiththechildrenhadneverbeen___ .”可知是第一次去國外。故選A。

【9】句意：“我們有生以來第一次出國，參觀了一些新地方，”她說，“但并不值得。報酬很低，而且是份一天上班24小時的工作。孩子們從不睡覺！”

考查形容詞辨析。A. good好的；B. high高的；C. poor貧乏的，可憐的；D. a lot許多。根據(jù)上文“but it wasn’t worth it”可知報酬很低，用poor合適。故選C。

【10】句意：“麻煩的是，學生們期盼在出國工作時度過一段輕松時刻，” Anthea Ellis指出。

考查動詞辨析。A. explore探索；B. expect期盼；C. offer提供；D. advise建議。根據(jù)下文“In fact, they have to work hard, with few employment rights.”可知在外國工作時過得輕松知識學生們的期盼。故選B。