Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the opportunities are in 1 work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work 2 for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always 3 in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well, there will be very 4 openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will 5 you to speak French. British students only have a language 6 for jobs in the USA and Australia.
Not every one 7 the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children in Europe. During the 8 , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 9 they made. Sarah says, “It really was a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never 10 ! And the pay was awful. It wasn’t worth it.”
The trouble is that 11 expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a 12 . In practice, though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are 13 only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment 14 . As soon as the holiday season finishes, panies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn’t like them, they’ll be 15 , too.
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(答案→)A
解析：本文主要讲述的是在假期里很多学生都到海外去工作，以增加自己的工作经验并赚点钱。叙述了在此期间所遇见的困难和问题。
【小题1】A 上下文串联。根据14空后的As soon as the holiday season finishes,可知这些都是季节性的工作，都是很不稳定的工作。故A正确。
【小题2】C 上下文串联。根据文章第一行travel to other countries可知这些工作都是在国外的工作。
【小题3】A 上下文串联。根据本段1,2行looking for work可知他们是在国外找工作来增加自己的经验。
【小题4】D 词义辨析。A好的B新的C有吸引力的D几乎没有；如果他们不能讲对方的语言，那么他们几乎就没有什么开始。也就是说如果语言不通，几乎找不到合适的工作。
【小题5】B 动词辨析。A教育B期待C允许D禁止；在法国，老板都期待着他们能够讲法语。
【小题6】C 名词辨析。A问题B教训C优势D考试；英国的学生只有在美国和澳大利亚才有语言优势。
【小题7】B 动词辨析。A有B享受C忘记D记得；并不是每个人都喜欢这样的经历的。
【小题8】A 上下文串联。根据文章第一段travel to other countries可知学生都把这样的经历当成旅行。
【小题9】D 考察常识。孩子们被驱逐出宾馆主要是因为噪音扰民，所以才会被赶了出去。
【小题10】C 动词辨析。A哭B学习C睡觉D帮助；这似乎是一个24小时的工作，因为孩子们似乎不睡觉。
【小题11】B 上下文串联。根据文章第一行hundreds of thousands of students可知出国的是学生。
【小题12】C 名词辨析。A工作B教训C假期D羞愧的事；很多学生都把这当成是假期而不是工作。
【小题13】B 形容词辨析。A数不清B存在C有趣的D乏味的；这样的工作只存在于宾馆餐厅以及营地很忙碌的时候，如果高峰期过了，这样的工作机会也就没有了。
【小题14】D 名词辨析。A经历B规则C计划D权利；这些工作的学生是没有什么工作权利的。
【小题15】A 动词辨析。A解雇B收费C罚款D惩罚；如果老板不喜欢他们，他们就会被解雇。