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Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the ________41are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and ________42. The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the_________43 of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are   _________44 jobs in hotels and restaurants.

       But it is not easy now to find work. “_________45 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser on_________ 46for 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 __________47. British students only have a language __________48 for jobs in the USA and Australia.”

       __________49 enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been __________50. One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was __________51 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the _________52 they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only __________53 evening of the entire trip. “I did visit a lot of new places,” she says, “but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was __________54 and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”

       “The trouble is, students expect to have a(n) __________55 time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a __________ 56. In practice, __________57, 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__________58 you. But you have __________59 employment rights. As soon as the holiday season __________60, they’ll get rid of you.”

41. A. works                 B. challenges          C. chance       s             D. hardships

42. A. service             B. industry             C. business            D. science

43. A. pains                  B. comfort             C. difficulty           D. excitement

44. A. always                B. hardly               C. never                D. seldom

45. A. If                       B. Unless               C. Because            D. Although

46. A. health care          B. vacation work    C. language studies D. tourist safety

47. A. Italian                 B. English              C. French                     D. Spanish

48. A. chance                B. ability                C. possibility          D. advantage

49. A. No one               B. None                 C. Not everyone     D. Everybody

50. A. abroad                B. employed           C. sad                   D. respected

51. A. driven                 B. ridden               C. left                   D. flown

52. A. friends                B. decisions           C. noise                 D. destruction

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

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

55. A. hard                   B. easy               C. difficult            D. ordinary

56. A. holiday             B. job                 C. festival              D. study

57. A. besides               B. therefore           C. however            D. meanwhile

58. A. fires                B. employs         C. recommends      D. appreciates

59. A. few                    B. little                  C. all                     D. much

60. A. starts                  B. lasts                  C. approaches        D. finishes

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