1、Unit 5 Travelling abroad.完形填空Every summer, a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure.Most of the _1_ are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and _2_.The pay is usually poor, but most students work abroad for the _3_ of travel.You can pick grapes in Fr
2、ance, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always jobs in hotels and restaurants.But as far as they are _4_， it is not easy now to find work.“ _5_ you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few chances，”says Anthea Ellis, an adviser on _6_ for studen
3、ts.“If you work with a family in Italy, youll have to speak Italian.When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak _7_.British students only have a language _8_ for jobs in the USA and Australia.”_9_ enjoys the experience.Sarah James was employed to help forty Amer
4、ican children in Europe.The two teachers with the children had never been _10_.One child lost his passport just after they _11_； another became seriously ill and was flown home; even worse, the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the _12_ they made, and Sarah herself was robbed on her
5、 only _13_ evening of the entire trip.“I did visit a lot of new places，” she says, “but it wasnt worth it.The pay was _14_ and it really was a 24houraday job.The kids never slept！”“The trouble is, students expect to have _15_ time of it.”Anthea Ellis points out.“_16_， they see it as a holiday.In pra
6、ctice, _17_， you have to work hard.At the same time, all vacation work is casual(临时)work.Youll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy; you will be _18_ with the service.In other words, youll work if its convenient for the company that employs you, otherwise it is _19_.You
7、 have few employment rights.As soon as the holiday season _20_， theyll get rid of you.”每年夏天都有学生去国外度假或者打工，本文通过Sarah James在国外工作的经历和感受说明到国外打工也有许多不利条件。1A.workBluckCchances Dservices答案：C解析：逻辑推理题。句意：最有可能的是做季节工。chance在这里的意思是“可能性”。2A.agriculture BindustryChotels Drestaurants答案：A解析：逻辑推理题。根据下文的描述“You can pick
8、 grapes”，可知是与农业有关的工作。3A.pains BcomfortCdifficulty Dexcitement答案：D解析：逻辑推理题。句意：虽然收入很低，但大多数学生出国工作是为了旅游的刺激性。4A.asked BsaidCtold Dconcerned答案：D解析：习语搭配题。句意：但是，就他们而言，现在是不容易找到工作的。as far as one is concerned就而言。5A.If BUnlessCBecause DAlthough答案：B解析：词语辨析题。句意：在国外机会是很少的，除非你能把所在国的语言说得很好。unless相当于if.not。6A.health
9、care Bvacation workClanguage study Dtourist safety答案：B解析：逻辑推理题。根据下文可知Anthea Ellis就在国外找工作给出建议，因此可推知她是一个假期工作顾问。7A.Italian BEnglishCFrench DSpanish答案：C解析：背景常识题。根据上文“If you work with a family in Italy, youll have to speak Italian.”可知在巴黎的时候应该说法语，因为巴黎是法国著名的城市。8A.chance BabilityCpossibility Dadvantage答案：D解
10、析：背景常识题。因为美国和澳大利亚人说英语，因此英国学生只在美国或澳大利亚找工作时有语言优势。9A.No one BNoneCNot everyone DEverybody答案：C解析：逻辑推理题。句意：并不是所有的人都喜欢这种经历。从第一段可以看出有人喜欢在国外工作，然而在这一段从Sarah James的例子来看有人不喜欢在国外工作，因此应是部分否定。10A.abroad BemployedCalone Drespected答案：A解析：逻辑推理题。从下文可知老师和学生在国外时出现了很多问题，可推知他们没有出国的经验。11A.settled in Bfiled inCran in Dlook
11、ed in答案：A解析：词语辨析题。句意：一个孩子在他们刚刚安顿下来之后就丢失了护照。settle in安顿下来；file in陆续编入；run in快速进入，流入，接排，插入；look in顺便看望。12A.friends BdecisionCnoise Ddamage答案：C解析：逻辑推理题。根据下文“The kids never slept”可知被赶出旅馆的原因应是他们在旅馆里太吵了。13A.busy BfreeCtiring Dpleasant答案：B解析：逻辑推理题。根据上文我们可知Sarah一直在忙着，只有晚上有空。14A.nice BreasonableCfair Dpoor答案
12、：D解析：词汇复现题。根据上文“The pay is usually poor.”和“but it wasnt worth it”可知答案。15A.a hard Ba goodCa demanding Dan adventurous答案：B解析：习语搭配题。句意：麻烦的是，学生们期望过得愉快。have a good time过得愉快，玩得痛快。16A.After all BWorse stillCAll in all DWhats more答案：A解析：词语辨析题。句意：毕竟，他们把它当作一个假期。after all终究，毕竟；worse still更糟的是；all in all总而言之；wh
13、ats more而且。17A.besides BaltogetherCthough Duntil答案：C解析：词语辨析题。句意：然而实际上，你还是得努力地工作。though“不过，然而”，在此作副词，表转折。18A.taken BsentCbrought Doccupied答案：D解析：固定搭配题。句意：当旅馆，饭店或营地繁忙的时候，你将忙于服务工作。be occupied with忙于。19A.out of trouble Bout of dateCout of work Dout of the question答案：D解析：词语辨析题。句意：换言之，只有在雇用你的公司方便的时候才会用你，否
14、则是不可能的。out of trouble摆脱麻烦；out of date过时；out of work失业；out of the question不可能的。20A.starts BlastsCgoes Dfinishes答案：D解析：逻辑推理题。根据上文“At the same time, all vacation work is casual(临时) work.”可知假期一结束，他们就会解雇你。.概要写作If youre anything like us, it seems that your stomach starts to grumble(隆隆响)as soon as McDonald
15、s golden arches come into view.The reason behind that isnt the mouthwatering taste of their delicious friesthis is how they get them to taste so good by the wayits actually psychological, and it has to do with the colors of their logo.The colors red and yellow were chosen for a specific reason, and
16、it wasnt because they looked nice with Ronald McDonalds clownlike face.It actually has to do with science.The color red is stimulating and is associated with being active.It also increases heart rate, which helps to jumpstart your appetite.The color yellow is associated with happiness and is the mos
17、t visible color in daylight, so thats why a McDonalds sign is so easy to spot on a crowded road.The brain processes color before it processes words or shapes, so thats why the fastfood chain chose these two colors for their logo and brand.Red and yellow makes you hungry, encouraging you to want to b
18、uy the product they sell, while also making you feel happy.McDonalds has started to use this color philosophy to influence and change the way people currently think about their brand as well.Many franchises(授权经销商)in Europe have started to incorporate more of the color green into their storefronts an
19、d interior design because its associated with nature and being environmentally friendly, something McDonalds has been criticized for not being in the past.The company has been working to become greener by using environmentally friendly refrigeration and converting used oil into biodiesel(生物柴油)fuel.T
20、he_reason_why_people_cant_resist_the_temptation_of_McDonalds_is_psychologically_connected_with_colors_of_the_logo.(要点1)Yellow_and_red_were_chosen_to_help_increase_peoples_appetite_and_make_the_store_sign_easy_to_spot.(要点2)Another_reason_is_that_the_human_brain_processes_color_before_words_or_shapes.(要点3)Nowadays_McDonalds_takes_advantage_of_the_color_philosophy_to_become_more_environmentally_friendly_by_incorporating_more_green_color_into_their_store_design.(要点4)
