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1、(一)Thesedays．moreandmorestudentsintheUKaretakinga“gapyear”betweentheirgraduationfromschoolandtheiruniversitystudies．Thismeansthattheytakeayearoff,todosomethingelse，beforetheystarttheirstudies．Formoststudents，spendingtimeinforeigncountriesisthefavouriteactivityandAustraliaisthefavouriteplacetog

2、o．Manyparents，teachersandbusinesspeopleagreethattravellingCanteachimportantvalues．“Afterayearoftravelling，IfeltI'dgrownup．Ihadlearnttheimportanceofrelationshipswithpeople，onallsortsoflevels．’’Therearemanycompaniesaroundtheworldthatwelcomethesestudentsontheirprojects--helpingpeopleinpoorercount

3、ries，oreveninyourhomecountry.Althoughyoudon’tgetpaidforyourwork．thiskindofworkcanteachimportantskills--decisionmakingandfindinganswerstoproblems，forexample—thatwillhelpastudentinajoboneday．Finally，gettingsomeknowledgeandexperienceinanareayouhopetostudyorworkinonedaywillalwaysbeveryuseful．Ifsev

4、eraluniversitygraduatesareapplyingforthesamejob，gapyearworkexperienceallowsyoutosay：“I’vealreadyhadsomeexperienceofthiskindofwork．”AndthatCangetyouthejob!1.Thesedays,____studentsintheUKtakeagapyear.A.someB.allC.manyD.afew2.Travellingcanteachyouvaluessuchaslearningabout____.A.flightsB.moneyC.jo

5、bsD.relationships3.Workingonprojectsinpoorercountriesisallabout____peopleA.helpingB.entertainingC.managingD.paying4.Tohelppoorerpeople,youhavetobeprepared____.A.toliveinanothercountryB.tobepaidverywellC.toworkforfreeD.tobepaidverylittle5.Universitygraduateswithsomeworkexperienceoftenget___than

6、graduateswithoutexperience.A.jobsmoreeasilyB.moreimportantjobsC.morejobsinothercountriesD.moremoney（二）ThedevelopmentofEnglishasaworldlanguageisoneofthemostinterestingeventsofthelate20thandearly21stcenturies．ItiSthelanguageusedbyspeakersofmanydifferentlanguagestocommunicatewitheachother．Therear

7、eabout5．8billionpeoplewhodonotspeakEnglishaseithertheirfirstorsecondlanguage．However，wehaveenteredaperiodinworldhistorywhenchildrenarealllearningbeginnerorhigherlevelEnglish．Already,therearealmost180miIlionlearnersofEnglishbeingeducated