【題目】 Insomewesterncountries，agapyear（空檔年）isregardedasaspecialcelebrationforteenagers．Theythinkitisanecessaryprocessforteenstodevelopintoadults．Thenwhat'sagapyear？It'sashortbreakfromstudyforayearorless．It'snormallybetweenhighschoolanduniversity．Duringthegapyear，thestudentsusuallytakeabreakfromtheirschooleducationtotravel，volunteer，studyorwork．

Therearesomereasonswhystudentsmightwanttotakeagapyear．Theyusuallythinkitisachancetogetprofessionalorpersonalexperience．Somecommonreasonstotakeagapyearinclude：

★Opentheireyes．

★Makeinternationalfriends．

★Makesomemoney．

★Getusefulworkexperienceandkeyskills．

Althoughteenagerscanbenefitfrom（從……獲益）thegapyearactivities，therearemanydisadvantages．Theparentsareworried．Herearethereasonswhyparentsdisagreewiththeideaoftakingagapyear．

★Itmaycostalotofmoneytoorganize．

★Theymaygethurtorsickduringthetravels．

★Theymaysimplyfindthattheydidn'tgettheexperiencetheywerehopingfor．

Agapyearisanewexperiencefornotonlyteenagersbutalsopeoplewhowereborninthe1960s．Maybeit'sreallyagoodchanceforthemtoexperiencetheretirement（退休生活）in

advance（提前）．

【1】Agapyearisaspecialcelebrationfor___．

A.parents

B.volunteers

C.teenagers

D.teachers

【2】Ashortbreakfromstudyrefersto（指的是）acertainperiodoftime___．

A.beforehighschool

B.betweenprimaryschoolandhighschool

C.duringhighschool

D.betweenhighschoolanduniversity

【3】Thesecondparagraphtalksaboutthe___ fortakingagapyear．

A.chances

B.reasons

C.suggestions

D.methods

【4】Theparentsareworriedbecausethestudentsmay___ ingapyearactivities．

A.getworkskills

B.makesomefriends

C.opentheireyes

D.gethurtorsick

【5】Fromthelastparagraph，wecaninferthatpeoplewhowillretiremay___ agapyear．

A.beinterestedin

B.beworriedabout

C.bedisappointedat

D.benervousabout

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要介紹西方國家的空檔年。包括空檔年的含義、理由、父母所擔心的事情以及即將退休的人也對空檔年感興趣。

【1】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)原文In some western countries，a gap year（空檔年）is regarded as a special celebration for teenagers“在一些西方國家，空檔年被認為是一個為青少年而有的特殊的慶�！�。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)原文It's normally between high school and university“通常會是在高中和大學之間”可知，在高中和大學之間，故選D。

【3】主旨大意題，根據(jù)原文There are some reasons why students might want to take a gap year“為什么學生想要一個空檔年有很多原因”以及Some common reasons to take a gap year include“一些普遍的需要空檔年的原因包括.…”可知，這段主要講了需要空檔年的原因。故選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)原文They may get hurt or sick during the travels“他們可能在旅行中會受傷或生病”可知，這是父母反對以及擔憂的一點，而其他選項都是需要空檔年的原因。故選D。

【5】推理判斷題，根據(jù)原文A gap year is a new experience for not only teenagers but also people who were born in the19605.Maybe it's really a good chance for them to experience the retirement in advance“一個空檔年不僅是對于青少年來說，也對出生在60年代出生的人的來說，是一種新的體驗，對于他們來說提前體驗下退休可能真的是對于他們來說的一個很好的機會”可知，這批即將退休的60年代的人可能對這個空檔年會比較感興趣。故選A。

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