13. Vacations are expensive: hotels, traveling and sightseeing all cost money. For students on a budget, it may seem as if traveling is not a possibility. However, there is a solution—the working holiday, on which you can travel and see the world at the same time.If you love being outdoors, then you could try picking fruit. You could harvest strawberries in England, grapes in France, oranges in Greece or kiwis in New Zealand—the possibilities are endless! It’s hard work, but if you pick fast, you can earn well.If you prefer to dress up as a princess or pirate and get paid for it, a job in a theme park could be for you. You could try Disneyland in California, the United States, which is often looking for seasonal staff. Again, you’ll work hard, but you’ll also enjoy talking with happy customers and you’ll have fun!In Türkiye, you could work as a hot air balloon chaser. A balloon chaser works as a part of crew, which drives behind the balloon, sometimes for thousands of miles! The workers use maps and information from the pilot to figure out the landing site.So what are you waiting for? Get online and start planning your working vacation!(1) If you work as a balloon chaser, you’ll work:A. aloneB. with one other personC. with a group of people(2) What kind of person would enjoy picking fruit?A. Someone who likes being outdoors.B. Someone who wants to earn a lot of money.C. Someone who loves relaxing in the sunshine.(3) What is the writer’s purpose?A. To inform readers who don’t have much money about the ways they can travel.B. To tell readers about some of the best sightseeing tours in the world.C. To show readers that you don’t have to travel far from home to have fun.
13. Vacations are expensive: hotels, traveling and sightseeing all cost money. For students on a budget, it may seem as if traveling is not a possibility. However, there is a solution—the working holiday, on which you can travel and see the world at the same time.
If you love being outdoors, then you could try picking fruit. You could harvest strawberries in England, grapes in France, oranges in Greece or kiwis in New Zealand—the possibilities are endless! It’s hard work, but if you pick fast, you can earn well.
If you prefer to dress up as a princess or pirate and get paid for it, a job in a theme park could be for you. You could try Disneyland in California, the United States, which is often looking for seasonal staff. Again, you’ll work hard, but you’ll also enjoy talking with happy customers and you’ll have fun!
In Türkiye, you could work as a hot air balloon chaser. A balloon chaser works as a part of crew, which drives behind the balloon, sometimes for thousands of miles! The workers use maps and information from the pilot to figure out the landing site.
So what are you waiting for? Get online and start planning your working vacation!
(1) If you work as a balloon chaser, you’ll work:
A. alone
B. with one other person
C. with a group of people
(2) What kind of person would enjoy picking fruit?
A. Someone who likes being outdoors.
B. Someone who wants to earn a lot of money.
C. Someone who loves relaxing in the sunshine.
(3) What is the writer’s purpose?
A. To inform readers who don’t have much money about the ways they can travel.
B. To tell readers about some of the best sightseeing tours in the world.
C. To show readers that you don’t have to travel far from home to have fun.
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本题主要考查对文章内容的理解和推理能力。解题的关键在于仔细阅读文章，从文中提取关键信息来回答各个问题。
- 对于问题(1)：
- 文章第四段提到“A balloon chaser works as a part of crew, which drives behind the balloon, sometimes for thousands of miles!”。
- “crew”通常指团队、全体船员等，这表明热气球追逐员是作为团队的一部分工作的。
- 所以是和一群人一起工作，答案选C。
- 对于问题(2)：
- 文章第二段明确指出“If you love being outdoors, then you could try picking fruit.”。
- 这清晰地说明喜欢户外活动的人会喜欢摘水果这份工作，答案选A。
- 对于问题(3)：
- 文章开头提到“For students on a budget, it may seem as if traveling is not a possibility. However, there is a solution—the working holiday”。
- 接着介绍了不同的工作假期方式，如摘水果、在主题公园工作、当热气球追逐员等。
- 整体来看，文章的目的是为预算有限的读者提供旅行的方式，而不是推荐观光路线或者说明不用走远就能玩得开心，答案选A。