- 1 - 初一英语阅读拓展训练 (第一辑，2 0 0 7 -2 0 1 1 天津中考英语阅读试题) 学 生 姓 名 ： *** 天 津 市 二 十 中 学 初 一 三 班 - 2 - 二〇一一年九月四日 - 3 - 2011 年 天 津 市 中 考 英 语 阅 读 试 题 - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - 2 0 1 0 年天津中考英语阅读试题 - 8 - - 9 - - 1 0 - - 1 1 - 2009 年天津中考英语阅读 四、阅读理解(本大题共10 小题，每小题2 分，共20 分) 阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C 和D 选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A These days, more and more students in the UK are taking a “gap year” between their graduation from school and their university studies. This means that they take a year off, to do something else, before they start their studies. For most students, spending time in foreign countries is the favourite activity — and Australia is the favourite place to go. Many parents, teachers and business people agree that travelling can teach important values. “After a year of travelling, I learnt the importance of relationships with people, on all sorts of levels.” There are many companies around the world that welcome these students on their projects — helping people in poorer countries, or even in your home country. Although you don’t get paid for your work, this kind of work can teach important skills — decision making and finding answers to problems, for example — that will help a student in a job one day. Finally, the knowledge and experience you get will one day be very useful in an area you hope to study or work in. If several university graduates are applying for the same job, gap year work experience allows you to say: “I’ve already had some experience of this kind of work.” And that can get you the job! 56. These days, students in the ...
