16. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that parents of gap students may____.

　　[A] help children to be prepared for disasters

　　[B] receive all kinds of support from their children

　　[C] have rich experience in bringing up their offspring

　　[D] experience watching children grow up

　　17. According to the text, which of the following is true?

　　[A] The popularity of gap years results from an increasing number of charities.

　　[B] Prince William was working hard during his gap year.

　　[C] Gap years are not as fashionable as they were ten years ago.

　　[D] A well-structured gap year is a guarantee of university success.

　　18. The word “packages” (Line 3, Para. 2) means________.

　　[A] parcels carried in traveling [B] a comprehensive set of activities

　　[C] something presented in a particular way [D] charity actions

　　19. What can cause the disasters of gap years?

　　[A] Intervention of parents. [B] Irresponsibility of the companies.

　　[C] A lack of insurance. [D] Low expectation.

　　20. An 18-year-old is believed to take a meaningful gap year when he/she.________

　　[A] lives up to his/her parents'expectations

　　[B] spends time being lazy and doing nothing

　　[C] learns skills by spending parents'money

　　[D] earns his or her living and gains working experience

　　核心詞匯

　　at two weeks notice 提前兩周通知; at short(a moment s) notice隨時(shí)，提前很短時(shí)間通知 例： We are ready to start

　　at short notice.我們已準(zhǔn)備好，接到通知就可以出發(fā)。

　　back up n./ a. *① 支援(者)，支持(者) ② 備用品 例：a backup plan/system/pilot備用計(jì)劃/備用系統(tǒng)/候補(bǔ)飛行員

　　back up ① 支持(某人)，證實(shí)(某說(shuō)法) ② 備份，復(fù)制(磁盤(pán)) ③ 向后移動(dòng)

　　counterbalance n./v. 平衡，抗衡;平衡抵消物; counter 前綴，表示“相反的，相對(duì)的”如 counter attack v. 回?fù)?，counterpart n. 地位、職務(wù)等相當(dāng)?shù)娜?，?duì)等物

　　look up ① 抬頭看 ② 尊敬，仰望 例：look up to sb. as one s teacher把某人尊為老師 *③ (形勢(shì)等)好轉(zhuǎn) 例：Things are looking up now.情況正在好轉(zhuǎn)。 ④ (在字典、參考書(shū)等中)查尋 例：look up a word in a dictionary 在字典中查一個(gè)詞

　　package n. ① 包，盒，袋 *② a set of related things or services sold or offered together(必須整體接受的)一套，一攬子 例：a benefits package 一套福利措施 / an aid package 綜合援助計(jì)劃 / package deal 一攬子交易

　　pick up ① 拾起，拿起 例： pick up the phone 拿起話(huà)筒 ② (偶然、無(wú)意地)獲得(收益、知識(shí)、消息等) pick up

　　a tip from my mother 從媽媽那學(xué)到一個(gè)竅門(mén) ③ 接收(訊號(hào)) ，收聽(tīng)(廣播等)例：pick up the BBC World Service 接收英國(guó)廣播公司國(guó)際廣播節(jié)目 *④ (情況等)好轉(zhuǎn)，改進(jìn) 例：Trade is picking up nicely.生意很有起色。

　　structure n. ① 結(jié)構(gòu)，構(gòu)造，體系 *② a situation in which everything is carefully organized and planned組織性，條理性 例： Kids need some sort of structure to their day. 兒童的日常生活需要有點(diǎn)條理性。

　　vt. 構(gòu)造;組織;安排 例： You need to structure your arguments more carefully.你需要更仔細(xì)地組織好自己的論據(jù)。 / well structured精心組織的，安排周密的 umbrella organization an organization that includes many smaller groups傘狀機(jī)構(gòu)、組織