任务型完形填空:用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,每个单词限用一次,使短文通顺正确连贯,将答案填写在题后的横线上。YoungPeopleinBritainLifeusedtobefunfor
任务型完形填空:用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,每个单词限用一次,使短文通顺正确连贯,将答案填写在题后的横线上。
YoungPeopleinBritain
Lifeusedtobefunfor“teenagers”.Theyusedtohavemoneytospendandfreetimetowhileaway(消磨).Theyusedtowearteenageclothesandmeetinteenagecoffeebarsanddiscos.Someofthemstilldo.Butformanyyoungpeoplelifeishardernow.1aredifficulttofind.There’snotsomuchmoneyaround.Thingsare2andit’shardtofindaplacetolivein.Teacherssaythatstudentsworkharderthantheyusedto.Theyareless3inpoliticsandmoreinterestedin4exams.Theyknowthatgoodexamresultsmaybringthembetterjobs.
Mostyoungpeopleworrymoreaboutmoneythantheirparentsdidtwentyyearsago.Theytry5lessandsavemore.Theywanttobeabletogethomesoftheirownoneday.
Forsometheanswertounemployment(失业)istoleavehomeandlookforjobsinoneofBritain’sbig6.EverydayhundredsofyoungpeoplearriveinLondonfromotherpartsofBritainlookingforjobs.Somefindjobsandstay.7don’tandgohomeagainorjointheunemployed(失业者)inLondon.
Whenyoureadthenewspapersandwatchthenewsontelevisionit’s8togettheideathatBritishyoungpeopleareallunemployedangryandintrouble.Butthat’snottrue.Threequartersofthemdomoreorlesswhattheirparentsdid.Theydotheirbestatschoolfindsomekindsofjobsintheendandget9intheirearlytwenties.Theygetonwellwiththeirparentsandenjoytheirfamilylife.Afteralliftheydon’tthey10beBritishwillthey?