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Young women are more adventurous than young men when travelling abroad in gap years．One in three female backpackers visits more than three countries during a year out and travels alone, according to new research．
By contrast, the majority of their male counterparts（地位相當者） visit only one country and tend to travel in groups, says a survey by the Gap Year company, which provides information and services for students considering taking a year out．
More women than men say that their prime reason for taking time off is to see the world and experience different cultures．Men are more likely to rank “having fun” higher on their list of priorities．Women are more likely to value the challenge of a foreign trip, and many cited reasons such as learning a language and meeting new people．
The more adventurous gap years taken by women seem to work to their benefit; more than three quarters of those surveyed have reported increased confidence, self-reliance（自立） and independence, whereas only half of the men had that experience．
The research also shows that women are more likely to do voluntary work while travelling, with more than one in ten helping with teaching or development projects．One of the reasons given for this is a wish to see the country in an authentic light．
A greater proportion of women than men face objections or criticism from their families over their gap­year plans．Among the men surveyed, lack of money is the main barrier to travel．
Carolyn Martin, a doctor from London,is a typically confident female traveller．Starting in Cape Town, she travelled around southern Africa and Australia with a string of unusual and sometimes dangerous jobs．
“I had one job chasing elephants off the runway in Africa by banging a stick against a pan，” she recalled．“It was OK but one day I did get chased by one．”
She said that she had travelled alone because “you meet more people”．
【小題1】By referring to “gap year” the writer means ________．  

A．a gap you come across after leaving high school

B．a time when you are caught in a dilemma between work and study

C．a period after you find a job upon your graduation from college

D．a year off between high school and college for certain purposes

【小題2】In the third paragraph, the underlined word “priorities” most probably means ________

A．selections

B．attractions

C．preferences

D．projects

【小題3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Men students will travel less during the gap year because of their part-­time jobs．

B．Women students will travel more but face more objections．

C．The article suggests that women travelling alone will have dangerous experiences．

D．Men students prefer to travel inside their own country to going abroad．

【小題4】Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Girls Get the Best out of Gap Years

B．Boys Lack Courage in Gap Years

C．For Fun or for Adventure?

D．Young Women Are More Adventurous

Answer 1

【小題１】D
【小題２】C
【小題３】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹女性在空檔年會獨自旅行”，而男性更傾向于團體旅行。他們的旅游對的目的也不盡相同。男性主要是為了玩，女性更喜歡利用這個機會體驗不同的文化，語言等。
【小題１】詞義猜測題。文章第二段提到 students，所以相比之下，D 項最適合。在英國等國家，年輕人會有“空檔年”，即上完高中、上大學之前的這段時間。而C 項是最大的干擾項，由常識可知，大學畢業后，學生一般都得忙著找工作，然后上班，沒有足夠的時間去旅行，所以D 項比C 項更貼切。
【小題２】猜詞題：從文章的句子可以看出男性把玩樂看成是更偏愛的東西。選C
【小題３】細節理解題。由第六段第一句A greater proportion of women than men faced objections or criticism from their families over their gap-year plans. 可知，女性更喜歡在空檔年出游，但與男性相比，她們面臨更多的反對意見。選B
【小題4】主旨大意題。文章第三段提到女性旅行原因是了解世界、體驗不同的文化、學習語言、認識新朋友。在第四段中作者提到“more than three quarters of those surveyed reported increased confidence, self-reliance and independence（超過四分之三的女性通過旅行會增強自信、自立和獨立）”，而只有一半的男性有同樣的體驗。所以 A 項正確。D 項是最大的干擾項，其實 D 項與原文第一段首句相比缺少了關鍵的狀語限定部分（when travelling abroad in gap years）。選A
考點：考查社會現象類短文
點評：這篇文章考查較全面：細節，推理，句意和主旨都考查了，特別是主旨題要注意最適合做文章題目的選項應該是最能概括文章主旨大意的選項，不能以偏概全。考生頭腦中要對文章有了大概的印象：