Задание

Choose the correct option.

Nowadays, there [is|was|were|are] more education and career options than ever. During the past twenty years, plenty of new job opportunities [have appeared|appear|appears|appearing] because of rapid technological development. But not all the people see this fact as an advantage of the 21st century. Some experts say that the bigger the list of options is, the [hard|harder|hardest|the hardest] it is to make a choice. And the main problem is that these days lots of teenagers all over the world don't know what to do after they finish school.

There is no doubt that the period of choosing further education and future career is one of the most difficult periods in a teenager's life. It's [get|gets|getting|got] harder if a person doesn't know what he or she [want|wanting|wanted|wants] to achieve in life. Usually, parents try to be supportive and give a piece of advice. But due to the generation gap not many teenagers listen to their parents' opinion. Most of the young people try to ask their friends and often [are choosing|chose|choose|have chosen] the same college or university just to stay together. And some teenagers decide to take a so-called gap year.

A gap year is a year between graduation from school and a start of further education. More and more young people around the globe [are tend|tend|tending|tends] to take this year and try some jobs, relax after school, travel and understand what they want to do in their lives. Some of them say that only because of the gap year they have realised what their future education should be like. And also they say that getting some work experience before choosing a profession [helps|help|is helping|helping] make the right choice.