Задание

Read to find more about a gap year in the UK. Then choose the right answer.

People used to think that taking a gap year was negative. In the past you took a gap year if you had to retake exams or had problems between finishing school and starting higher education and then starting a career. But now, universities positively encourage a gap year and employers are happy to give jobs to students who take a gap year. A gap year can give young people useful learning experiences, help them pick up new skills and make them more independent.

Young people in formal education usually take a gap year when they are about 18 years old, before going to university. They can also be taken at a different time, for example, by someone who wants to break up their degree course or to do something different before a postgraduate course.

Many gap year students choose to do voluntary work. This could include teaching in the mountains in Nepal, a conservation project in Madagascar, an expedition in Costa Rica or an internship in Japan. There are plenty of gap year volunteer work options to choose from. However, lots of gap year students just want to see more of the world.

Most students who are planning a gap year take on a part-time job to save up for the trip. Some young people look for work when they get to their destination if they need to earn money to pay for accommodation, food and their other expenses. Popular jobs include bar work, fruit picking and being a tour guide.

Because the gap year is so popular and needs to be cheap, travel companies now offer structured gap packages where your entire trip is worked out for you. There are three main categories of a structured gap year activity:

1) Expeditions, often with a conservation element and usually to developing countries

2) Courses to learn a skill such as a language or something that they can later teach others to do, for example windsurfing

3) Voluntary work in the UK and abroad.

1. People have always approved of the idea of taking a gap year.

2. Taking a gap year can increase students' chances to get a job.

3. Students are allowed to take a gap year only at the age of 18.

4. Most students from the UK do volunteer work in Europe.

5. Volunteering is the only option during a gap year.

6. As a rule, students don't think about expenses in their upcoming trip.

7.Students prefer to work as a tour guide because it is the best paid job.

8.Gap year students can call on the services of travel agencies to arrange their trip.