阅读理解：（天津卷）
These days, more and more students in the UK are taking a “gap year” between their graduation from school and their university studies. This means that they take a year off, to do something else, before they start their studies.
For most students, spending time in foreign countries is the favourite activity — and Australia is the favourite place to go.
Many parents, teachers and business people agree that travelling can teach important values.
“After a year of travelling, I learnt the importance of relationships with people, on all sorts of levels.”
There are many companies around the world that welcome these students on their projects — helping people in poorer countries, or even in your home country. Although you don't get paid for your work, this kind of work can teach important skills — decision making and finding answers to problems, for example — that will help a student in a job one day.
Finally, the knowledge and experience you get will one day be very useful in an area you hope to study or work in.
If several university graduates are applying for the same job, gap year work experience allows you to say: “I've already had some experience of this kind of work.” And that can get you the job!
56．These days, _______ students in the UK take a gap year.
A．few B．many
C．all D．a few
57．Travelling can teach you values such as learning about _______.
A．flights B．money
C．relationships D．jobs
58．To help poorer people, you have to be prepared _______.
A．to live in another country
B．to be paid very well
C．to be paid very little
D．to work for free
59．University graduates with some work experience often get _______ than graduates without experience.
A．more money B．more important jobs
C．jobs more easily D．more jobs in other countries
文章大意：
最近，在英国越来越多的学生在讨论一个话题“gap year”，意思是中学生毕业后，在开始新的大学学习之前，有一年的社会实践时间。文章介绍了这样做对年轻人的好处。
答案及解析：
56．B 考查理解判断。根据文章开头一句可知。
57．C 考查细节判断。根据材料中的第四段“…I learn the importance of relationships…”可知。
58．D 考查理解判断。根据材料中的第五段内容“Although you don't get paid for your work.”可知学生参加这些社会实践是无酬劳的。
59．C 考查理解判断。根据材料中最后一段内容判断，C答案正确。
