With unemployment tide throughout the rich world, more and more young people

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问题 With unemployment tide throughout the rich world, more and more young people are seeking internships. Many firms, nervous about the future, are(l)_____ to hire permanent staff until they have (2)_____ them. Intern-recruitment agencies are (3)_____ to help. Inspiring Interns, a London firm, boasts that it can provide(4)_____ interns within three days. It(5)_____ 300 applicants a day, and claims that 65% of the interns it has placed have been hired.
Many intern candidates have no previous job experience and only a(6)_____ notion of(7)_____ work involves. Inspiring Interns screens them (8)_____ personality tests, coaches them on interview(9)______. Many internships are unpaid; the firm charges employers ￡500 a month for each intern plus 10% of the starting salary(10)_____ an intern is hired permanently.
Some(11)_____ that unpaid internships are exploitative. They also worry that only well-heeled youngsters can(12)_____ to work for nothing. If an internship is the first step on the career ladder, the less(13)_____ will never climb it.
Others disagree. They think anything that gives people an opportunity to(14)_____ experience is a good thing. Official statistics about internships are not enough,(15)_____ surveys by the National Association of Colleges and Employers(16)_____ that they work quite well. The average hourly wage for an intern studying for a bachelor’s degree in America is $16.21,(17)_____ arty organisations (18)_____ pay nothing. Most important, more than 60% of interns in America are(19)_____ offered full-time jobs. Staff who first work as interns are also more likely to(20)_____ than those who do not. [br] (12)

选项 A、maintain
B、endure
C、afford
D、omit

答案 C

解析本句意为“只有富有的年轻人才有本钱无偿工作”，填入afford，短语afford to do sth．指“有足够的钱(或时间等)去做某事”。maintain“维持”、endure“忍受”后接doing sth．；omit“忽略”。

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