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] (14)

选项 A、gain
B、seize
C、grasp
D、ruin

答案 A

解析 由下文的good thing可知,填入的词应表示积极意义,故首先排除ruin;剩余三项中,gain意为“获得;获利”,与experience“经验”搭配,符合文意;grasp意为“掌握;抓紧”;seize意为“抓住:夺取”。
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