Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training.Ideally,therefore,the choice of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school.Actually,__37__,most people make several job choices during their working lives,__38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position.The"one perfect job"does not exist.Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__.
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist.Knowing __44__ about the occupational world,or themselves for that matter,they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__.Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige(声望).
Too many high-school students-or their parents for them-choose the professional field,__48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__.The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life’s work.__51__,these occupations are not always well paid.Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work,the __52__ of young people should give serious __53__ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice,a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it.Some people desire social prestige,others intellectual satisfaction.Some want security;others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain.Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
小题1:A．identification B．accommodation C．occupation D．entertainment
小题2:A．thereby B．however C．though D．therefore
小题3:A．thoroughly B．mainly C．entirely D．partly
小题4:A．its B．his C．their D．our
小题5:A．therefore B．since C．furthermore D．forever
小题6:A．fit B．make C．take D．leave
小题7:A．means B．job C．way D．company
小题8:A．to B．for C．with D．without
小题9:A．little B．few C．much D．a lot
小题10:A．chance B．purpose C．basis D．opportunity
小题11:A．apply B．appeal C．turn D．stick
小题12:A．its B．their C．your D．our
小题13:A．concerning B．following C．ignoring D．considering
小题14:A．preferences B．requirements C．tendencies D．ambitions
小题15:A. a B. any C. the D. no
小题16:A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Nevertheless D. However
小题17:A. majority B. mass C. minority D. number
小题18:A. proposal B. suggestion C. approval D. consideration
小题19:A. towards B. out of C. against D. without
小题20:A. turns B. parts C. risks D. choices
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:C
解析
小题1:C。occupation职业。上文讲到，大多数理想的职业都需要某种专门的培训，所以应该是先选择职业，然后再选择高中的学习课程。
小题2:B．前面讲到是一种职业的选择，后面说到现在一生中选择几种工作．可见与前面是转折关系，选项B符合题意．
小题3:D。后文的partly是提示词语。
小题4:C。这里their指的是那些多次做出工作选择的人．
小题5:A．therefore因此。既然一个完美的工作并不存在，所以年轻人就必须接受广泛而灵活的训练．
小题6:A。fit合适。在工作领域适合他们。
小题7:B。从上下文来看，空格所填的单词与work连用应该涵盖a single job。
小题8:D。通过上下文可判断所填的单词应是否定意义的，选项D符合题意。即他们的职业规划没有得到帮助．
小题9:A。因为对职场和他们自身了解甚少，所以他们在选择自己的毕生事业时非常随意．
小题10:C。此句的意思是"他们是毫无目的地寻找他们一生的工作"。on...basis,或on the basis of...意思是"基于……"。故C正确。
小题11:D。stick to意为“坚持”，这里指一直从事相同的工作．
小题12:A。its代词，代指职业的。选择工作一个通常的错误是它的真正的和想象的声望。
小题13:C。ignore忽视。选择一份工作通常的错误是忽视了真正或想象的声望。
小题14:B。考查名词。requirements意为。要求”，这里指对教育和自身素质的要求．
小题15:D。no没有。一份白领的工作是没有好原因选择一份终身工作。
小题16:B。空格后的句子的意思是"这些工作的工资也不总是很高"，显然这是继前面进一步说明职业性工作不一定就是最好的选择。故D正确。Moreover意为"而且,此外"。
小题17:A。因为大部分的工作都集中在机械和手工行业，所以大多散年轻人应该仔细考虑一下这些领域．
小题18:D。考查名词。give consideration to sth意为。考虑某事”。
小题19:B。该句的意思是"一个人应该对生活的期望有个大致的想法"。out of意思是"从……中"。what he wants out of life意为"想从生活中得到什么"。
小题20:C。risk意为"冒险,风险"。由前一句的some和本句的others可知两句在意义上是对应的，既然前面是security"安全"，后面当然就是risk。