Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an __16__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum(课程) in high school. Actually, __17__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __18__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __19__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __20__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __21__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __22__ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __23__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __24__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __25__. Some drift from job to job. Others __26__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __27__ real or imagined prestige (声望). Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __28__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __29__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a white-collar job is __30__ good reason for choosing it as life's work. __31__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __32__ of young people should give serious __33__ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __34__ 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 __35__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
1. A.identification B.accommodation C.occupation D.entertainment
2. A.thereby B.however C.though D.therefore
3. A.thoroughly B.mainly C.entirely D.partly
4. A.its B.his C.their D.our
5. A.therefore B.since C.furthermore D.forever
6. A.fit B.make C.take D.leave
7. A.means B.job C.way D.company
8. A.to B.for C.with D.without
9. A.little B.few C.much D.a lot
10. A.chance B.purpose C.basis D.opportunity
11. A.apply B.appeal C.turn D.stick
12. A.its B.their C.your D.our
13. A.concerning B.following C.ignoring D.considering
14. A.preferences B.requirements C.tendencies D.ambitions
15. A.a B.any C.the D.no
16. A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Nevertheless D.However
17. A.majority B.mass C.minority D.number
18. A.proposal B.suggestion C.approval D.consideration
19. A.towards B.out of C.against D.without
20. A.turns B.parts C.risks D.choices
That was a terrible night . The rain was pouring down, _________ thunder and lightning.
A.being accompanied by B.accompanied by C.accompanying D.accompanies
The bus hit against a tree in the fog and __________to the deep valley, with ten passengers killed and twenty wounded.
A.down did it roll B.down rolled it C.down it rolled D.it down rolled
Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially ____________ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is very difficult.
A.one B.that C.some D.the one
As we all know, apples are sold by ____ weight, and socks are sold by _______dozen.
A.the; a B./; a C./; the D.the; the
Many difficulties have ______ as a result of the changeover to a new type of fuel.
A.risen B.arisen C.raised D.arose