Question

Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. 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 .

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 take serious __53__ into 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.

36. A. identification            B. accommodation     C. occupation            D. entertainment

37. A. thereby               B. however           C. though              D. therefore

38. A. thoroughly           B. mainly             C. entirely              D. partly

39. A. its                  B. his                C. their                D. our

40. A. therefore            B. since                C. furthermore         D. forever

41. A. fit                  B. make             C. take                 D. leave

42. A. means               B. job               C. way                D. company

43. A. to                   B. for                C. with               D. without

44. A. little                 B. few               C. much              D. a lot

45. A. chance              B. purpose           C. basis               D. opportunity

46. A. apply                B. appeal             C. turn               D. stick

47. A. its                   B. their                     C. your                D. our

48. A. concerning            B. following          C. ignoring             D. considering

49. A. preferences           B. requirements        C. tendencies            D. ambitions

50. A. a                    B. any               C. the                 D. no

51. A. Therefore             B. Moreover          C. Nevertheless         D. However

52. A. majority              B. mass              C. minority            D. number

53. A. proposal              B. suggestion                C. approval            D. consideration

54. A. towards              B. out of             C. against             D. without

55. A. turns                B. parts              C. risks               D. choices

Answer 1

36-40 CBDCA    41-45 ABDAC    46-50 DACBD    51-55 BADBC