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(聲望).
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.
小題1:A．identification B．accommodation C．occupation D．entertainment
小題2:A．thereby B．however C．though D．therefore
小題3:A．thoroughly B．mainly C．entirely D．partly
小題4:A．its B．his C．their D．our
小題5:A．therefore B．since C．furthermore D．forever
小題6:A．fit B．make C．take D．leave
小題7:A．means B．job C．way D．company
小題8:A．to B．for C．with D．without
小題9:A．little B．few C．much D．a lot
小題10:A．chance B．purpose C．basis D．opportunity
小題11:A．apply B．appeal C．turn D．stick
小題12:A．its B．their C．your D．our
小題13:A．concerning B．following C．ignoring D．considering
小題14:A．preferences B．requirements C．tendencies D．ambitions
小題15:A. a B. any C. the D. no
小題16:A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Nevertheless D. However
小題17:A. majority B. mass C. minority D. number
小題18:A. proposal B. suggestion C. approval D. consideration
小題19:A. towards B. out of C. against D. without
小題20:A. turns B. parts C. risks D. choices
