Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an __1__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __2_-_, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __3__ because of economic and Industrial changes and partly to improve __4__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __5__ entersintosa broad flexible training p
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rogram that will __6__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __7__ .
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% _0 t; |7 b. t3 L Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __8__ benefit of help form a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __9__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __10__. Some drift from job to job. Others __11__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted. W+ _, _. A* O
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One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __12__ real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __13__ both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __14__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar" job is __15__ good reason for choosing it as life’s work. __16__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __17__ of young people should give serious __18__ to these fields.
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Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __19__ 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 __20__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards. + Z. U; t) {4 @" {! c5 V* F$ ]
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2. A. however B. therefore C. though D. thereby
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0 b, G6 }8 l9 t 3. A. entirely B. mainly C. partly D. his
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4. A. its B. his C. our D. their
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5. A. since B. therefore C. furthermore D. forever . u5 Y4 W8 {6 j1 I5 C. _) G8 N' d
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6. A. make B. fit C. take D. leave
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7. A. job B. way C. means D. company ( [' o! G* C' c. ?! e
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8. A. to B. for C. without D. with ' I+ y2 I' Z3 N/ x/ S
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10. A. chance B. basis C. purpose D. opportunity
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) I# s1 i0 M5 l7 M" u+ }& S 11. A. apply B. appeal C. stick D. turn 7 N7 u$ _! n9 s8 P% d9 {( F
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12. A. our B. its C. your D. their
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13. A. concerning B. following C. considering D. disregarding + [: f P+ @' l& @4 f
" z, c% |+ @$ N/ b, @ 14. A. preferences B. requirements C. tendencies D. ambitions |