Part Ⅳ Cloze(15 minutes)

Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Most worthwhile careers require some kind of . Ideally, therefore, the choice of an __ 71 __ should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __ 72 __ , most people make several job choices during their working lives, __ 73 __ because of economic and industrial change and partly to improve __ 74 __ positions. The “one perfect job” does not exist. Young people should __ 75 __ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __ 76 __ them for a field of work rather than for a single __ 77 __.
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __ 78 __ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor¹ or psychologist. Knowing __ 79 __ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __ 80 __. Some drift from job to job. Others __ 81 __  to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not flitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __ 82 __  real or imagined prestiges. Too many high-school students-or their parents for them-choose the professional field, __ 83 __  both the relatively² small proportion of workers in the profit and the extremely high educational and personal __ 84 __ . The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a “white-collar” job is __ 85 __  good reason for choosing it as a life’s work. __ 86 __ , these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __ 87 __  of young people should give serious __ 88 __  to these fields.

Before making an , a person should have a general idea of what he wants __ 89 __  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 __ 90 __  for financial gain. Each  has its demands as well as its rewards.

71.A) identification B) entertainmentC) occupation D) accommodation

72.A) therefore B) howeverC) though D) thereby³

73.A) entirely⁴ B) mainlyC) largely D) partly

74.A) its B) hisC) their D) our

75.A) therefore B) sinceC) furthermore D) forever

76.A) fit B) makeC) take D) leave

77.A) way B) jobC) means D) company

78.A) to B) forC) with D) without

79.A) few B) littleC) much D) a lot

80.A) basis B) chanceC) purpose D) opportunity

81.A) apply B) appealC) turn D) stick

82.A) its B) ourC) your D) their

83.A) concerning B) followingC) disregarding D) considering

84.A) requirements B) preferencesC) tendencies D) ambitions

85.A) a B) anyC) the D) no

86.A) Therefore B) HoweverC) Moreover D) Nevertheless

87.A) mass B) majorityC) minority D) multitude

88.A) proposal B) suggestionC) appraisal⁵ D) consideration

89.A) towards B) againstC) without D) out of

90.A) turns B) partsC) risks D) choices

内容概要:本文讨论职业选择和择业咨询。
71.C。occupation是职业的意思，从本文的主题句 “ careers require some kind of ”可推出这一答案。
72.B。however在这里表达的是转折关系。
73.D。 partly的意思是部分地，之所以选partly可从该句中后面and partly 之间应有的平衡关系推出。
74.C。选their是因为要用这一代词指代前面所说的most people。
75.A。这里选therefore是因为与上文相接表示顺接关系。
76.A。fit在这里作及物动词用，表示“使……适合”的意思。
77.B。选job是出于平衡的考虑，与rather than 前面的work相对应。
78.D。本文第二段转而讨论择业咨询。故使用without benefit 表示“无法得到……好处”这一意思。
79.B。little用以表示数量，与much相反。这里作代词用。且具有否定意义。
80.A。on a hit or miss basis作为一个词组其含义是：“在要么撞上要么错过的基础上”。即“基本上是盲目的”。Chance和opportunity均表示“机会”，purpose表示“目的”，都与上下文不符。故选A。
81.D。选项D. stick(to work)的意思是“坚持工作”。选项A和B均不能和不定式to work搭配。turn to work 的意思是“转而去做某种工作”与上下文不符。
82.A。its用以代替与其相离最近的名词occupation。
83.C。选项C。 disregarding及后面的both the relatively small proportion of workers the professions and the extremely high educational and personal requirements的意思是“既不考虑在这些职业领域中需要的人员较少，也不考虑其中对从业者的教育水平和个人要求都极高等问题。”其它选项所表达的意思都与之相反。
84.A。requirements指用人单位必须对从业者提出的能力要求，而不是preferences（偏爱），tendencies（趋势）等暂时的或主观的因素。
85.D。选项D. no表示绝对否定。含义是决不是正当理由，符合上下文的要求。
86.C。选项C. moreover表示“进而，况且”。上文说了选“白领工作”不一定就好。本句则补充说明“白领收入也不一定高”，故用moreover。
87.B。根据句意：大多数人都得选择一般性的机械的非智力性的工作，又考虑与前半句中的a large proportion of jobs 对应，就只能选择B。
88.D。在四个 选项中只有D. consideration 能讲的通。因为该句谓语为主动语态，符合句意。而其它三个选项（proposal，suggestion和appraisal）都应当是被给予的内容。
89.D。选项D. out of的意思是“由……之中”符合句意。
90.C。本题属于反向选择。本句的前半句讲“有人想要强调必须安全”，后半句则与之对应，讲“另一些人则喜欢冒险。”因此选C。