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.
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:C
小题1:名词辨析。指出“大多数重要的职业都需要一定的专业培训”，故此空应指对“职业”的选择。
小题2:副词辨析。根据上下文出现的两个对应副词Ideally (理想地)，Actually(实际上)可知两句存在对立关系．含有转折意义。
小题3:副词辨析。A彻底地；B主要地；C完全地；D部分地；前半句陈述现象，后半句分析原因。根据下文的partly to improve，可知D正确。
小题4:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知这里的their是指前面提及的most people。
小题5:上下文串联。根据句意“因此，年轻人应该……广泛灵活的培训计划”．
小题6:词义辨析。由后文的“一个领域的工作”和“某项工作”，可知年轻人参加培训的目的是为了“适应”工作．因此B为答案。fit sb．for意为“使适合”。
小题7:上下文串联。所填的词应与work对等呼应
小题8:介词辨析。根据上下文可知这里应该使用否定词与Unfortunately形成呼应。
小题9:上下文串联。由Unfortunately可知空格处应填表否定意义的词，know little about表示“对……知之甚少”
小题10:名词辨析。名词basis与介词on连用。
小题11:动词辨析。others…则为另一种现象，应与drift相反，即死抱着不喜欢的工作，选D。
小题12:代词辨析。这里的it指代前面的an occupation。
小题13:动词辨析。根据句意可知是没有认识到…，忽视了…
小题14:名词辨析。专业性职业领域对教育和个人能力要求相对较高，requirements“要求”符合。
小题15:上下文串联。前两句讲选择职业时的常见错误，此处句意顺承上文，应填入否定词，表示有声誉的职业和白领职业并不能成为择业的原因。
小题16:副词辨析。空格后面一句话继续对这样的选择予以否定．表达的是一种递进关系，有逗号隔开。
小题17:上下文串联。根据句意可知大部分年轻人要认真考虑这些领域。
小题18:名词辨析。空格所在的句子与前面的句子构成因果关系(since)．故空格处填入的词大意思应为“考虑，思考”，
小题19:上下文串联。由he wants与life可知，是“从生活中想得到的”之义．故选B。
小题20:名词辨析。由一些人希望有安全感和另一些人想得到金钱上的回报，可推知填入的词应与security“安全”相反，故选C。take risks“冒风险”。