单选题 Blue collar and government jobs are among the most (51) careers for US graduates, according to US News magazine's 2010 Best Careers report. US employers are increasingly off shoring professional jobs. This means less jobs (52) college-graduate skills, the magazine says.
As in many other countries, US high school students are told that college is the (53) . So there's a growing (54) of skilled people in jobs that don't require a college education. But the report, also says that some rewarding blue-collar careers, such as technical work in the biomedical equipment and security systems sectors, are more (55) to college graduates. These are more knowledge-based than the usual blue-collar jobs.
Government is becoming an employer of (56) . Corporations, fueled by pressures to compete globally, continue to get ever (57) . Non-profit organizations are increasingly strapped for cash. Government is able to pay employees well, (58) their practices are economically sound, the magazine says. The report also indicates that social (59) may be the enemy of contentment in career, People are flocking in greater numbers to careers in the law, medicine and architecture. Yet recent surveys of job satisfaction in those professions (60) a less-than-rosy picture.

单选题 A. profitable B. promising C. prompt D. progressive
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词汇题,考形近词辨析。profitable有利可图的;promising有希望的,有前途的;prompt敏捷的,迅速的,及时的;progressive前进的,进步的。
单选题 A. acquire B. inquire C. require D. request
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词汇题,考形近词辨析。acquire获得,学到;inquire询问;require需要,要求;request请求,要求,邀请。
单选题 A. route B. road C. passage D. way
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词汇题,考近义词辨析。四个词都有“道路”的意思,但用法不同。route线路;road道路;passage通道;way路,出路。
单选题 A. shortage B. necessity C. decrease D. increase
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题是考对上下文的理解。见第二段第一、二句。
单选题 A. capable of going B. likely to go C. prone to going D. able to go
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词组题,考形容词词组及用法。capable of going有能力,有可能;likely to go很可能;prone to going倾向于;able to go能够。
单选题 A. right B. election C. choice D. occasion
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词汇题,考名词搭配。choice:精选品,优选品。
单选题 A. fatter B. heavier C. lighter D. leaner
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题是考对上下文的理解。fatter更胖;heavier更重;lighter更轻;leaner更瘦。
单选题 A. whether or not B. now and then C. off and on D. so and so
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 这里是考结构词词组。whether or not无论;now and then偶尔;off and on断断续续;so and so如此这般。
单选题 A. post B. status C. level D. grade
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词汇题,考近义词辨析。post职位;status地位;level水平,水准;grade等级。
单选题 A. purchase B. demonstrate C. paint D. alter
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道词汇题,考惯用搭配。paint a less-than-rosy picture:描绘不太美好的景色,前景光明。purchase买;demonstrate示范,表明;alter改变。