单选题 There are great careers in which the increasing emphasis is on specialization. You find thesecareers in engineering, in production, in statistical work, and in teaching. But there is anincreasing demand for people who are able to take in a great area at a glance, people who perhapsknow too much about any one field. There is, in other words, a demand for people who arecapable of seeing the forest rather than the trees, of making general judgments. And these"generalists"are particularly needed for positions in administration, where it is their job to see thatother people do the work, where they have to plan for other people, to organize other people'swork, to begin it and judge it.
The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools. He is a" trained" man; and his educational background is properly technical or professional. Thegeneralist--and especially the administrator--deals with people; his concern is with leadership,with planning, and with direction giving. He is an "educated" man; and the humanities are hisstrongest foundation.
Very rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a goodgeneralist also a good specialist in a particular field. Any organizations need them in differentproportions. It is your task to find out, during your training period, into which of the two kinds ofjobs you fit, and to plan your career accordingly.
Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you -- but this is a pure accident. Certainlyyou should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold anyjob. At the same time you must not look upon the first job as the final job ; it is primarily a trainingjob, an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.
单选题 There is an increasing demand for______
  • A. all-round people in their own fields
  • B. people whose job is to organize other people' s work
  • C. generalists whose educational background is either technical or professional
  • D. specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从第1段的第2句至第5句可知B项是正确答案。
单选题 The specialist is______
  • A. a man whose job is to train other people
  • B. a man who has been trained in more than one field
  • C. a man who can see the forest rather that the trees
  • D. a man whose concern is mainly with technical or professional matters
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 从第2段第1句知D项最符合本句的含义。
单选题 The administrator is______
  • A. a "trained" man who is more a specialist than a generalist
  • B. a man who sees the trees as well as the forest
  • C. a man who is very strong in the humanities
  • D. a man who is an "educated" specialist
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从第2段第4句知应选择C项。
单选题 During your training period it is important______
  • A. to try to be a generalist
  • B. to choose a profitable job
  • C. to find an organization which fits you
  • D. to decide whether you are fit to be a specialist or a generalist
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题问在训练期问重要的事情是什么,重要的是找出自己适合做specialist还是generalist,D选项是正确答案。
单选题 A man' s first job______
  • A. is never the right job for him
  • B. should not be regarded as his final job
  • C. should not be changed or people will become suspicious of his ability to hold any job
  • D. is primarily an opportunity to fit himself for his final job
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从第4段最后一句可知B项正确。