单选题
Personal Branding

One of the issues people are concerned about as they start to define their personal brand is being (19) to one subject or area. They ask "Can I be an expert in more than one field or should I (20) one? " You have the freedom to brand yourself as you choose, and you can always expand your offerings, (21) the knowledge you gain and your new interests. When you have an assortment of interests, you need to make sure that you manage them properly, both in (22) of the time you (23) to each and how they are interwined in your lifestyle, online and off.
If you have multiple interests and they are (24) , then your hand brand will be much more powerful because those interests can complement each other. (25) , if you are a financial analyst working at a bank during the day and a stock-trading blogger by night, you can (26) both, without drifting (27) from your current brand (28) of course that you don't violate any confidentiality rules or insider trading laws.
If your interests aren't related in any (29) , then they should be completely detached, such as having two (30) websites catering exclusively to each. If you're an accountant for a Forture 500 company and a male model, you definitely want to separate those (31) and career paths from each other because (32) you're perceived as a male model may impact how seriously you're (33) as an accountant.

单选题 A. retained B. related C. confined D. restrained
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] be confined to...意为“局限于”，符合文意。选项A意为“保持”，选项B意为“与……有关”，选项D意为“克制”。
单选题 A. focus on B. account for C subject to D. apply to
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“集中于一个领域”。选项B意为“解释……原因”，选项C意为“使服从”，选项D意为“适用于”。
单选题 A. relate to B. rooted in C. fixed upon D. based on
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 选项D意为“根据”，符合文意。选项A意为“与……有关”，选项B意为“归根于”，选项C意为“确定”。
单选题 A. respect B. aspect C. terms D. ways
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] in terms of...为固定搭配，意为“在…… 方面”。
单选题 A. allocate B. delegate C. divide D. arrange
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 选项A意为“分配”，符合文意。delegate意为“授权”，divide意为“划分”，arrange 意为“安排”。
单选题 A. dependent B. inseparable C. related D. indispensable
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“多重兴趣且彼此相关”，选项C符合文意。选项A意为“依靠的”，选项B意为“不可分开的”，选项D意为“必需的”。
单选题 A. For instance B. Now that C. Moreover D. Nevertheless
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从后一句“if you are a financial analyst...”进行了具体假设，给出了例子，因此选项A符合文意。
单选题 A. join B. associate C. stick D. bond
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“把它们结合起来”，bond意为“使结合”。“assouate”与with搭配，“stick” 与to搭配表示“坚持”。
单选题 A. forward B. away C. back D. out
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] drift away from...是固定搭配，意为“渐渐离开”。
单选题 A. given B. if C. in case D. provided
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] provided that是固定搭配，意为“假如”，符合文意。
单选题 A. case B. manner C. way D. event
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] in any manner意为“以各种方式”，符合 文意。
单选题 A. distinct B. distinctive C. distinguished D. diversified
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] distinct意为“截然不同的”，符合文意。distinctive意为“出众的”，distinguished意为“著名的”，diversified意为“多样化的”。
单选题 A. features B. personalities C. characteristics D. identities
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为“会计和男模”两种不同身份。feature意为“特色”，personality意为“个性”，characteristic意为“特征”。
单选题 A. that B. when C. what D. how
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] “how you're perceived as a male model”，本句意为“人们如何看待你男模的身份，会影响他们看待你对会计职业的认真程度”。
单选题 A. received B. identified C. taken D. accepted
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] take…as是固定搭配，意为“把…… 看做”。