Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an (1)________ should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, (2)________ , most people make several job choices during their working lives, (3)________ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve (4)________ positions. The 'one perfect job' does not exist. Young people should (5)________ enter into a broad flexible training program that will (6)________ them for a field of work rather than for a single (7)________ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans (8)________ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing (9)________ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss (10)________ . Some drift from job to job. Other (11)________ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for (12)________ real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students—or their parents for them—choose the professional field. (13)________ both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal (14)________ . The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a 'white-collar' job is (15)________ good reason for choosing it as a life‘s work. (16)________ these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the (17)________ of young people should give serious (18)________ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants (19)________ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security, other are willing to take (20)________ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
C 项“occupation” 职业。 上文提到， 大多数理想的职业都需要某种专门的培训， 所以应该是先选择职业，然后再选择高中的学习课程。
前面讲到是一种职业的选择， 后面说到现在一生中选择几种工作． 可见与前面是转折关系， 选项 B 符合题意。
后文的 partly 是提示词语， 故选 D。
这里 their 指代前面提到的那些多次做出工作选择的人。
既然一个完美的工作并不存在， 因此年轻人就必须接受广泛而灵活的训练， 故选 A。
在工作领域适合他们， 故选 A。
从上下文来看， 空格所填的单词与 work 连用， 因此， 选择与 work 最接近的“job” 一词。
通过上文“unfortunately” 可判断所填的单词应是否定意义的， 选项 D 符合题意。 即他们的职业规划没有得到帮助。
因为对职场和他们自身了解甚少， 所以他们在选择自己的毕生事业时非常随意。 little 表示否定含义， 修饰不可数名词。 故选 B。
此句的意思是“他们是毫无目的地寻找他们一生的工作”。 on...basis 或 on the basis of...意思是“基于......”。故 A 正确。
stick to 意为“坚持”， 这里指一直从事相同的工作。
its 代词， 代指职业的。 选择工作一个通常的错误是它的真正的或想象的声望。
disregard 忽视。 许多孩子或家长在选择职业时忽视了职业的高要求。
考查名词。 requirements 要求。 这里指对教育和自身素质的要求。
一份工作真正的或是想象的声望都不是选择其作为终身职业的好理由。
空格后的句子的意思是“这些工作的工资也不总是很高”， 显然这是继前面进一步说明职业性工作不一定就是最好的选择。“moreover” 表示递进关系， 故选 C。
因为大部分的工作都集中在机械和手工行业， 所以大多散年轻人应该仔细考虑一下这些领域。“majority”表示大多数的群体， 故选 B。
考查名词。 give consideration to sth 意为“考虑某事”。
该句的意思是“一个人应该对生活的期望有个大致的想法”。 out of 意思是“从......中”。 what he wants outof life 意为“想从生活中得到什么”， 故选 D。
risk意为“冒险， 风险”。由前一句的 some和本句的 others 可知两句在意义上是对应的， 既然前面是security，后面当然就是 risk。