单选题Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and
mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Most
worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally,
therefore, the choice of an {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}should be
made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually {{U}}
{{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}, most people make several job choices during
their working lives, {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}because of
economic and industrial changes and partly to improve {{U}} {{U}}
4 {{/U}} {{/U}}positions. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young
people should {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}enter into a broad
flexible training program that will {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}
{{/U}}them for a field of work rather than for a single {{U}} {{U}}
7 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Unfortunately many young people have
to make career plans {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}benefit of help
from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing {{U}}
{{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}about the occupational world, or themselves for
that matter, then choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss {{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Some drift from job to job. Others {{U}} {{U}}
11 {{/U}} {{/U}}to work in which they are unhappy or for which they are
not fitted. One common mistake is choosing an occupation for
{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}real or imagined prestige. Too many
high-school students—or their parents for them—choose the professional field,
{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}both the relatively small proportion
of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal
{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The imagined or real prestige of a
profession or a "white-collar" job is {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}}
{{/U}}good reason for choosing it as lifework. {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large
proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the {{U}} {{U}}
17 {{/U}} {{/U}}of young people should give serious {{U}} {{U}}
18 {{/U}} {{/U}}to these fields. Before making an
occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants
{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}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 {{U}} {{U}}
20 {{/U}} {{/U}}for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its
demands as well as its rewards.