单选题
A narrowing of your work interests is implied in almost any transition from a study environment to managerial or professional work. In the humanities and social sciences you will at best reuse only a fraction of the material
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in three or four years" study. In most career paths academic knowledge only
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a background to much more applied decision-making. Even with a "training" form of degree,
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a few of the procedures or methods
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in your studies are likely to be continuously relevant in your work. Partly this
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the greater specialization of most work tasks compared
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studying. Many graduates are not
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with the variety involved in
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from degree study in at least four or five subjects a year to very standardized job
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Academic work values
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inventiveness, originality, and the cultivation of self-realization and self-development. Emphasis is placed
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generating new ideas and knowledge, assembling
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information to make a "rational" decision, appreciating basic
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and theories, and getting involved in fundamental controversies and debates. The humanistic values of higher
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encourages the feeling of being
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in a process with a self-developmental rhythm.
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, even if your employers pursue enlightened personnel development
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and invest heavily in "human capital"—for example, by rotating graduate trainees to
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their work experiences—you are still likely to notice and feet
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about some major restrictions of your
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and activities compared with a study environment.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 语义搭配题。cover意为“覆盖，遮蔽；包括，涉及”，例如：(1)You should cover that meat with something to protect it from flies. (2)This leaflet covers what have just been discussed in more detail. 原文意为：如果你学习的是人文社会学科，在将来的工作中顶多会再用到三或四年大学学习中所学知识的一小部分，故选项B正确。选项A restrict意为“限制”，例如：Congress is considering measures to restrict the sale of cigarettes. 选项C spread意为“传播”；选项D confirm意为“证实”，例如：I"d like to confirm when you"ll be arriving on Monday.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 语义搭配题。form意为“组成，形成”，例如：I formed the impression/opinion/view that she didn"t really want to come. 原文句中的宾语为background, form可与其连用且符合题意，故选D。选项A admit意为“承认”；选项B equip意为“装备”；选项C state意为“陈述”，例如：Please state (express clearly and carefully) why you wish to apply for this grant.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 语意复现题。only意为“只有，仅”，根据上下文意思可得答案。上文谈到学校中学到的东西与工作的关系并不是很密切，工作中仅能用到学过的一小部分知识，此处意思与上文一致，故选项D正确。选项 A hardly意为“几乎不”；选项B scarcely意为“简直不，决不”，例如：He would scarcely have said a thing like that (I don"t believe he said that)选项C evenly意为“平均地”，例如：be evenly distributed across the country。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 语义搭配题。encounter意为“遇到”，原句意为：即使拥有“培训”类的学位，也仅有少数几种你学习中所碰到的做事程序和方法可能与你今后的工作有关，故选项C正确。选项A practice意为“练习”；选项B describe意为“描述”；选项D analyze意为“分析”，例如：Water samples taken from streams were analyzed for contamination by chemicals.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 词语搭配题。compare with意为“与…作比较”，属习惯用法，例如：Instant coffee doesn"t compare with/can"t be compared with freshly ground coffee. (速溶咖啡无法与现磨的咖啡相比。)故选项A正确。选项B中的against有“比较”之意，如：compete against，但不可与compare连用；选项C upon和选项D from均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 形近词辨析题。此题需要选出在系动词are后充当表语的成分，只有选项B content(满意的)符合题意，例如：I think he"s fairly content with his life. 选项A contest意为“竞赛；质疑”，例如：(1)She stands a good chance since only two people are contesting the seat. (2)We will certainly contest any claims that made against the safety of our products. 选项C contact意为“与…接触，联系”，例如：I must contact my lawyer before I make my final decisions. 选项D contract意为“(使)收缩；订立合约”，例如：People often contract word combinations when they are speaking. 又如：The company has just contracted to build shelters for the homeless.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 形近词辨析题。transfer意为“改变；转移”，例如：(1)She transferred her gun from her shoulder to his side. (2)The aim is to transfer power to self-governing regional councils. 原文意为：从一年至少学四或五门学位课程转变为接受标准化的工作要求。只有选项A transferring有转换的意思。选项B transmit意为“传送，输送，传播”，例如：Some diseases are transmitted from one generation to the next. 选项C translate意为“翻译”，常与into连用；选项D transport意为“运输”，均不符合题意。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义搭配题。individual意为“个人的”，本句需用一个形容词来修饰inventiveness，originality等词，原句意为：学术类的工作看重个人的创造能力、独创性以及培养自我认识和自我发展的能力，故选项C正确。选项A unique意为“唯一的”，强调独一无二；选项B single意为“单个的”，常修饰具体事物，例如：The letter was written on a single sheet of paper. 选项D specific意为“特有的”，例如：The money is intended to be used for specific purposes.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 词语搭配题。place emphasis on sth. 意为“强调某事”，故选项B正确。其他选项均不能与emphasis连用，均排除。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 语义搭配题。adequate意为“足够的，充足的”，强调符合客观要求或标准，例如：The reason I didn"t do well in the exam is that I just didn"t have adequate time to prepare. 原文意为：做出合理的决定需要收集足够多的信息，故选项A正确。选项B definite意为“明确的”；选项C valuable意为“有价值的”；选项D profitable意为“有好处的，有利的”，例如：a profitable business。
【答案解析】[解析] 词语搭配题。be engaged in意为“从事于，忙于”，例如：Engaged in conversation, they did not see me. 根据原文意思：高等教育的人文价值观念鼓励学生积极培养自我发展的能力，选项C engaged在语意与结构上均符合题意，故选C。选项A consist in意为“存在于”，例如：The beauty of air travel consists in its speed and ease. consist的常见用法还有：consist of(由…组成，构成)，consist with(与…一致，符合)；选项B dealt和选项D worked均不能与in连用。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑关系题。by contrast意为“相比之下”，上文谈的是学习的氛围，下文谈到工作环境，二者形成对比关系，故选项A正确。选项B that is意为“也就是说”，表顺承关系；选项C therefore意为“因此”，表因果关系；选项D meanwhile意为“同时”，表并列关系，均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 词汇辨识题。policy意为“政策”，例如：a foreign and security policy; policies on education。原文的意思是，老板们制定的是开明的人事发展政策，而非法律或具体的规章、规则，故选项C正确。选项A law意为“法律”，范畴太广；选项B rule意为“规则”，太具体，概念范畴太小；选项D study意为“研究”，均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 词汇辨识题。vary意为“使不同，变化”，例如：(1)Salary scales vary from state to state. (2)The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable. 根据上文中的rotate(使轮换工作)一词可知，原文意为：让刚毕业的员工轮换工作以便获得多种经历，故选项C正确。选项A improve意为“改进”，不能与经历搭配；选项B introduce意为“介绍”，不符合题意；选项D achieve意为“获得”，虽可与下文的experiences勉强连用，但不够准确，往往有achieve success之类的搭配，achieve后面跟褒义词的情况居多。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 语义搭配题。sorry意为“遗憾的”。原句意为：人们对所受的约束感到遗憾，故选项D正确。选项A strange意为“奇怪的”；选项B ashamed意为“惭愧的”，例如：You should be ashamed of yourself选项C funny意为“滑稽的”，均不符合题意。