单选题 No step in life is more important than the choice of a vocation. The wise selection of the business, profession, trade, or occupation to which one"s life is to be devoted and the development of full efficiency in the chosen field are matters of the deepest moment to young men and to the public. These vital problems should be solved in a careful, scientific way, with due regard to each person"s aptitudes, abilities, ambitions, resources, and limitations and the relations of these elements to the conditions of success in different industries. If a boy takes up a line of work to which he is adapted, he will achieve far greater success than if he drifts into an industry for which he is not fitted. An occupation out of harmony with the worker"s aptitudes and capacities means inefficiency, unenthusiastic and perhaps distasteful labor, and low pay, while an occupation in harmony with the nature of the man means enthusiasm, love of work, and high economic values—superior product, efficient service, and good pay. If a young man chooses his vocation so that his best abilities and enthusiasms will be united with his daily work, he has laid the foundations of success and happiness. But if his best abilities and enthusiasms are separated from his daily work or do not find in it fair scope and opportunity for exercise and development; if his occupation is merely a means of making a living, and the work he loves to do is sidetracked into the evening hours or pushed out of his life altogether, he will be only a fraction of the man he ought to be. Efficiency and success are largely dependent on adaptation.
单选题 The general tone of this selection might well be attacked by a group ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是考生对作者全文基调的把握。通读全文可以发现，作者主要说的是年轻人的工作选择问题。但文中多处使用了诸如，young men，boy，he，his等词，由此我们可以推测，作者很可能收到女权主义者的批评。
单选题 The author expresses the thought that the correct choice of job or career is important to ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 由文章第二句可以知道C为正确答案。
单选题 Proper adaptation of the worker to his occupation will produce ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 第四句“If a boy takes up a line of work to which he is adapted, he will achieve far greater success than if he drifts in an industry for which he is not fitted.”第五句“while an occupation in harmony with the nature of the man means enthusiasm, love of work, and high economic values—superior product, efficient service and good pay.”第六句“If a young man chooses his vocation so that his best abilities and enthusiasm will be united with his daily work, he has laid the foundations of success and happiness.”由此可知，A最为全面。
单选题 A thought that is contrary to the feeling of the author is that ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第七句后半句可知，作者认为如果一个人白天为谋生而工作，只有晚上能做自己喜欢的事情，他的生活就不能看做是完整的。由此可知，作者不同意只在做完一天的工作后才能进行自己喜爱的工作。C为正确答案。
单选题 The choice of a vocation should be made with ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 通览全文，作者整篇文章都在说兴趣对选择工作的重要性。D最符合文意。
单选题 The results of working at a vocation one enjoys can be measured in ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 第四句“If a boy takes up a line of work to which he is adapted, he will achieve far greater success than if he drifts in an industry for which he is not fitted.”第五句“while an occupation in harmony with the nature of the man means enthusiasm, love of work, and high economic values—superior product, efficient service and good pay.”第六句“If a young man chooses his vocation so that his best abilities and enthusiasm will be united with his daily work, he has laid the foundations of success and happiness.”