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23、nline game in real life【参考答案】15、BCCDB 完形填空-【原创预测】Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an _36_ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, _37_, most people make several job choices during their working li
24、ves, _38_ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve _39_ position. The one perfect job does not exist. Young people should _40_ enter into a broad flexible training program that will _41_ them for a field of work rather than for a single _42_ .Unfortunately many young people h
25、ave to make career plans _43_ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing _44_ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss _45_. Some drift from job to job. Others _46_ to work in which they are unhappy a
26、nd for which they are not fitted.One common mistake is choosing an occupation for _47_ real or imagined prestige (声望). Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, _48_ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely
27、high educational and personal _49_. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is _50_ good reason for choosing it as lifes work. _51_, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the _52_ of young people sh
28、ould give serious _53_ to these fields.Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants _54_ 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 ta
29、ke _55_ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.36. A. identification B. accommodation C. occupation D. entertainment37. A. thereby B. however C. though D. therefore38. A. thoroughly B. mainly C. entirely D. partly 39. A. its B. his C. their D. our40. A. t
30、herefore B. since C. furthermore D. forever41. A. fit B. make C. take D. leave42. A. means B. job C. way D. company43. A. to B. for C. with D. without44. A. little B. few C. much D. a lot45. A. chance B. purpose C. basis D. opportunity46. A. apply B. appeal C. turn D. stick47. A. its B. their C. you
31、r D. our48. A. concerning B. following C. ignoring D. considering49. A. preferences B. requirements C. tendencies D. ambitions50. A. a B. any C. the D. no51. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Nevertheless D. However52. A. majority B. mass C. minority D. number53. A. proposal B. suggestion C. approval D. consideration54. A. towards B. out of C. against D. without55. A. turns B. parts C. risks D. choices短语stick to 意为“坚持”。apply应用,申请; appeal吸引,呼吁; turn转向。