2014南京教师招聘英语真题

2012专四完形练习

Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of a(n) (31) ___ should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, (32) ___most persons make several job choices during their working live，partly (33) ___ economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their positions. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should therefore (34)___ into a broad flexible training program that will (35)____ them for a field of (36) __ rather than for a single job.

Unfortunately many young people, knowing (37) __ about the occupational world or themselves for that matter, choose their lifework (38) __ a hit-or-miss basis. Some (39)____ from job to job. Others (40)____ to work in which they are unhappy and (41) __ they are not fitted.

One common mistake is choosing an occupation for (42) __ real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students--or their parents for them__ choose the professional field, (43)___ both the relatively small proportion of work vacancies in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal (44) ____. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a "white-collar" job is (45)___ good reason for choosing it as a life's wore (46) __, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the majority of young people should give serious (47) ____ to these fields.

Before making an" occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants (48) __ 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 (49) __ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its (50)___.

31. A. academy B. occupation C. guidance D. identification

32. A. therefore B. so C. though D. however

33. A. in case of B. for C. because of D. to

34. A. enter B. participate C. involve D. join

35. A. leave B. fit C. require D. fix

36. A. careers B. professions C. prospects D. work

37. A. few B. little C. much D. less

38. A. with B. by C. on D. at

39. A. flow B. wander C. jump D. drift

40. A. stick B. turn C. adhere D. subscribe

41. A. to which B. that C. for which D. what

42. A. its B. their C. / D. the

43. A. to have disregarded B. to disregard C. disregarding D. disregard

44. A. preparations B. requirements C. specifications D. preferences

45. A. such B. no C. very D. so

46. A. Moreover B. Otherwise C. Nevertheless D. Still

47. A. priority B. regulation C. assessment D. consideration

48. A. out of B. towards C. for D. from over

49. A. advantage B. patience C. risks D. turns

50. A. awards B. rewards C. prizes D. bonuses

We typically associate the word “science” with a person in a white coat doing experiments in a laboratory. Ideally, experiments should play as big a role in the human sciences as they do in the natural sciences; but in practice this is not usually the case. There are at least three reasons for this.

1.Human scientists are often trying to make sense of complex real world

situations in which it is simply impossible to run controlled experiment.

2.The artificiality of some of the experiments that can be conducted may make

the behavior of the participants abnormal.

3.There are moral reasons for not conducting experiments that have a negative

effect on people who participate in them.

Faced with the above difficulties, what are human scientists to do? One solution is to wait for nature to provide the appropriate experimental conditions. We can, for example, learn something about how a normal brain functions by looking at people who have suffered brain damage; and we can gain some understanding into the