Question

What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any especially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic(認(rèn)錯(cuò)的) about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
【小題1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The importance of working hard at school.

B．Choosing a career according to one’s strengths.

C．How to face one’s weakness.

D．The value of school work.

【小題2】The writer thinks that a student have a part-time job is probably ______.

A．a(chǎn) good way to find out his weak points

B．one of the best ways of earning extra money

C．of great use for his work in the future

D．a(chǎn) waste of time he could have spent on study

【小題3】From the passage we learn that if a student’s school performance is not good, he _______.

A．should pay more attention to learning skills and developing abilities

B．will be regretful about his bad results

C．may also do well in his future work

D．should restart his study in school

【小題4】The underlined phrase “be all thumbs” (in Para 3) probably means “_______”.

A．be clumsy at doing things

B．be skillful in doing things

C．be not interested in certain things

D．be easily bored in doing things

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】A   

解析【小題1】主旨?xì)w納題。從文章的開(kāi)頭句“What should you think about when trying to find your career ? ”可以看出作者會(huì)在下文對(duì)于如何找工作給出一些建議。
【小題2】答案在從第二段。譯：“如果你周六或暑假曾做過(guò)兼職工作，想想你都從中得到了什么。如果沒(méi)有什么其他的，你還可能學(xué)會(huì)了按時(shí)上班、服從指揮、與老員工相處。比如你可能學(xué)會(huì)了在商店里正確地找錢(qián)。同樣重要的是，從兼職工作中你可以了解到你對(duì)某個(gè)行業(yè)感興趣�！备鶕�(jù)題意可以判定選項(xiàng)C 為正確答案。
【小題3】推理判斷題，答案在文章末尾兩句。這兩句的意思是“你在學(xué)校里的成績(jī)可能不好，但也是你個(gè)人背景的重要組成部分。你不必為此難過(guò)，相反你應(yīng)該意識(shí)到你在工作中將會(huì)有一個(gè)全新開(kāi)始的機(jī)會(huì)�！庇晌恼伦詈笠痪淇赏茢喑�，既然在工作中有全新的開(kāi)始，將來(lái)的工作也會(huì)做得好，因此選C 。
【小題4】猜測(cè)詞義題， “… when you handle tools ”意思是在你操作工具時(shí)，由此，短語(yǔ) “ be all thumbs ”應(yīng)該是描述人們操作工具時(shí)的狀態(tài)或樣子，而thumb 的原意是大拇指，這里顯然不能用這個(gè)單詞的含義來(lái)推斷整個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思。該句的前面是本段的主題句“正視自己的弱點(diǎn)也是了解自己的一部分”，而該句中分號(hào)后面的半句話(huà)意為“也許你拼寫(xiě)很糟糕或不能把一列數(shù)字相加”，分號(hào)表并列關(guān)系，由此判斷出第三段第二句是基于該段主題句而舉出的關(guān)于“弱點(diǎn)”的一些例子，前半句中的“be all thumbs ”應(yīng)該是形容人們操作工具時(shí)不熟練、笨拙。