Career building is an ongoing activity．Planning and goal setting are part of career building，but so is adjusting to and taking advantage of things that happen in all unplanned way．Our dreams and desires，as well as the opportunities open to us，are changing all the time．Sometimes，they can change quite dramatically over a short period of time．

    Dealing with change often requires taking your career in a different direction．Therefore，most people’s career paths wind up looking more like a forest path or the course of a river than a straight flight path from point A to point B．Career paths tend to meander．Just as a river must take an indirect path to get around hills and other obstacles(障礙物)，we often have to do a little meandering to get around barriers．We also meander simply to explore various career possibilities．

    This doesn’t mean that you should wander aimlessly for the rest of your life! It does mean that，although career building gives you an overall sense of direction，it's reasonable to expect that you’ll have to take some meandering along the way．

    Career building involves maneuvering as well as meandering．To maneuver is to be focused and strategic(策略的)，to decide what you want and how you are going to get there．Believe it or not，you can maneuver and meander at the same time．In fact，you have probably already done so．For example，if you’ve ever sent in an application form for an education program or job before you are really sure you want your application to be accepted，you have taken action on a plan while you are still exploring other possibilities．In other words，you are maneuvering and meandering at the same time．

1．The passage is mainly to _______．

      A．tell you how to gain more control over your life

      B．give you a better understanding of yourself

      C．show you how to take an active role in planning your career

      D．help you to deal with things that happen in an unplanned way

2．The underlined word “meander”(in Paragraph 2)most probably means ______．

      A．move away      B．go round           C．get through        D．run over

3．What can we learn from the passage?

      A．There are seldom straight lines in the course of career building．

      B．Career path is like a flight path from point A to point B．

      C．Most of our dreams and desires change in a short time．

      D．More than half of us have to change our career directions．

4．When you are hunting for a job，you are supposed to _______．

      A．take your career in different directions

      B．a(chǎn)void exploring various career possibilities

      C．change your dreams and desires now and then

      D．know your goal and try all possible ways to achieve it