Your parents always tell you that a good education is the key to a bright future. The promise you made to finish your schooling has been completed. Another few years in some college classroom just doesn’t sound too attractive; so what are your choices? Let’s see, Choice One—You can live with your parents and do nothing. Or Choice Two—You could get yourself a job. Of course, there are other choices, but for this little discussion, we’ll just suppose that they aren’t related (有關(guān)的).
OK, so Choice Two is obviously going to be more effective. You will finally enter the real world. Well, hopefully high school helped to give you some kind of an idea of what type of job you would like to enter. If not, then it would be a good idea to speak with an expert working in the field you may be interested in before you jump into a job that you won’t like. Gaining knowledge can be good by helping you find the job that you will enjoy doing. Another reason to get some valued things before working. Internships (見習(xí)) or volunteering are usually a good place to start.
If you are ready to begin a job after high school, you will save money from college cost and happily making a living in your chosen jobs. From another point of view, jumping into the workforce (勞動力) is sometimes the only way to see for yourself if you are ready to work a 40-hour week yet. If you decide that full time work is not what you are ready for, then this may advise that you should go back to a university and get a certificate.
Two different

Two different
choices
◆ The first one is that you do nothing, just live with your parents.
◆ The second one is that you could go out to  【小題1】.
The   【小題2】of
starting a job
◆ Speaking with other people for advice about the job you may
show some interest in.
◆ Getting knowledge can be good to help you find a(n)   【小題3】job.
◆ Internships or volunteering are a good   【小題4】.
The advantages to begin a job after high school
◆ One is that you will not   【小題5】for college cost.
◆ Another is that jumping into the workforce is sometimes the
only way to help you make sure if you are really ready to work.


【小題1】work
【小題2】ways/tips/suggestions/advice
【小題3】enjoyable
【小題4】start /beginning
【小題5】pay

解析試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要講述了青少年如何選擇自己的未來的問題，作者從正反兩個方面分析了各種選擇的優(yōu)勢與不足之處。
【小題1】根據(jù)Or Choice Two—You could get yourself a job.描述，可知第二個選擇就是出去工作。To是不定式符號，后面動詞用原形，故填原形動詞work，工作。
【小題2】根據(jù)右欄內(nèi)容，可知此處指的是，開始工作的建議。故填：ways/tips/suggestions/advice，方法/建議。
【小題3】根據(jù)Gaining knowledge can be good by helping you find the job that you will enjoy doing.描述，可知學(xué)習(xí)知識在幫助你找到一個好工作方面很有好處。結(jié)合語境可知填形容詞enjoyable，令人愉快的。
【小題4】根據(jù)Internships (見習(xí)) or volunteering are usually a good place to start.描述，可知實習(xí)或者做志愿者是個不錯的開端。故填單數(shù)名詞start /beginning開始，開端。
【小題5】根據(jù)If you are ready to begin a job after high school, you will save money from college cost 描述，可知如果你高中畢業(yè)后就參加工作，你就可以節(jié)省一筆大學(xué)的開支。也就是不用再為上大學(xué)花錢。本句中will是情態(tài)動詞，故填原形動詞pay，為……付款。
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