Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job’s pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;  
1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?
There are isolating jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.
2) How do you handle change?
Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don’t happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.
3) Do you enjoy working with computers？
I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.
4) What type of work environment do you enjoy？
This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won’t know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.
5) How do you like to get paid?
Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.
Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.
【小題1】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean?

A．Before you select your job, you should assess your skills and match them with your position.
B．There are more important things than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select jobs.
C．Nothing is important than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.
D．You should ignore your skills when you select job.
【小題2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Isolating usually drive people mad.
B．Interactive jobs make people shy easily.
C．Extreme people tend to work with others.
D．Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.
【小題3】The underlined word “stability” in the passage most probably means?
A．no movement. B．no anger. C．gentleness. D．enthusiasm.
【小題4】In a job search, what quality is not mentioned in the passage?
A．Outgoing. B．Motivated. C．Cooperative. D．Passionate.
【小題5】What could be the best title for this passage?
A．Lifestyles and Job Pay B．Jobs and Environment
C．Job Skills and Abilities D．Personalities and Jobs


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：【文章大意】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了你在選擇職業(yè)時(shí)，應(yīng)該考慮幾個(gè)個(gè)人性格的因素。
【小題1】B考查猜測句意。根據(jù)文章第一段中的There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas; 可以推知：你在選擇職業(yè)生涯的時(shí)候，除了技術(shù)和職位以外還有幾個(gè)你個(gè)人的性格問題需要考慮。這和選項(xiàng)B相吻合。
【小題2】D考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段中的Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer.可知，大多數(shù)人不極端但他們有他們偏愛的傾向�？赏浦狣正確。A錯(cuò)是因?yàn)椋汗铝⒌墓ぷ魇雇庀虻娜吮惘偪�，而不是所有的人；B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)因?yàn)椋合嗷ソ涣鞯墓ぷ魇购π叩娜烁械讲蛔栽�，而不是使人更害羞；C錯(cuò)因?yàn)椋何恼聸]提到極端的人易于和其他人合作。
【小題3】A考查猜測詞義。根據(jù)文章第三段中的if you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don’t happen so often.可推知，stability和changes don’t happen so often是同義表達(dá)，故選A。
【小題4】C考查推理判斷。此處Outgoing隨和，外向； Motivated動(dòng)機(jī)； Cooperative合作； Passionate激情。根據(jù)文章提到的5點(diǎn)可知，沒有合作這項(xiàng)內(nèi)容。故選C。
【小題5】D考查文章的標(biāo)題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的中心句If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job’s pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas; 可知，文章講述的是：人的特性和工作之間的關(guān)系。故選D。
考點(diǎn)：考查說明文的閱讀理解。

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