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Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing whether there will be opportunities for promotion (晉升), happiness and security. As a result, they are employed in doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction.     
Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living. Some stay long at a job and learn to like it; others leave one for another looking for something to suit them. The young graduates leave the university with the dream of looking for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation.
Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and the limits of their own abilities. The cause behind all this confusion is that there has never been a proper vocational（職業(yè)的） guidance in our educational institutions. Nearly all the graduates feel their way in the dark. Their chief concern is the salary. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them. Having a job is more than merely providing one and one’ s dependants with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment. It sets a pattern of life and, in many ways, determines a person ’s social status in life and selection of friends, leisure and interest.
In choosing a profession, one should first consider which type of work will suit his or her interest. Nothing is sadder than taking on a job in which one has no interest, for it will not only ruin one’ s talents but also discourage one’ s desire to succeed in life.
小題1:According to Paragraph l, why do many young people find their jobs unsatisfactory? (within 10 words)
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小題2:According to Paragraph 2, what do university graduates expect of their future jobs? ‘(within l0 words)
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小題3:What does the underlined word “dependants” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? (within 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
小題4:According to Paragraph 3, why are the .university graduates confused when they find jobs? (within 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
小題5:According to the author, what is the most important in choosing a job? (within 10 words)
__________________________________________________________________________

小題1:Because they often find their jobs by chance.
小題2: They expected the job could offer them satisfactory salary.
小題3: People who depend on others for a living.
小題4:Because there has been no vocational guidance in the universities.
小題5:Finding the work that best suits one’s interests.

試題分析：本文主要講述了現(xiàn)在很多的大學(xué)生卻是就業(yè)方面的指導(dǎo)，導(dǎo)致他們對于自己究竟應(yīng)該從事于何種工作很困惑。
小題1:Because they often find their jobs by chance.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一句Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing whether there will be opportunities for promotion (晉升), happiness and security.說明他們?nèi)〉霉ぷ鞫际呛芘既坏�，沒有考慮到很多別的方面的問題。
小題2: They expected the job could offer them satisfactory salary.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行The young graduates leave the university with the dream of looking for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation.說明年輕的畢業(yè)生主要期待的就是工資，希望自己那個獲得較高的工資來養(yǎng)活家人。
小題3: People who depend on others for a living.
推理題。根據(jù)下半句providing one and one’ s dependants with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment.說明人們要努力掙錢來養(yǎng)活自己的家人，給他們提供食物和錢。故這些人是指依靠別人生活的人。
小題4:Because there has been no vocational guidance in the universities.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段6,7行說明卻是就業(yè)方面的指導(dǎo)是最主要的問題。
小題5:Finding the work that best suits one’s interests.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第一句In choosing a profession, one should first consider which type of work will suit his or her interest.
點評：本文講述的是卻是就業(yè)指導(dǎo)的大學(xué)生所面臨的困惑。本題側(cè)重對學(xué)生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到這類題后，要注意把握好文章結(jié)構(gòu)，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要讓文中的一些生詞影響了注意力。
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