Question

Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”___1.____.

There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in-person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. ___2.___. He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad（少年） offered to take his place. __3.__.

_4.__. If the lad had gone home to ponder（考慮）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.

Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs（美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. __5.___ And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.

A．This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.

B．People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.

C．it’s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers

D．Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E．But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company’s faults.

F．He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.

G．It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.F

4.A

5.E

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述選擇適當?shù)墓ぷ魇俏覀內(nèi)松�中所做的最重要的決定也是最難的決定。尋找工作的方法也很多種，重要的是知道抓住機會。遵循常規(guī)的做法有助于找到工作，但有時打破常規(guī)同樣有助于你找到美差。

1. There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all.有人通過當?shù)貓蠹埳系膹V告來找工作，也有人向各地寫信，這些都是找工作的方法，可知該空應是表述找工作的方法有很多種，故選B

2. used to spend a lot of his free time….他過去常常花費很多時間….可知這是舉了一個例子，故該空應是表述以想要成為士兵的年輕男人為例，故選D

3. stopping to think, the lad（少年） offered to take his place.少年想都沒想，主動要求代替他的位置，可知該空是講該少年登船之后會如何的，應是他余生都乘著他愛的船愉快地航行，故選F

4. the lad had gone home to ponder（考慮）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance如果這個少年回家考慮一周，他也許就錯過他的機會了，可知該空仍是在講這個故事，應是這個故事闡述了抓住機遇的重要性，故選A

5.5】E分析推理題。根據(jù)前文When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying.當你面試或填申請表的時候，你應當說一些你申請的公司的好話，該空也應承接前文，描述面試或者填申請的事，應是也有人通過告訴面試官公司的錯誤而獲得美差，故選E

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