商務英語考試高級閱讀試題5
Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the gaps .
For each gap 9– 14, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet .
Do not use any letter more than once .
There is an example at the beginning .(0)
Your Career Path Can Lead You Anywhere
We used to be advised to plan our careers. We were told to make a plan during the later stages of our education and continue with it through our working lives.(0)_____ some people still see careers in this way. However, to pursue a single option for life has always been unrealistic.
Planning for a single career assumes that we set out with a full understanding of our likes and dislikes and the employment opportunities open to us. (9)____ For most people this degree of certainty about the future does not exist.
Our initial choice of career path and employer is often based on inadequate knowledge and false perceptions. But with age and experience, we develop new interests and aptitudes and our priorities alter. The structure of the employment market and, indeed of employment itself, is subject to change as both new technologies and new work systems are introduced (10) _____ We must face the uncertainties of a portfolio career.
It is clear from the recent past that we cannot foresee the changes which will affect our working lives. The pace of change is accelerating , as a result of which traditional career plans will be of very limited use. (11)_____ They will need updating to reflect changes in our own interests as well as in the external work environment. Flexible workers already account for about half the workforce. (12)______ We are likely to face periods as contract workers, self-employed freelances, consultants, temps or part-timers.
Many employers encourage staff to write a personal development development (PDP) (13)_____ Although some people use it only to review the skills needed for their job, a PDP could be the nucleus of wider career plan –setting out alternative long-term learning needs and a plan of self-development.
A report issued by the Institute of Employment Studies advises people to enhance their employability by moving from traditional technical skills towards the attainment of a range of transferable skills. (14)_____ Instead, special schemes should be established to encourage people to examine their effectiveness and to consider a wider range of needs.
0 A B C D E F G H
A This dual effect means that the relationship between employers and workers has evolved to such and extent that we can no longer expect a long-term relationship with one employer.
B. It carries an implicit assumption that we ourselves, and the jobs we enter, will change little during our working lives.
C. This growth suggests that a career plan should not be expressed only in terms of full-time employment but should make provision for the possibility of becoming one of the.
D this is a summary of one’s personal learning needs and an action plan to meet them.
E Consequently, they must now accommodate a number of objectives and enable us to prepare for each on a contingency basis.
F However, it warns that employers often identify training needs through formal appraisals, which take too narrow a view of development.
G . Such a freelance of consultant would be constantly in demand.
H We were expected to work towards that one clear goal and to consider a career change as a bad thing.
參考答案: 9 B 10 A 11E 12C 13D 14F
9.本段是說在職業(yè)生涯中設立一個單獨的目標的影響。而且首段也說了assume，根據前后文，應該選擇B。
10.本段說了一些不確定的因素來說明在職業(yè)生涯中一直追求一個目標不切實際。而空白前面說的是就業(yè)市場結構，new technologies和new work systems這雙重影響，之后說了在一個公司待著不現(xiàn)實，那么中間選擇A。
11.空白前面講傳統(tǒng)的職業(yè)規(guī)劃用途有限，后面將需要升級和更新來適應我們的興趣和外部工作環(huán)境的變化。E.相應的，職業(yè)規(guī)劃也應該順應這種變化。
12.前面講了Flexible workers占所有勞動力的一半，后面又說了我們可能會面臨**職業(yè)，顧問，或者兼職工作。那么中間的空白部分肯定講工作形式的問題。
13.D。前面講到PDP，后面肯定要對其進行說明。
14.F。這段主要講了人們怎樣評測自己的能力和工作有效性以及怎樣提高的問題?？瞻撞糠趾笫寝D折，那么空白部分應該是和其相反的。
