16.Your goal is to organize your life in such a way that you enjoy a good income,a high standard of living,and that you are the master of your life rather than a victim of the changing economic times.Then,(36)C!The following tips may help you.
(37)D.To show your value and earn more money,you have to increase your contribution to the career.If you want to get a new job,you have to find a way to contribute value to that career.If you want any kind of job security,you must continually work at maintaining and increasing your value by more contribution in the competitive marketplace.
Your education,knowledge,skills and experience all are investments in your ability to contribute a value for which you can be paid.But like any other investments,they are risky.Once you have learned a subject or developed a skill,it is a sunk cost(已支付成本).(38)GNo employer in the marketplace has any obligation(義務(wù)) to pay you for it,unless he can use your skill to produce a product or service that people are ready to buy.Therefore,improve yourself and build your value on your ability.
Today,there's large unemployment in society.However,(39)F.They are smart,capable and flexible.They know how to make proper changes based on their own value.Are you dissatisfied with the present work situation?Then try their methods:change the work that you are offering to do,(40)A,or change the amount that you are asking for your service.
A.Change the place where you are offering to work.
B.Whatever job you are doing,you should be preparing for your next one.
C.Increase your value.
D.Your job is an opportunity to contribute a value.
E.If you want to increase your value,never be without job.
F.There are always jobs for creative people.
G.It's time and money spent that you cannot get back.
分析 文章講述如果你的目標(biāo)是過一種高收入、高標(biāo)準的生活那么你就要增加你自己的價值了,接下來列舉了如何實現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo).
解答 CDGFA
36.C 上下文語境.根據(jù)第一句話Your goal is to organize your life in such a way that you enjoy a good income,a high standard of living可知你的目標(biāo)是過一種高收入、高標(biāo)準的生活那么你就要增加你自己的價值了,接下來列舉了如何實現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo),故選C.
37.D 上下文語境.根據(jù)To show your value and earn more money,you have to increase your contribution to the career可知,此處是建議我們要展示自己在工作上的價值,而且后句具體告訴我們?nèi)绾握故玖,故選D.
38.G 上下文語境.從前面的句子Once you have learned a subject or developed a skill,it is a sunk cost得知,一旦你學(xué)會了一門科目或者一門技術(shù),就是已支付成本,你所付出的時間和錢就再也回不來了,故選G.
39.F 上下文語境.根據(jù)后面的句子They are smart,capable and flexible.They know how to make proper changes based on their own value看出這些都是具有創(chuàng)造力的人所具有的品質(zhì),聰明、有能力、靈活多變,故選F.
40.A 上下文語境.根據(jù)前句change the work that you are offering to do改變你正在做的工作,或者改變你工作的地方,故選A.
點評 考察學(xué)生的推理判斷能力和聯(lián)系上下文的能力,在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.此類的填空題一定要聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)上下文的內(nèi)容加上自己的理解,再作出正確的判斷.