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A narrowing of your work interests isimplied in almost any transition from a study environment to managerial or professional work. In the humanities and social sciences you will at best reuse only a fraction of the material __1__in three or four years' study. In most career paths academic knowledge only __2__a background to much more applied decision-making. Even with a “training” form of degree, __3__a few of the procedures or methods __4__ in your studies are likely to be continuously relevant in your work. Partly this __5__ the greater specialization of most work tasks compared __6__ studying. Many graduates are not __7__ with the variety involved in __8__ from degree study in at least four or five subjects a year to very standardized job __9__. Academic work values __10__ inventiveness, originality, and cultivation of self-realization and self-development, emphasis is placed __11__ generating new ideas and knowledge, assembling __12__information to make a “rational” deciaion, appreciating basic __13__ and theories, and getting involved in fundamental controversies and debates. The humanistic values of higher __14__ encourages the feeling of being __15__in a process with a self-developmental rhythm. __16__, even if your employers pursue enlightened personnel development __17__ and invest heavily in “human capital” – for example, by rotating graduate trainees to __18__ their work experiences—you are still likely to notice and feel __19__ about some major restrictions of your __20__ and activities compared with a study environment.

1 [A]restricted [B]covered [C]spread [D]confirmed

2 [A]admits [B]equips [C]states [D]forms

3 [A]hardly [B]scarcely [C]evenly [D]only

4 [A]practiced [B]described [C]encountered [D]analyzed

5 [A]reflects [B]affects [C]checks [D]reduces

6 [A]with [B]against [C]upon [D]from

7 [A]contest [B]content [C]contact [D]contract

8 [A]transferring [B]transmitting [C]reanslating [D]transporting

9 [A]peculiarities [B]means [C]satisfactions [D]demands

10 [A]unique [B]single [C]individual [D]specific

11 [A]by [B]on [C]across [D]through

12 [A]adequate [B]definite [C]valuable [D]profitable

13 [A]beliefs [B]concepts [C]religions [D]faiths

14 [A]position [B]principle [C]reputation [D]education

15 [A]consisted [B]dealt [C]engaged [D]worked

16 [A]By contrast [B]That is [C]Therefore [D]Meanwhile

17 [A]laws [B]rules [C]policies [D]studies

18 [A]improve [B]introduce [C]vary [D]achieve

19 [A]strange [B]ashamed [C]funny [D]sorry

20 [A]hobbies [B]interests [C]subjects [D]concerns

参考答案

1-5 BDDCA

6-10 ABADC

11-15 BABDC

16-20 ACCDB

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