人郵第二輯真題 TEST 1 READING PART 2
　　Your Career Path Can Lead You AnywhereWe 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.
　　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.

　　這篇文章是關于career-planning services的，職業生涯的規劃問題。文章沒有說一些假、大、空的話，句句都很實在，認為人不可能一開始就認清自己的職業方向，不可能一開始就清楚自己喜歡什么適合什么，一切都有一個過程。這些對我們都是啟示。
　　文章第一段開頭先說了傳統的規劃職業生涯的建議。最后一句很重要，揭示了下文的方向：However, to pursue a single option for life has always been unrealistic。這一句直接和第二段的空的內容掛鉤。一生只追求一個選擇是不現實的。第九空的后面說For most people this degree of certainty about the future does not exist.。這里的this degree of certainty是指代的前面的內容，意思很明白，說的是職業方向不會變化。選項中內容符合這一點的是B：the jobs we enter, will change little during our working lives.
　　第十題。這一段講隨著技術的變化和新的工作系統的引進，就業市場的結構也會跟著變化。我們必須面對職業生涯的不確定性。很明顯，第十空的內容說的是變化，關于employment的，滿足這一個條件的選項是A：雇主和員工之間的關系發生了演變，我們已經不能指望與一個雇主保持長久的關系了。
　　第十一題，這一段是承接上文講的變化。Change是重點，怎么樣適應change。這一空的前面說傳統的職業計劃的用處已經非常有限（traditional career plans will be of very limited use），這一空的后面講的是具體的適應變化的方法，用的動詞非常明顯，updating。所以從邏輯上看，這里填入一個承上啟下的表示要變化的句子是最合適的。選E，accommodate a number of objectives，適應一些目標。
　　第十二題，前面說flexible workers已經占據了勞動力的一半。后面說我們已經進入了一個勞動力市場成分多樣化的時期。空格填入的內容應該是和勞動力市場的這種轉變有關。選C。C選項this growth指的是前面說的flexible workers所占比重增加，a full time employment和flexible workers是對應的。
　　第十三題，這題很明顯，鼓勵員工寫個人發展計劃（PDP）,后面就是介紹這個計劃是什么。D選項，非常明顯的答案。
　　第十四題，這一空前面說建議人們通過從傳統的技能轉向可轉變的技能來增強自己的受雇就業能力（employability）?？崭窈竺娴膇nstead很關鍵，常常說明前面的意思發生了轉折。這一空的后面說consider a wider range of needs，考慮一個更廣泛的需求。一個instead，一個a wider range of needs，正好可以和F選項里的However和too narrow相對應上。