廣泛的托福閱讀背景知識積累，有助于托福閱讀速度和準確率的提升。托福閱讀文章分為自然科學、人文科學、互聯網等幾大類，如果同學們平時能對這些種類的文章都有所涉獵，托福閱讀考試中遇到相關的話題就會有非常熟悉的感覺。下面天道教育給大家提供一篇關于美國華爾街最受青睞的職業的背景材料，希望能拓寬同學們的閱讀面。
　　華爾街是全美乃至全球的經濟中心，如何能夠在華爾街站住腳呢?選擇一個最受華爾街青睞的職業是最方便的了。
　　Wall Street has undergone a radical face lift this year, but finance industry recruiters are expected to stick to roughly the same formula when looking to fill entry-level positions with college graduates in the future.
　　華爾街如今已經徹底改頭換面了。不過，金融業招聘人士在尋找大學畢業生填補初級職位空缺的時候，預計仍將堅持與以往大致相同的甄選原則。
　　Wealth management, investment banking and research are expected to see a hiring surge in the coming years, according to Joseph Logan, founder and managing director of Pinnacle Group International, a New York executive recruiting firm specializing in the financial services industry.
　　Pinnacle Group International的創始人兼董事總經理約瑟夫 洛根(Joseph Logan)表示，財富管理、投資銀行和研究領域有望在未來幾年掀起招聘熱潮。Pinnacle Group International是紐約一家專業服務于金融服務業的高管獵頭公司。
　　'A strong background in accounting plus financial [knowledge in] evaluation is the key-and being well-rounded will help a lot,' says David Smith, an associate professor at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia who specializes in corporate finance and banking. Strong social skills and the ability to think creatively are important to round out more technical and quantitative talents.
　　“會計和財務估值方面的過硬背景是應聘成功的關鍵，知識全面也會大有幫助，”弗吉尼亞大學(University of Virginia)麥金太爾商學院(McIntire School of Commerce)專門從事企業財務和銀行業研究的副教授史密斯(David Smith)表示。出色的社交技能和創新思維能力對于那些偏重技術性和數理方面的人才來說是個重要的補充。
　　Mr. Smith, who helps prepare students for finance job interviews, advises the students who want to head to Wall Street to eschew finance fads like the current demand in restructuring or credit derivatives which were hot two years ago and focus on becoming fluent in accounting and financial evaluation fundamentals that are applicable to any specialty. As the economy recovers more traditional financial services functions, such as mergers and acquisitions advisory will make a comeback, according to Mr. Smith .
　　史密斯幫助學生們為金融職位面試做準備。他向那些希望在華爾街發展的學生們建議說，要避開金融業一時的潮流,比如眼下對兩年前頗為流行的重組或者信用衍生品方面的人才需求，而將目光集中在像會計和財務估值基本知識這樣適用于所有金融領域的研究。隨著經濟的復蘇,那些更為傳統的金融服務業務比如并購咨詢行業將重新煥發活力,史密斯表示。