Question

    Have you ever thought about what kind of job you would like to have when you grow up? Many people think that we can have only one job in our lifetime. We all know that this is not true, but quite a few people actually think this way. For example, when people choose a major （专业）in college, they think that the decisions they make now will decide their jobs for the rest of their lives. However, there are many examples where people became successful after changing their careers （职业）later in life.

J. K. Rowling, writer of the famous novel Harry Potter, was actually a school teacher before she began writing books. In fact, she was out of work before the first Harry Potter book came out.

Former US President Ronald Reagan began as an actor when he was a young man. He later decided that he wanted to do political work. This kind of passion（激情）finally led him （p become President of the United States.

The famous 19th century artist Vincent Van Gogh was not a painter from the beginning. He once worked as an art salesman and later became a preacher. It was only 10 years before he died that he decided to become an artist.

Careers are always open to change. The important thing is to find what you are really good at or what you really want to do. Once you find that passion, it * s all a matter of how hard you try.

1.Many people became successful_____changing their careers later in life.

2.J. K. Rowling was_____before the first Harry Potter book came out.

3.Was Vincent Van Gogh a painter from the beginning?

4.找出并写下最后一段的主题句

5.翻译划线句子

Answer

1.after

2.out of work

3.No, he wasn’t.

4.Careers are always open to change.

5.最重要的事情是找到你真正擅长的或想要做的事情。

【解析】

这篇文章主要讲了有人认为一生之中可能只有一份工作这是不可能的，许多名人在成名之前他们并不是从事他成功的职业，职业总是可以转变的。重要的是要找到你所擅长或做你真正想做的事情。一旦你找到激情，这就是你如何努力。

1.根据文中However, there are many examples where people became successful after changing their careers （职业）later in life.然而，有很多例子表明，人们在后来的生活中改变了他们的职业后获得了成功。可知是在改变职业之后变得成功，故答案为after。

2.根据文中In fact, she was out of work before the first Harry Potter book came out. 事实上，她在第一本哈利波特书出版之前就失业了。可知，在第一本书出版前她是失业的，故答案为out of work。

3.根据文中The famous 19th century artist Vincent Van Gogh was not a painter from the beginning. 19世纪著名的画家文森特·梵高从一开始就不是画家。可知，他一开始并不是画家，故答案为No, he wasn’t.

4.根据最后一段的描述可以看出，主要是说事业是可以改变的。关键就是要找到真正擅长的或想做的，然后去努力，所以中心句应该是段落开头的第一句，故答案为Careers are always open to change.

5.The important thing最重要的事情；is是；to find发现，不定式做宾语；what you are really good at这是一个宾语从句，表达“你真的擅长什么”；or或者；what you really want to do.你真的想要做什么；综合之后可知答案，故答案为：最重要的事情是找到你真正擅长的或想要做的事情。