Each spring, I conduct a unit on careers with my students. In the past, I asked my students to write down their areas of ____, and then I made a mass call on Facebook for guest speakers. Typically, I got about five people who could come and ____ with my students, but I also heard ____ from more than fifty people who would have loved to come but lived too far away.
It was always such a pity to ____ the chance to host someone who carried out a career in a field that interested a student of mine because of ____. Therefore, a year ago I ____ to try and solve the problem and Skype was the ____. I created a Skype account (账号), and we ____ six of my friends who have careers in ____ areas.
It became clear that while the discussions that ____ the ins and outs of daily career tasks indeed interested my classes, the most inspiring aspects of the interviews had to do with the speakers’ ____ to their present jobs. I saw my students ____ when they heard about the real-life twists and turns (迂回曲折) these adults made on the way to making their futures. Soon more and more students asked to ____ the interviews.
What had begun as an attempt to ____ real-life professionals into the classroom suddenly had all kinds of possibilities. Why not record these videos and create a video library for all students to ____ when their curiosity took hold? All of the work involved was ____ it when I saw my most disengaged (闲散的) students ask questions about areas I had no idea they were interested in.
Students are ____ for adults other than their teachers and parents to ____ their varieties of life paths. The ____ of Skyping and networking also led to some amazing ____ contacts in town.
1.A. research B. fortune C. expertise D. interest
2.A. study B. speak C. agree D. deal
3.A. back B. hard C. little D. abroad
4.A. have B. improve C. lose D. ignore
5.A. health B. knowledge C. money D. distance
6.A. decided B. continued C. deserved D. stopped
7.A. answer B. level C. reason D. pattern
8.A. challenged B. interviewed C. visited D. interrupted
9.A. creative B. average C. various D. technical
10.A. depended on B. drew on C. carried on D. centred on
11.A. solutions B. freedoms C. journeys D. objections
12.A. turn up B. light up C. stay up D. break up
13.A. give B. attend C. hold D. get
14.A. fool B. lead C. force D. bring
15.A. wander B. explain C. access D. manage
16.A. within B. unlike C. worth D. beyond
17.A. grateful B. hungry C. ready D. sorry
18.A. offer B. discuss C. add D. show
19.A. act B. figure C. set D. sign
20.A. daily B. physical C. new D. psychological
_____ seemed selfish of him not to share his dictionary with others. But you shouldn’t have blamed him for this because he needed his dictionary to finish his paper then.
A. That B. What
C. It D. As
—I think we should give up the project.
—What for? You know I have spent a(n) _____ month on it. I won’t give up.
A. unique B. pure
C. practical D. entire
The street was once _____ a local musician, but recently they have changed it and named it Park Street.
A. in favour of B. named after
C. in charge of D. come after
I heard that John was very hard to get along with, so I wonder _____ Sam got on so well with him.
A. how B. when
C. that D. what
Since we started in last September we have raised fifty thousand pounds for these homeless children, _____ is pretty good.
A. that B. who
C. which D. where
