《2025年小题狂做高中英语选择性必修第四册译林版》

二、七选五
How to Choose Your Purpose-Filled Career
[江苏常熟期中]When you think about choosing a career, you often do it in the following two ways.
_______1_______ If you like writing or doing crafts, you might consider these things. This is not a bad way to go, of course, but you can’t always make money doing things you like (like video games or drinking beer). And sometimes things you like are better as a hobby or side passion.
Think about a well-paid job that you can do and doesn’t sound so bad. Maybe a doctor, engineer or lawyer? Or maybe that’s out of your educational reach, so you choose office or retail worker._______2_______ But often they are not something you’re really passionate about. It’s kind of like just doing something because it’s there—not very inspired.
However, there’s another way that is perhaps better._______3_______ For example, taking care of children, because you really want to help children get a great start in life or blossom into who they want to be, or getting into government or social work to improve the conditions of the community you live in, or becoming a scientist to help ease the environmental crisis or find a cure for a terrible disease._______4_______ And if you choose one of them for that purpose, you will serve in that work feeling a sense of purpose each day.
There are endless ways to do that. The point isn’t how you serve the world, but just serving the world in some way will help you feel filled with purpose._______5_______

A.These are all great choices.
B.Think about what you like to do.
C.You can identify your purpose and work out how to get there.
D.Each of these is just one of many possibilities filled with purpose.
E.Try to do something to serve a community or make the world better.
F.The sooner you complete the training requirements, the sooner you will make a living.
G. If you choose a purposeful and enjoyable job, you’re always further along than most people.
1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______

答案： 1.B 空格后一句提到你可能会考虑把自己喜欢做的事当成职业。B项意为“想想你喜欢做什么”,置于此处能够引出下文,符合此处语境。
2.A 空格前两句介绍了一些可能的职业选择。空格后一句提到但它们通常不是你真正感兴趣的事情。由此可知,空格前后构成转折关系。A项意为“这些都是很好的选择”,能够承接上文,且与下文构成转折关系,符合此处语境。
3.E 空格前一句提到还有另一种职业选择的方式。空格后一句列举了照顾孩子、做政府或社会工作或成为科学家这几种职业选择。E项意为“试着做些事情来服务社区或者让世界变得更美好”,能够承接上文并概括下文这些职业的特点,符合此处语境。
4.D 空格后一句提到如果你是基于这份意义选择了其中一种,你就会在每天的工作中都有使命感。D项意为“这其中的每一种都只是众多充满意义的可能性中的一种”,符合此处语境,其中的purpose与空格后一句中的that purpose相呼应。
5.G 空格前一句提到关键不在于你如何服务这个世界,而在于以某种方式服务这个世界会让你感到充满意义。G项意为“如果你选择了一份有意义且令人愉快的工作,你总会比大多数人更进一步”,进一步说明了选择有意义的工作的好处,符合此处语境。