二、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
What is your job? Are you a teacher or a businessman? Or maybe you are a lawyer/writer or a doctor/singer. If you have more than one
_
11_, you have a slash career. The term "slash career" _
12_ the punctuation mark(标点符号) "/"—a line used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters.
People with slash careers often have a main job that _
13_ their basic needs of life. The main job usually comes before the slash. The job after the slash is often based on a person's _
14_. It can help make people's life colourful.
Why would anyone want more than one job? For most people, a second career can be enjoyable if it _
15_ hobbies that the main job doesn't touch. Some people who _
16_ slash careers say they actually help with work-life balance. That's because they can give people a chance to _
17_ themselves. Another advantage(优势) of a slash career is that it helps you make more _
18_. It makes one's life more stable(稳定的). With a slash career, losing one's main job does not _
19_ losing one's whole income(收入). Or a second career may be so _
20_ that it can turn into one's main job.
However, a slash career can also be _
21_ for work-life balance. Doing more than one job can _
22_ take most of your time. People with slash careers need to think carefully about how to spend their _
23_. They need to know when to stop working.
Some companies prefer to use people with slash careers. They think that it shows the person is _
24_ and willing to work hard. Besides, young people with slash careers seem to have more _
25_ to deal with the changes at work and do a better job.
(
C
)11. A. purpose
B. dream
C. job
D. story
(
D
)12. A. knows from
B. hears from
C. learns from
D. comes from
(
B
)13. A. protects
B. meets
C. loses
D. produces
(
A
)14. A. interests
B. conditions
C. wishes
D. reasons
(
C
)15. A. collects
B. decides
C. includes
D. searches
(
B
)16. A. respect
B. support
C. refuse
D. dislike
(
C
)17. A. explain
B. compare
C. express
D. lead
(
A
)18. A. money
B. choices
C. energy
D. chances
(
C
)19. A. avoid
B. start
C. mean
D. advise
(
D
)20. A. careful
B. beautiful
C. peaceful
D. successful
(
C
)21. A. poor
B. hopeful
C. bad
D. serious
(
A
)22. A. easily
B. hardly
C. exactly
D. simply
(
A
)23. A. time
B. power
C. food
D. wealth
(
D
)24. A. true
B. common
C. terrible
D. creative
(
B
)25. A. rules
B. skills
C. habits
D. results
