No.897Mar.23,2011P.9Career.pptVIP

No.897 Mar. 23, 2011 P.9: Career Career Consider your options now Speaking Time Issue 897 Fast Reading Background Information Vocabulary Consider your options now Vocabulary Speaking Time Fast Reading Background Information Background Information According to statistics, in 2011 as many as 1.51 million students signed up for graduate entrance exam, with a seven percent increase over last year. Huge job-hunting pressure, many requirements for positions, and the desire to pursue a higher degree have pushed more people into the competition of graduate entrance exam in 2011. Since landing a job after graduation has become more and more difficult in recent years, an increasing number of college graduates choose to apply for further studies to avoid the fierce employment competition. However, not everyone is able to make their dreams come true. Only 0.5 million of the applicants are going to be accepted into graduate schools. So what happens to the rest? Fast Reading Direction: Read this article as fast reading and decide whether each of the following statements is true or false.(10 Minutes) Q1: Students who failed the interviews for graduate school study will have to prepare for job interviews. Q2: The writer of this article suggests students who are looking for a job should work out a more realistic career plan instead of aiming high. Q3: Teaching in primary schools requires a lot of interaction with students and thus excellent communication skills. Q4: According to Feng Lijuan, It is advisable to accept any job that comes into your way if you fail to find a satisfactory job. F T T F Q5: Such job websites as Y, 51 and D are specifically targetted at college students. Q6: It can be inferred that when Want Yan told the interviewer her low score, the latter looked disappointed. Q7: It is suggested by Feng that one has to tell the truth honestly when asked about his score in graduate school exam in job interview. Q8: In job interview, i