Passage 2 What should you thinkabout in trying to find your career? You are probably better atsome school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use inyour work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineeringcareer. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. Onthe other hand, you may not have any especially strong or weak subjects butyour records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjectscan be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge ofhistory is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your goodsubjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is anability that can be useful in many jobs. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays orin the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may havelearned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on witholder workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, forexample. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industryor career you see from the inside in a part-time job. Facing your weak points is also part of knowingyourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poorspeller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. Your schoolrecord, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of yourbackground. You should not be apologetic about it but instead recognizethat you will have a chance at a fresh start at wo rk. 1. Which of the following best sums up thefirst paragraph? A. Theimportance of doing well at school. B. Usingschool performance to help to choose a career. C. Theimportance of being good at all subjects. D. Theindirect value of schoolwork. 2. Which subject has indirect, rather thandirect, use for a job? A.Mathematics. B. English. C. Engineering. D. History. 3. The writer thinks that for a student to havea part-time job is probably ______. A. a wasteof time that could have been spent on study B. usefulfor his future work C. a goodway to earn extra money D. a goodway to find out his weak points 4. According to the passage, if a student’sschool record is not good, he ______. A. will bea complete failure in his future work B. will not be able to find a suitable job C. willregret not having worked harder at school D. may do well in his future work 5. The whole passage centers on ______. A.choosing a career according to what one is skilled in B.acquiring knowledge by working hard at school C. findingone’s strong and weak points D. developing one’s useful abilities in schoolwork