Read the excerpt of this expository essay. Then, choose the best answers.
1 Mahatma Gandhi said, "The future depends on what you do today." 2 It's never too early for a young person to take steps toward achieving career goals. 3 To go out and finding that first job takes courage. 4 Moreover, it takes alot of commitment and responsibility to keep one. 5 Having a part-time job, highschool students, if they can get one for several reasons, greatly benefit.
6 A part-time job can be especially beneficial if the job is in the student's field of interest or preference. 7 If students are clueless about they're talents or interests, their are ways to find these out. 8 Online career tests match a person's skills and abilities to particular job groups indeed very effectively. 9 For example, some people do not like interacting with the public all day. 10 On the other hand, some people like constant social interaction or work that is very challenging. 11 They might not be happy working alone or doing repetitive work or computer work. 12 Knowing about oneself helps a person choose a job and remain satisfied with the work. 13 Of course, when first starting out, a student may have to settle for any kind of job experience first. 14 A first job is a trial period so very important. 15 If done successfully, it can become a recommendation for a better job.
16 Once a person chooses a career path; then, every job or related work opportunity can lead to future opportunities. 17 Additionally, most career counselors say everyone needs at least a plan A and plan B. 18 Successful people are multitalented and diverse in skills and education. 19 This is important so people can adapt to the constantly changing employment environment. 20 However, even a well written resumé listing twentytwo different jobs in a lifetime will not go over well with a prospective employer. 21 A resumé needs to show a person faithful to one or two jobs or career fields for at least five years or more for that person to be excepted for a senior position. 22 Finding new jobs and to change to several jobs every year will adversely affect a person's credibility even with a very vital college degree listed on that application. 23 Even so, a faithful employee of a company should always be adding new skills, taking courses, and improving oneself. 24 Many jobs are becoming obsolete as technology, laws, and the needs of our culture change.
NOTICE
25 You are invited to the following job fair, Healthcare Jobs, 3050 Lemonsweet Avenue, Scranton, Ohio, beginning Saturday, January 1- Tuesday, January 17. 26 The job fair will be held daily from 1:00-5:00 p.m.
47.
Choose the best answer.
What change is needed in sentence 20?
Change lifetime to life time.
Change twentytwo to twenty-two.
Change However, to However: and twentytwo to twenty-two.
Change well written to well-written and twentytwo to twenty-two.
48.
Choose the best answer.
A(n) ______ is a misleading statement that contains an error in reasoning.
counterargument
rhetorical appeal
proposition
fallacy
49.
Match the fallacies with the descriptions.
an attack on a person's character or reputation
drawing a conclusion based on too small a population sample
occurs when a person is referred to as an authority, but he or she has no expert knowledge in that field
a conclusion that does not logically follow an explanation given
an attempt to avoid an issue by bringing up an irrelevant topic
misrepresenting another person's argument, making it easier to attack
an argument that if one thing occurs, a chain of events will inevitably follow, leading to an undesirable outcome that cannot be avoided
hasty generalization
non sequitur
slippery slope
ad hominem
red herring
straw man
appeal to false authority
50.
Choose the best answer.
An author often uses hints or clues to indicate what might happen later in a story. This technique is called _____.
conflict
subplot
foreshadowing
suspense
flashback
