2023年高考熱門主題語境8：工作與職業

四川 蔣建平

一、素材積累

Ⅰ. 核心單詞

1. occupation n. 職業

2. profession n. 職業；行業professional adj. 職業的；專業的

3. quit vt. & vi. 停止；離開

4. resign vt. & vi. 辭職；辭去（某職務）

5. retire vt. & vi. （使）退休retirement n. 退休

6. allowance n. 津貼；零花錢

7. apply vt. & vi. 申請；應用；適用applicant n. 申請人application n. 申請

8. workplace n. 工作場所

9. appoint vt.任命；委任；約定（時間、地點）appointment n. 委任；任命；約定；約會

10. employ vt. 雇用employment n. 雇用unemployment n. 失業employer n. 雇主employee n. 雇員

11. interview n. & vt. 面試；采訪；會談interviewer n. 主持面試者；采訪者interviewee n. 參加面試者；接受采訪者

12. bonus n. 獎金；紅利

13. candidate n. 應試者；候選人

14. engineer n. 工程師

15. dentist n. 牙科醫生

16. designer n. 設計師

17. photographer n. 攝影師

18. athlete n. 運動員

19. librarian n. 圖書管理員

20. surgeon n. 外科醫生

Ⅱ. 高頻短語

1. a job for life 終生的工作

2. work schedule 工作日程

3. personal ambition 個人抱負；個人野心

4. work environment 工作環境

5. job opportunity 工作機會

6. in charge of 主管……

7. be occupied with 忙于……

8. be out of employment/work 失業

9. be passionate about/have a passion for對……有熱情

10. be qualified for 可勝任……

11. feel equal to 感覺能勝任……

12. meet one's qualifications 滿足某人的資歷要求

13. ask for sick leave 請病假

14. have experience in 在……有經驗

15. jump ship 跳槽；另謀高就

16. pass on the skills to sb 把技能傳給某人

17. take up 開始從事……

Ⅲ. 靚句積累

1. be convinced that... 相信……

I am convinced that I have advantages over other participants. 我確信我比其他的參與者更有優勢。

2. 虛擬語氣的倒裝

Should you find my qualifications adequate, I am willing to call up for an interview at your most convenient time. 如果您認為我達到貴公司的要求，我非常愿意在您方便的時候進行面談。

3. be of+抽象名詞

I want to become a lawyer because I think fairness and justice is of great importance to society, and I hope I can make some contribution in that respect. 我想成為一名律師，因為我認為公平和正義對社會非常重要，我希望我能在那方面做出一些貢獻。二、續寫金句

1. When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is struggle.工作是一種樂趣時，生活是一種享受！工作是一種義務時，生活則是一種奮斗。

2. Getting the job wasn't easy. Every year there are as many as 30,000 applicants competing for 150 jobs, but I was one of the lucky ones. 得到這份工作并不容易。每年有多達30,000人申請150份工作，但我是幸運兒中的一個。

3. Her face lit up/brightened/glowed when she received the reward. 當她收到報酬時，她的臉上煥發出了光彩。

4. Treated so unfairly, she howled in pain and anger. 受到如此不公正的對待，她痛苦而又憤怒地號叫。

5. One person, on losing a job may feel as if it was the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months,years, or even a lifetime. 一個人在失去一份工作時，可能會覺得這是世界末日，從而陷入幾個月、幾年，甚至一生的可怕痛苦。

三、主題測評

Ⅰ. 完形填空

體裁：記敘文 篇幅：255詞

建議用時：12分鐘 來源：改編

新穎度：★★★★

素養視角：職業定位

I had spent the 22 years following my childhood dream—becoming a professor of marine biology. However, in the graduate school I saw how applying for research funding is a constant source of 1 for many professors. I decided I did not want to 2 a career in research after all.

I began to 3 career panels (專家咨詢組), from which I expected to get some 4 proposals. I walked into the room with other 5 graduate students hopefully. Well-meaning as the panelists were, they fell 6 when I brought up my 7 . I felt totally lost.

I went to my professor for help 8 .After listening to my complaint, my professor told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should 9 what I am good at and what makes me happy at least 80% of the time. The practical advice surprised me at first, but it 10 being exactly what I needed to hear.

But I discovered that finding overlap(重疊部分) between what I enjoy and what I'm good at was not 11 . I'm good at teaching but I don't like 12 the same content every year.

To 13 the waters, I started a blog about the history of scientific discoveries. I found that I loved the 14 to choose what to write about, and I enjoyed the challenge. After 3 years of writing, I was offered a position as a science writer.It's 15 like my childhood dream. But I am happy—more than 80% of the time.

1. A. honor B. interest

C. desire D. worry

2. A. shorten B. develop

C. grasp D. investigate

3. A. attend B. serve

C. combine D. introduce

4. A. secondary B. typical

C. secret D. solid

5. A. frightened B. disappointed

C. excited D. astonished

6. A. unconscious B. silent

C. sick D. apart

7. A. fault B. solution

C. dilemma D. criterion

8. A. eventually B. casually

C. generally D. unexpectedly

9. A. take account of

B. make a difference to

C. think little of

D. be made up of

10. A. gave up B. got on

C. ended up D. put off

11. A. helpful B. equal

C. strange D. easy

12. A. accepting B. repeating

C. exchanging D. overlooking

13. A. test B. find

C. boil D. save

14. A. ambition B. strategy

C. freedom D. trick

15. A. everything B. something

C. anything D. nothing

Ⅱ. 語法填空

體裁：記敘文 篇幅：214詞

建議用時：8分鐘 來源：改編

新穎度：★★★★

素養視角：創新

Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours 1. ________(draw) pictures. When she grew 2.________(old),the 15-year-old discovered the joy of sewing.She found 3._______ _creative and calming.

She started out making small objects like soft playthings. Over time, she began making clothing. Her love of the work led 4._______ _her opening a business. Three Blue Bunnies is the name of her company,which makes 5._______ _she calls “wearable art”.

Her definition of wearable art is something that makes one feel special. It's one of a kind, often handmade. She sells her creations in markets. All the pieces Ellie creates 6._______ _(make) of used or donated cloth material.

There are 21 billion tons of cloth material in waste landfills in America. Ellie Heath expects 7. ________(reduce) that amount through her work. She works with jean jackets, renewing them with artistic additions. The process starts with finding cloth material looking good with the jackets. Then, she 8. ________(find) out the proper design through trial and error.

Ellie is thankful to her mother for pushing her children to develop their artistic skills. Her mom has always been a huge supporter of the arts. She thinks 9.________(creative)feeds kids'brains and that it's 10.________(definite) important for kids to be inspired by as many objects and people as possible.

Ⅲ. 書面表達

體裁：應用文

命題形式：電子郵件

建議用時：20分鐘

文本來源：改編

新穎度：★★★★

素養視角：電子郵件寫作與半開放性作文

假定你是李華，現在在紐約學習，得知當地博物館要舉辦中國瓷器(china)展，請你寫一封電子郵件申請做志愿者，

內容包括：

1. 寫信意圖；

2. 自身優勢。

注意：

1. 詞數80左右；

2.開頭和結尾已給出，但不計入總詞數；

3.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Li Hua, a Chinese student who is studying in New York now.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua