Ifyouknowexactlywhatyouwant，thebestwaytogetajobistogetspecializedtraining.Arecentsurveyshowsthatcompanieslikegraduatesinsuchfieldsasbusinessandhealthcarewhocangotoworkimmediatelywithverylittleon-the-jobtraining.

That&rsquosespeciallytrueofboomingfieldsthatarechallengingforworkers.AtCornell&rsquosSchoolofHotelAdministration，forexample，bachelor&rsquosdegreegraduatesgetanaverageoffourorfivejobofferswithsalariesrangingfromthehighteenstothelow20sandplentyofchancesforrapidadvancement.Largecompanies，especially，likeabackgroundofformaleducationcoupledwithworkexperience.Butinthelongrun，toomuchspecializationdoesn&rsquotpayoff.Business，whichhasbeenfloodedwithMBAs，nolongerconsidersthedegreeanautomaticstampofapproval.TheMBAmayopendoorsandcommandahighersalaryinitially，buttheeffectofadegreewashesoutafterfiveyears.

Asfurtherevidenceofcompaniesgraduallylosingfaithinspecializeddegrees，MichiganState&rsquosScheetzmentionsapatterninhiringpractices.Althoughcompaniestendtotakeonspecialistsasnewhires，theyoftenseekoutgeneralistsformiddleandupper-levelmanagement.Theywantsomeonewhoisn&rsquotconstrained（限制）bydetailstolookatthebigpicture，saysScheetz.Thissoundslikeaformalstatementthatyouapproveoftheliberal-arts（文科）graduates.Timeandagainlabor-marketanalystsmentionaneedfortalentsthatliberal-artsmajorsareassumedtohave:writingandcommunicationskills，organizationalskills，open-mindednessandadaptability，andtheabilitytoanalyzeandsolveproblems.DavidBirch，manageroftheBostonRedSox，claimshedoesnothireanybodywithanMBAoranengineeringdegree，Ihireonlyliberal-artspeoplebecausetheyhavealess-than-cannedwayofdoingthings，saysBirch.

Foraliberal-artsdegree，studentsfocusonsomebasiccoursesthatincludeliterature，history，mathematics，economics，science，humanbehavior&mdashplusacomputercourseortwo.Withtheseusefulandimportantcourses，youcanfeelfreetospecialize，Aliberal-artsdegreecoupledwithanMBAorsomeothertechnicaltrainingisaverygoodcombinationinthemarketplace，saysScheetz.

小题1:

Whatkindsofpeopleareinhighdemandonthejobmarket?A.Studentswithabachelor&rsquosdegreeinhumanities.

B.PeoplewithanMBAdegreefromtopuniversities.

C.Peoplewithformalschoolingplusworkexperience.

D.Peoplewithspecialtraininginengineering

小题2:

Bysaying&hellipbuttheeffectofadegreewashesoutafterfiveyears（Para2），theauthormeans.A.mostMBAprogramsfailtoprovidestudentswithasolidfoundation

B.anMBAdegreedoesnothelpinthefuturepromotion

C.MBAprogramswillnotbeaspopularinfiveyears&rsquotimeastheyarenow

D.peoplewillnotforgetaboutthedegreetheMBAgraduateshavegot

小题3:

AccordingtoScheetz&rsquosstatement（Para.3），companiespreferpeoplewho.A.haveastrategicmindB.aretalentedinfinearts

C.areambitiousandaggressiveD.havereceivedtraininginmechanics

小题4:

DavidBirchclaimsthatheonlyhiresliberal-artspeoplebecausethey.A.aremorecapableofhandlingchangingsituations

B.cansticktoestablishedwaysofsolvingproblems

C.arethoroughlytrainedinavarietyofspecializedfields

D.haveattendedspecialprogramsinmanagement

小题5:

Whichofthefollowingstatementsdoestheauthorsupport?A.Specialistsaremoreexpensivetohirethangeneralists.

B.Formalschoolingislessimportantthanjobtraining.

C.On-the-jobtrainingis，inthelongrun，lesscostly.

D.Generalistswilldobetterthanspecialistsinmanagement.

正确答案：

小题1:C

小题1:B

小题1:A

小题1:A

小题1:D