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Deciding on a major is once of the most important choices that a college student makes. The first thing that you need to realize is that this decision is not foal. Many high school students are worried about having to pick a major and place too much stress on it. They ask themselves, "How should I choose right now what I am going to do in the future’s" The short answer is that you don't have to. The average college student changes majors at least thrice times. However, having an idea of’ what you want to do will give you a starting point and make the process much easier.
First, start out with a general ilea about what type of school you might want to atonal. This could be a technical school, a broad liberal arts school, or a science-heavy school, For example, if you enjoy working with your hands and want specific training, a technical school could be good for you. If instead you would rather study a wide range of topics and havoc a broad background, a liberal arts school woolly be a good choice. Doing this will make selecting a major easier.
Next, consider your interests. If you know a specific career that you would like to go into, find out what razors would help you pursue that career. If you do not have a cracker in mince, you can approach it from the opposite direction. Go through potential majors and see if any area interests you. Then, look into possible careers associated with that. major, Another thing to consider is that coven afire you get your degree, the average person makes at least three career changes during their Lifetime. However, your skills from previous jobs will "carry over". For example, you want to go into journalism, so you get a degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism. After being a journalist for three years, you decide you want to go into public relations. Your communications background and skills
learned from your previous job still enable you to purlieu the new career.
36. Why do many high school students fear choosing a major?
A. Because they don't know what choice to make.
B. Because they don't want to change majors in college.
C. Because they suIfur from too much stress.
D. Because they are afraid of their future.
37. If you find that a technical school is good for you, you can
A. decide what major suits you B. study a wide range of’ topics
C. choose your major more easily D. get a broad education background
38. icing through potential majors helps students find out________.
A. what major may interest them B. what's good for success in career
C. what field they may be good at D. what school promises a good carcer
39. It can be learned from the last paragraph that
A. people change jobs in order to develop their skills
B. journalism and public relations share the same requirements
C. a degree in communications cables you to find a job easily
D. previous job experience will
40. The passage rainy helps us to
A. choose future career B. decide on a major
C. enter a good college D. learn about Lot potentials
D
Raise your hand if you've had your Smartphone stolen. According to the Federal Communication Commission（FCC. ）, the phone theft rate for the year 2013 is estimated to be about 369 per 100,000 individuals - with a higher rate in cities. The solution to that problem starts at home - with you. While 36 percent of Smartphone owners secure their phonic with a four-digit code, just 11 percent used a code longer than four digits, a password, or an unlock pattern; fully a thrice of those surveyed took none forth listed security measures at all.
Improved security can definitely help deter thefts. In cases where users set no password, it's quite easy to erase a phone and turn it around on the black market. While simple four-digit pass codes can help slow that process down, they are mathematically much cashier to crack(铍解) than longer, more complicated passwords.
Technological measures have agreeably begun in the making process: Apple, lord example, introduced a feature which prevents someone from disabling the Find My aphonic service, erasing the device, or react. inviting an erased device. In the six months after that upstate, thefts of phones decreased by around a quarter in New York, San Francisco and London. Were everybody to set a strafing password on their devices - or work device makers to re. curie. Lasers to set a pass code, rather than merely suggesting it . it would be considerably harder tore thieves to resell those phonics elsewhere. Though. much as with cars, it wouldn't necessarily stop insolents where smart phones arc taken apart.
I’ve FCC, is asking that device makers better educate considers about the anti-theft measures available on their devices. Really, it's a matter of common sense: just as you wouldn't leave your house unlocked - especially if' you lived in an urban area – you shouldn't walk around with an unprotected phone. Because these days. the amulet oversensitive and personal information you keep in your phone may actually be more valuable than what you leave in your house. So, tor your own sake, fire up that Smartphone and sct a secure pass code, and do it right now.
41. Which of the following can be the FCC's conclusion’s
A. More smart bones arc stolen in cities than in the countryside.
B. Smartphone’s should be put at home so that they won't be stolen.
C. About 400 smart phones were stolen in cities in 2013.
D. A four-digit codec is the best way to scurf your Smartphone.
42. What does the underlined word "deter" in Paragraph 2 probably mean'?
A. Commit. B. Discourage.
C. Investigate. D. Report
43. If security measures are taken in the making process, _
A. it won't be possibly for stolen smart phonics to be sold
B. users have to set a pass Coclé before using a Smartphone
C. there will be viewer thefts of smart phonics
D. the stolen smart phones will be almost Listless
44. We can know loom the last paragraph that
A. houses can usually be lei unlocked in the countryside
B. people should buy more expensive snort phones
C. personal or valuable information should be kept in the Smartphone
D. phone nacres are expected to play their part in preventing pone thefts
45. Whale is the purpose of’ the passage’s
A. low advise sacking smart phonics.
B. To advertise an Apple predict.
C. 1 condoning snail. 11t'ne halts.
D. To tell L/S the relit oaf survey.
